Colour MFD recommendations?

[Paul Gear]

On 06/02/12 08:11, Andre Mangan wrote:
> The HP C5280 MFD I had was cheap and worked very well for just over a
> year and then spewed black ink on the wall as it died. 
>
> Replaced with an Epson Artisan 725.  Epson support Linux via its Avahy
> site and take pride in doing so.  Thoroughly recommended.  Great for
> photo printing - in fact it does everything and more.
>
> Another HP printer, not MFD, has been giving good service for over ten
> years.
>
> Canon?  Poor Linux support.  Not recommended.  Same with Kodak.  Same
> with Lexmark.  Same with Dell (rebranded Lexmark).

FWIW, we went with an HP OfficeJet 4500 - $84 from Harvey Norman.  It
has a really cheap and nasty embedded JetDirect device (which supports
only SNMPv1), but that's still a lot more convenient than having to have
a PC turned on in order to make it function.

Paul

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