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Purchase or lease copiers. Find out which company currently has the campus X pennies per page contract and go with their multifunction copier. They all have network connectivity now. The very latest drivers are sometimes an issue. For instance Snow Leopard can't use the mailbox features on a Canon iR3320. Make sure your service contract specifies what happens to the hard drive at end of life. Copiers are built to take abuse and a copier tech is generally somewhere on campus, every day. Don Bosman -----Original Message----- From: Jon Galbreath [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:28 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Thoughts on laser printers? Another good point. HP's exceptionally bloated software is TERRIBLE! I'll say again: TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE! One office purchased a multifunction model (NEVER buy one from HP, just an FYI) and it required a 600MB driver package that only sort of worked. Their drivers alone aren't too bad, so if you go to their website, check for a Plug and Play version of the driver that seems greatly slimmed down. It might not have their stupid monitoring programs to tell when your print is done, but it's worth the savings and it's one less thing to stop working. Jon Galbreath MCSE/Security+ Systems Administrator International Studies and Programs Ph: 517-884-2144 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: David McFarlane [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Thoughts on laser printers? And indeed, our M does V... The HP hardware still seems pretty solid, but the software that gets installed with their hardware is junk, and we gave up on HP products many years ago. I would reconsider them if they changed their software policies, but of course since I no longer install HP stuff I will never know when that happens. In the meantime, we have found Dell printers to be a good choice overall; I myself have a Brother that suits me just fine, but I don't know how that purchasing decision got made (it was an extra that just happened to be on hand when I needed it). -- dkm At 9/7/2010 12:06 PM Tuesday, Scott Smith wrote: >I have always loved HP's, and have used them for more than 25 years. I >have some small experience with other brands, but I always come back to >HP. My experience has been that the non-HP's are more difficult to >configure and less reliable. > >They are still my first choice. YMMV. > >- Scott > >From: Kramer, Jack [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 11:50 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [MSUNAG] Thoughts on laser printers? > >Looking for opinions on laser printer vendors - need to replace an >older HP Laserjet and was looking for something a little less spendy in >terms of upkeep over its lifespan. The Brother HL-5370DWT looks >promising - dual paper trays and low-cost consumables - but the >comparable HP, the P2055dn, has a larger RAM compliment and a slightly >faster page-per-minute rating. My big concern with the HP is that >consumables are $160 a pop for the high-capacity cartridges, while the >Brother unit takes larger cartridges that run $80 or less. > >Does anyone else on campus use non-HP printers? >---- >Jack Kramer >Computer Systems Specialist >University Relations, Michigan State University >w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955