laser printer/scanner combo

[Homerboy]

I'm trying to find a printer/scanner combo device for desktop use (no fax required or wanted for that matter) that is an actual LASER printer (not inkjet) but I'm having a hard time. Anyone know of such a device?

 

[Pandamonium]

I own a Brother MFC-7840W. It does include a fax, but the main selling point to me was that it's equipped with 802.11g. Wireless scanning works well enough for me.

 

[Homerboy]

I own a Brother MFC-7840W. It does include a fax, but the main selling point to me was that it's equipped with 802.11g. Wireless scanning works well enough for me.

yeah it seems Brother is about the only one who makes a little "different" type product. I ended up finding one that may fit the bill on newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828113304

 

[Jawadali]

Yes, Brother makes a number of smaller multifunction laser printers. They seem to be a good value, especially if you are interested in a model that has built-in networking.

I recently purchased a color laser (printer/scanner/copier), and am quite happy with it so far.

I suggest checking Staples, as they carry many models in-store which you can test out. Their weekly sale prices are sometimes decent, and you may also find a good deal on a clearence model.

 

[Homerboy]

Yes, Brother makes a number of smaller multifunction laser printers. They seem to be a good value, especially if you are interested in a model that has built-in networking.

I recently purchased a color laser (printer/scanner/copier), and am quite happy with it so far.

I suggest checking Staples, as they carry many models in-store which you can test out. Their weekly sale prices are sometimes decent, and you may also find a good deal on a clearence model.

Thanks for the suggestions/feedback.
This is actually for our offices (so I'd be looking at getting 10+ of them). But I'd gowith 1 first obviously as a "Beta test" of sorts.

 

[Lemon law]

In terms of multifunction Laser printers/scanners, a wide variety of printer companies make them. Then on top of that our OP wants some networking capacity, and that cuts down the field some. As does color laser printing.

But then again lets break a multifunctional laser into its component abilities.

1. By in large, a monochrome laser is a monochrome laser is a monochrome laser.
All about the same in output, but if you want lower consumable costs, you usually have to pay extra.

2. Now you add a scanner, is it a sheet freed scanner only, is it a sheet feed plus a flat bed, can it only do 8x11, and does it have an automatic document feeder? And we have not even started talking about the low dpi capacity of scanners typically included in an all in one printer. Suffice it to say, those few that need high quality scanning will be seldom happy with a scanner included in an all in one.

3. Now our OP want network capacity, why? The usual reason is so you can have one and only one high quality printer handle the printing needs of a large network.
For a small network like mine, I just share printers and that way both users on my two person network can print to ether's printer attached to each computer on the network. But now our OP wants 10+ equal quality printers to be all in one? If you want each work station to have its own printer, why have a extra cost networkable computer on each workstation?

4. Our OP does not want a fax, all well and fine, as for me, I need one. If I wanted to have outgoing fax capacity only, why not buy some used ink jet with fax capacity, and never bother to bother to buy rip off ink jet cartridges. But if you want incoming fax capacity, you need a printer able to print economically.

As for me, I have a brother 7820N I bought used for $60.00 that prints, copies, scans, and faxes, I network share that with a refillable ink jet, truth be told, I can per page print far cheaper on the inkjet, but when you buy multiple printers for a network, IMHO, the object of the game is to extend capacity by getting the best of all worlds.

 

[Homerboy]

In terms of multifunction Laser printers/scanners, a wide variety of printer companies make them. Then on top of that our OP wants some networking capacity, and that cuts down the field some. As does color laser printing.

But then again lets break a multifunctional laser into its component abilities.

1. By in large, a monochrome laser is a monochrome laser is a monochrome laser.
All about the same in output, but if you want lower consumable costs, you usually have to pay extra.

2. Now you add a scanner, is it a sheet freed scanner only, is it a sheet feed plus a flat bed, can it only do 8x11, and does it have an automatic document feeder? And we have not even started talking about the low dpi capacity of scanners typically included in an all in one printer. Suffice it to say, those few that need high quality scanning will be seldom happy with a scanner included in an all in one.

3. Now our OP want network capacity, why? The usual reason is so you can have one and only one high quality printer handle the printing needs of a large network.
For a small network like mine, I just share printers and that way both users on my two person network can print to ether's printer attached to each computer on the network. But now our OP wants 10+ equal quality printers to be all in one? If you want each work station to have its own printer, why have a extra cost networkable computer on each workstation?

4. Our OP does not want a fax, all well and fine, as for me, I need one. If I wanted to have outgoing fax capacity only, why not buy some used ink jet with fax capacity, and never bother to bother to buy rip off ink jet cartridges. But if you want incoming fax capacity, you need a printer able to print economically.

As for me, I have a brother 7820N I bought used for $60.00 that prints, copies, scans, and faxes, I network share that with a refillable ink jet, truth be told, I can per page print far cheaper on the inkjet, but when you buy multiple printers for a network, IMHO, the object of the game is to extend capacity by getting the best of all worlds.

Thanks for the input.
Scanning quality isn't overly important. As I previously stated these are for an office space... but we already have 3 very large, high end copy machine in the office. These would be supplimental to those for inidividuals that are dealing with sensitive documents and the like and/or for "the priviledged (lazy ) few"

I don't recall mentioning network support being required in my OP so that's not of consequence

I as perviously posted too, I think the Brother I linked SHOULD fit the bill.

Again thanks for the input/feeback.

 

[Lemon law]

To Homerboy,

At the shipped price, not bad at all.

 

[Jawadali]

Also, if you haven't purchased yet, I noticed that The Brother MFC-7340 is on sale at Staples ($130) and Office Depot ($120, Limit 2) this week.

It looks very similar in specs to the one you had linked at Newegg (I think it even uses the same toner). However, has an integrated fax feature, so I don't know if its a deal-breaker.

 

[Spicedaddy]

Got a Brother DCP-7030 last year for 99$, works great.