Cool! Do you know what the conditions are for replacing the toner cartridges?<div><br></div><div>Looks like Amazon users (who I know are probably just the complainers), seem to indicate problems with paper curl, and the toner cartridges expiring after a few months, one even said they did without printing color to it.. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Adam Tauno Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org" target="_blank">awilliam@whitemice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Wed, 2012-10-17 at 13:14 -0400, Michael Glaske wrote:<br>
> Looking for a good multifunction printer. I've had HP printers in the<br>
> past, and they have worked well, however, I have become irritated at<br>
> the toner/ink logic that makes me replace them with their expensive<br>
> ink/causes issues with drivers if you use reman carts, etc. But I am<br>
> willing to consider that they may be the lesser of two evils. I have<br>
> used Ricoh printers in the past and love them, although the toner<br>
> price is a bit high, it may be worth it. I have also used Xerox<br>
> printers and have hated their interfaces and drivers. Basically what<br>
> I'm looking for is:<br>
<br>
</div>Brother MFC-9970CDW<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> 1. Color printing, with ink that does not smudge (I have heard that<br>
> some of the brother inkjet printers have special ink)<br>
<br>
</div>Laser printer, so no smudging. Good color consistency.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> 2. Scanning to email that doesn't use an external service. I want to<br>
> point it at my internal SMTP server.<br>
<br>
</div>Yep, I do that.<br>
<br>
> 3. Color copying<br>
<br>
Yep.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> 4. Network ready. Would prefer gigabit ethernet for fast transfer<br>
> speeds, but 100Mb is okay too. dont' care about wireless.<br>
<br>
</div>Network ready, and support IPv6.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> 5. Must support standard languages (PCL PS), that can be used with<br>
> generic drivers if I want to.<br>
<br>
</div>Yep.<br>
<br>
> 6. Duplex option<br>
<br>
Yep.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> 7. Good paper tray - must hold at least 150-200 sheets of paper.<br>
<br>
</div>Not sure what the count is.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> 8. Good output tray - must hold at least 20 sheets or so without<br>
> spilling them onto the floor.<br>
<br>
</div>Absolutely, I print manuals.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> 9. ADF - must be good and not jam.<br>
<br>
</div>Yes, works great.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> 10. Toner cost must be reasonable. I don't want to spend $400 to<br>
> replace my 4 cartridges.<br>
<br>
</div>Same prices as every other printer I've owned or own.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> 11. Must be somewhere between $300 and $600.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>High end of that, but you get what you pay for in printer land. And the<br>
touch-screen user interface is great.<br>
<br>
<br>
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