multifunction printer advice

[limno.ted]

I'm looking for a high volume multifunction printer for my office, but
am having trouble finding objective reviews on the web.
We're looking for ~45 pages per minute, B&W only, copier/printer,

120,000 pages per month.

I've been looking at the Xerox WorkCentre 245 and the HP 9040.
Does anyone have good or bad experiences with these models? Or are
there others you'd recommend?
Thanks for the help.

 

[me]

I'm looking for a high volume multifunction printer for my office, but
am having trouble finding objective reviews on the web.
We're looking for ~45 pages per minute, B&W only, copier/printer,
I've been looking at the Xerox WorkCentre 245 and the HP 9040.
Does anyone have good or bad experiences with these models? Or are
there others you'd recommend?
Thanks for the help.

I'd add Canon, Ricoh and Konica to your list.

 

[Mushroom]

I'm looking for a high volume multifunction printer for my office, but
am having trouble finding objective reviews on the web.
We're looking for ~45 pages per minute, B&W only, copier/printer,
I've been looking at the Xerox WorkCentre 245 and the HP 9040.
Does anyone have good or bad experiences with these models? Or are
there others you'd recommend?
Thanks for the help.

What paper sizes do you need? Do you need the A3 (or 11x17 which is what
the US uses) facility? If not then look at the HP LaserJet 4345MFP
instead of the LJ9040MFP. It has exactly the same facilities except for
the larger paper size.

In my experience, in terms of a true MFP which links to email, fax, LDAP
and does full kerberos authentication for these facilities then the HP
is hard to beat.

 

[JXStern]

I'm looking for a high volume multifunction printer for my office, but
am having trouble finding objective reviews on the web.
We're looking for ~45 pages per minute, B&W only, copier/printer,
120,000 pages per month.

Not really a Staples / CompUSA, retail kind of item.

I've been looking at the Xerox WorkCentre 245 and the HP 9040.
Does anyone have good or bad experiences with these models? Or are
there others you'd recommend?
Thanks for the help.

Just the thought it might be better to separate the functions.

How much volume is really printing, as opposed to fax or copying?

Sure you can't just get a laser printer or two for the most part, a
stand-alone (monochrome) copier, and a couple of retail products for
the rest?

J.

 

[Ben]

I can't recommend any HP printer product at this time, especially their
multifunction products. The hardware isn't usually terrible but the
software is a disaster and technical support is useless. I get the
sense that they might be starting to turn this around but I am going to
wait and see.

I have generally been happy with Xerox mid-range and better printers
(any of their color printers and any of their black&whites that include
Adobe PostScript). I am not saying that every one of their products is
perfect, but I at least get the sense that they know what they are
doing.

 

[limno.ted]

Thanks for the posts.
Any good review sites out there that you know of for this class of
product?

 

[Mushroom]

I can't recommend any HP printer product at this time, especially their
multifunction products. The hardware isn't usually terrible but the
software is a disaster and technical support is useless. I get the
sense that they might be starting to turn this around but I am going to
wait and see.

I'd be curious as to what software from HP you consider a disaster? The
devices mentioned here are business-type devices and hence use
business-type software such as Web JetAdmin, Digital Sending Software,
their excellent Universal Print Driver etc. I have used all these and I
can tell you they're rock steady. Perhaps you were mixing up the
consumer-grade software.