Lesson learned....

[Gibson486]

cliffs:

-Bought Canon imageClass MF4270 (AIO laser).

-Assumed that since it was network ready, it meant I could also scan over the network.

-Could not have been more wrong.

-Only prints and faxes over network.

-About to eat up 15% restocking fee

Was my assumption atleast valid? I should have read reviews first.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Print server FTW!

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Print server FTW!

you can scan over a print server?

 

[her209]

Its makes an ASS out of U and ME

 

[olds]

When you assume something, you make an ass out of u and me.
/Bear Bryant

 

[waggy]

this reminds me i need to get a new printer! a print server would be great. teh one i had died

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: waggy
this reminds me i need to get a new printer! a print server would be great. teh one i had died

Ah. You just supposed to look at porn, not print it out.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: waggy
this reminds me i need to get a new printer! a print server would be great. teh one i had died

Ah. You just supposed to look at porn, not print it out.

damn! thats why i been printing going through 10000's pages a day!




I had a old HP laserjet 5se but it finally died (still managed to sale it for $200 to someone wh osaid they could fix it).

granted i don't need anything that big anymore.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: waggy
this reminds me i need to get a new printer! a print server would be great. teh one i had died

Ah. You just supposed to look at porn, not print it out.

damn! thats why i been printing going through 10000's pages a day!




I had a old HP laserjet 5se but it finally died (still managed to sale it for $200 to someone wh osaid they could fix it).

granted i don't need anything that big anymore.

sell

 

[jaqie]

I got an HP P1006, consumer level laser. If you don't need a hardware PCL laser, it's great. the cost per page is $0.04 in toner, so a bit high but the printer can be had easily sub $100 shipped if you shop around. The only thing I dont like about it is it is fugly grey.

As for scanning over the network, that is very iffy - some can, some cannot, some are a nightmare to set up some are fairly easy. My experience was from a few years back, so dont ask me about any current ones sold, I don't know. I will be looking into it myself come fall, though, when I get into trade school.

 

[mcmilljb]

There are some print servers that will allow network scanning for some HP, Brother, and Lexmark AIO. I know Linksys has one. I would check around for compatibility before sending it back.

 

[irishScott]

Can't you just scan to a shared directory? It's got to have a setting for the image folder somewhere...

 

[chuckywang]

Just buy a print server.

 

[uhohs]

that's why i bought a brother AIO instead.