All-In-One Printers
 

Here's the dilemma I have. I currently have an HP OfficeJet 4215 All-in-One out in a main area of my business where customers are constantly, and the employees who use that printer do not like to walk around the corner into the back-office to grab things they print.

The OfficeJet is simply not designed to handle the workload they print to it (variety of formats, color, black & white, 1-15 page documents, scanning capability). The other problem, is when this printer does go down they start pushing buttons on it randomly, or unplugging and replugging things in at random (the USB port in the back of the printer barely holds the cable in it anymore; the biggest problem I'm having lately with it).

I'm looking at replacing this piece of equipment, but they are rather particular about how the device looks (I have some great Dell Business all-in-ones, but they've already complained they are too large and bulky). I know, I'm trading solid build performance, and functionality for small and pretty.

So, I've been looking at the Canon Pixma MP950 or the Epson Stylus Photo R800. Does anyone have any experience with either of these printers, or have any suggestions for an all-in-one style printer? I'm looking for something that scans and prints, is easy to use (not too many buttons on the front of it), and primarily is reliable.

I'd get a cheap scanner and a laser printer.

You'd be amazed at how people who were insistent that they have colour use monochrome for their bulk printing when faced with a walk to the back office to use colour.

Agreed. Lasers are far superior for B&W output, in speed, output quality, and page cost. They're usually much more durable, too, though I can't speak for recent ultra-tiny models. I know this goes against "all-in-one" but I'd be looking at the types of jobs printed and split functions as appropriate.

We just got a new HP Laserjet in the computer lab. Perfect since 95% of the things we print are text docs / solidworks models / Chief Architect plans that only need be monochrome. They're so crispy clean. Mm.

I agree with the laser. Any inkjet printer is gonna get hashed with an office full of people printing long documents on it. They just arn't designed to stand up to that kind of workload.

Get a heavy-duty scanner and a nice laser monochrome printer. Saves money, and they can spit out pages like a russian racehorse with 7 dicks.