Printer suggestion?

[C M Reinehr]

Hi Jerry,

On Fri 22 August 2008 19:28, Jerry McBride wrote:
> I find that I need a new printer, with my old Canon going dead this
> morning. I was wondering if anyone had a good suggestion for a "all in one"
> box that does scanning, faxing and of course printing... Quality is
> paramount.
>
> Any suggestions would be welcomed.
>
> Thanks in advance.

You didn't mention your budget and I'm guessing this is for personal use but 
not a $100 special! Over the years I've used Okidata, HP & Xerox, but for the 
past three years I've purchased nothing but Ricoh. I've found them to be 
competatively priced, good performers, reliable and the service had been 
excellent (with a commercial multifunction system we qualify for onsite 
service). This one, for personal use, might work for you:

http://www.ricoh-usa.com/products/product_features.asp?pCategoryId=8&pCatName=Multifunction%20Color&tsn=Ricoh-USA&pSubCategoryId=5&pSubCatName=General%20Office&pProductId=1038&pProductName=Aficio%20SP%20C222SF

http://www.printershowcase.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PSO&Product_Code=RC222SF

http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Ricoh-Aficio_SP_C222SF

It comes standard with Postscript 3 and duplex printing. I notice, on the 
Ricoh website, that under scanning it cautions "Windows Only". I know that 
here, at my office, my ability to access the scanner function of my 
Lanier/Ricoh LD425C is limited. I've never tried to access it with SANE and 
there are a number of features I can access only if I boot a copy of Windows 
in VMware Workstation. But, I was easily able to set it up to scan to an FTP 
server using the front panel, which worked well enough for my purposes.

HTH!

cmr
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