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25-01-2007, 10:46 PM
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Group: Regulars
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Multi Function Printer for Mac - Recommendations?
Hi all
Can anyone recommend the above for a Mac,
Good price and quality
Spud
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25-01-2007, 10:52 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: lost
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HP PSC 1610 All-in-one (print/scan/copy) $90 bucks from tricko dicko.
Nary an issue yet.
Good ink, SM/XD/MS/CF/SD card slots, USB camera jack.
A4 only, pretty quick, scans to 3600x3600 (19200x19200 enhanced) or up to 1200x1200 at 48-bit.
Does not scan slide negatives though. (bear in mind these are a darn sight more expensive).
Software is all right, has a good stitch function for panoramas, but there's oodles of software out there these days and they all come with some kinda tryhard bundle so choose on the hardware instead.
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25-01-2007, 10:56 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: ADL
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The Epson Stylus CX4700
Has individual ink cartridges for CYM for approx. $13.00 ea.
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25-01-2007, 11:15 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane, Qld
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I have a HP PSC 2710. I bought it for the wireless function, which I do not use as it is glacial, and flaky. Even over ethernet it is quite slow, over ten minutes to print an A4 photo.
The mac driver must suck. As such I wouldn't touch any HP printer again. Canon or Epson. My old man has a canon with a slide scanner. Seems very good to me but it is USB only.
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25-01-2007, 11:32 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
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25-01-2007, 11:38 PM
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Member
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Dont go past the HP photosmart 3310 - cost more for initial purchase but wicked ink fuel efficency, networkable which includes wireless and great all round functionality.
Even a fully fledge printer/fax buy itself.
ps: most do I think but also has multi-card reader & memory cards mount on desktop as networked drives.
Quality A1 - seperate tray for photo paper as well.
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26-01-2007, 01:06 AM
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MacTalk Donor
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Canon Pixma MP800
I've been very happy with it. Works well.  |
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26-01-2007, 03:24 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Adelaide
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can't go past a Canon PIXMA MP-500. Great fuel efficency, bluetooth compatability (great for macs and not cluttering your desk). So far, not a hitch. 
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26-01-2007, 06:32 AM
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Clinically Insane
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Brother MFC-215C - RRP $199.00
(Normally wouldn't give Brother a second thought, yet the Brother MFC series appears to be really good: fast, faultless and economic).
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30-01-2007, 12:26 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane, Qld
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Unfortunately the HP3310 and Canon MP500/800 are discontinued. The equivalent these days is the c6180. The cheapest I could find it is 399, but atm you can get $100 cashback ($299).
The alternative equivalent that I have found is a canon MP600R, best price $362 less $50 cashback ($312)
The canon prints on Cd, and has auto duplex. But does not have a fax, which the HP has. Both have ethernet and wireless connectivity.
I like the idea of auto duplex, and would print on a cd/dvd more often than I would fax.
Which is better? Could software fax be a substitute?
My current printer is a HP 2710, but it has just fritzed (second in two years, so I am leaning towards the canon). My father has a canon MP500 but it seems to use a bit of ink, but then again he is using el cheapo cartridges.
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30-01-2007, 06:46 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Any laser suggestions? I print out documents all the time and rarely need colour, but I want a scanner/copier too.
What are the mac software/drivers like for these printers? Do they all have mac drivers these days?
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01-02-2007, 10:21 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne Status:Awesome!
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I use a Brother MFC9180 Laser Printer/ Scanner/ Fax/ Copier - works well with 2 of my Macbooks.
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com...rod=mfc9180_as
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01-02-2007, 10:27 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ClockWork
Brother MFC-215C - RRP $199.00
(Normally wouldn't give Brother a second thought, yet the Brother MFC series appears to be really good: fast, faultless and economic).
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Is this the wi-fi one? We have the wi-fi one and it works well. has a nice ADF for scanning to PDF or TIFF as well. Handy for emailing documents. |
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01-02-2007, 10:32 AM
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MacTalk Donor
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by entropy
The canon prints on Cd, and has auto duplex. But does not have a fax, which the HP has. Both have ethernet and wireless connectivity.
I like the idea of auto duplex, and would print on a cd/dvd more often than I would fax.
Which is better? Could software fax be a substitute?
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I regularly use the CD printer on my Canon MP800. I would love to have auto duplex.
But as far as faxing - who cares? Any time I have to fax something I ask whether an emailed PDF is OK and the answer is always yes ... even from banks. A few years ago I used the built in OS-X fax ability, but it has been so long that I can't even remember how to do it now! I wouldn't worry about lack of fax ability. |
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01-02-2007, 10:59 AM
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Seriously
Group: Administrators
Location: Fukuoka, Japan (originally Canberra)
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I'd pick Canon first, I've had an MP500 which has been excellent. If you buy HP, only buy the high-capacity cartridges. I haven't played with Epson enough lately to know for sure, but when I last did about a year and a half ago, I didn't like the results I got with text on plain paper. HP seems to be the best inkjet for that.
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