Multi-function Printer Recomendations?

worm eater asks: "My office is thinking about purchasing a multi-function printer/copier (MFP). We are currently looking at the Panasonic Workio 3510, but there is a surprising lack of reviews on the internet (there is one at ePinions). Has anyone had any experience with this model (which went on sale last month) or other similar machines? We are looking for a good B&W copier / laser printer capable of connecting to our LAN. The ability to interface with Exchange and send internet faxes would be nice, but not essential. As with pretty much any copier, we will need high quality support. Thanks in advance, Slashdot."

Comments

HP OfficeJet

[bruthasj]

HP's OfficeJet 5100 seen here is an excellent choice. The fax, scanner and color print works great. Although you're limited to one regular-sized page faxes, it does the trick for 95% of the work.

The Fax functionality works without the computer on, which is another plus that you do not find with other multi-function printers with software drivers that process the fax messages. You just have to plug the printer into the phone and away you go.

Hint: if you want to color print stuff, the computer should be on at the time of printing.

www.linuxprinting.org

[Ed Almos]

Get yerself over to www.linuxprinting.org and have a good read. An awful lot of the multi-function devices are listed as 'doorstops', in other words they will NOT work under linux. I've found through experience that a lot of these machines are windows only.

Ed Almos