From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:40 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1578 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Thursday 22 November 2007 Number 1578 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Who can recommend a multifunction printer/scanner? : Peter Moylan 2 Re: Who can recommend a multifunction printer/scanner? : Paul Smedley" 3 Re: Who can recommend a multifunction printer/scanner? : John Angelico" 4 Re: Who can recommend a multifunction printer/scanner? : Ed Durrant **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:13:59 +1100 From: Peter Moylan Subject: Who can recommend a multifunction printer/scanner? With the price of multifunction printers coming down, it's about time I bought myself a printer with scanner/photocopier included. (Besides, my present printer is an HP DeskJet, and I've learnt not to trust the reliability of HP printers.) Any suggestions? I probably can't go as far as a laser printer, because I still have to pay for blowing up my car engine last week. No fax either, because it turns out that my ADSL modem doesn't support fax. And I tend to view things like direct reading from a camera card as pointless luxuries, given that I can read directly from the camera to the computer anyway. The only essentials are colour printing and scanning, preferably with scanning resolution better than 800x600. If drivers are a problem - and I suspect they are - then I can live with printing via my Windoze laptop. Still, eCS compatibility would be a welcome bonus. -- Peter Moylan peter at pmoylan dot org http://www.pmoylan dot org Note: Mail to and from hotmail addresses often doesn't arrive, and hotmail doesn't inform the sender about lost mail. Mail through standards-conforming mail servers is still reliable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:02:57 +1030 From: "Paul Smedley" Subject: Re: Who can recommend a multifunction printer/scanner? Hi Peter, I'd suggest an Epson...... Scanning support is available via Sane - printing may work with the epomni5 driver - alternately I hope to have cups + gutenprint working smoothly over the xmas break. cheers, Paul ------- Original message ------- From: Peter Moylan Sent: 22.11.'07, 11:44 > With the price of multifunction printers coming down, it's about time I > bought myself a printer with scanner/photocopier included. (Besides, my > present printer is an HP DeskJet, and I've learnt not to trust the > reliability of HP printers.) Any suggestions? I probably can't go as far > as a laser printer, because I still have to pay for blowing up my car > engine last week. No fax either, because it turns out that my ADSL modem > doesn't support fax. And I tend to view things like direct reading from > a camera card as pointless luxuries, given that I can read directly from > the camera to the computer anyway. The only essentials are colour > printing and scanning, preferably with scanning resolution better than > 800x600. > > If drivers are a problem - and I suspect they are - then I can live with > printing via my Windoze laptop. Still, eCS compatibility would be a > welcome bonus. > > -- > Peter Moylan peter at pmoylan dot org > http://www.pmoylan dot org > > Note: Mail to and from hotmail addresses often doesn't arrive, > and hotmail doesn't inform the sender about lost mail. Mail > through standards-conforming mail servers is still reliable. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:47:44 +1100 (AEDT) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: Who can recommend a multifunction printer/scanner? On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:13:59 +1100, Peter Moylan wrote: Peter, I'm inlcined to avoid multi-function units because if one part fails then all functions are disabled while the serviceman repairs it. >With the price of multifunction printers coming down, it's about time I >bought myself a printer with scanner/photocopier included. (Besides, my >present printer is an HP DeskJet, and I've learnt not to trust the >reliability of HP printers.) Any suggestions? I probably can't go as far >as a laser printer, because I still have to pay for blowing up my car >engine last week. Hope you didn't burn your lips :-) >No fax either, because it turns out that my ADSL modem >doesn't support fax. >And I tend to view things like direct reading from >a camera card as pointless luxuries, given that I can read directly from >the camera to the computer anyway. The only essentials are colour >printing and scanning, preferably with scanning resolution better than >800x600. We don't worry about cameras much either. We do it here at Sanity Central with separate devices: a) laser printer - many are cheap enough to match the multi-units and be more effective and reliable too; we also buy compatible cartridges much more cheaply than "genuines" b) faxing - simple modem (we have external but have had internals) plus Faxworks for OS/2 works fine here on one of our POTS lines (Plain Old Telephone Service - no ADSL) c) second-hand non-USB HP-3C scanner plus Tame/Sane does the job here along with PMView Pro With this setup we can scan direct to printer (cheap copier) or to fax, as well as to file. We have stayed with B&W lasers, but even the colour printers aren't too dear. HTH Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:16:55 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Who can recommend a multifunction printer/scanner? Peter Moylan wrote: > With the price of multifunction printers coming down, it's about time I > bought myself a printer with scanner/photocopier included. (Besides, my > present printer is an HP DeskJet, and I've learnt not to trust the > reliability of HP printers.) Any suggestions? I probably can't go as far > as a laser printer, because I still have to pay for blowing up my car > engine last week. No fax either, because it turns out that my ADSL modem > doesn't support fax. And I tend to view things like direct reading from > a camera card as pointless luxuries, given that I can read directly from > the camera to the computer anyway. The only essentials are colour > printing and scanning, preferably with scanning resolution better than > 800x600. > > If drivers are a problem - and I suspect they are - then I can live with > printing via my Windoze laptop. Still, eCS compatibility would be a > welcome bonus. > Hi peter I am happy with my Brother MFC 620CN (now superceded by later models) - bit not OS/2 support, only windoze and linsux. It is a colour inkjet printer, colour scanner with autofeeder, fax machine and phot card reader. I has both eithernet and USB connectivity. Works well under Windoze. Under OS/2, the card reader works, which means I can do a scan to camera card and then copy the scanned (PDF or JPG) file to the OS/2 system. As for fax connectivity when you have ADSL, I have it connected to one port of my Linksys SPA2100 VOIP ATA that I use with MynetFone to send and receive faxes (note not all Voip providers support FAX, but MNF do). Give the Linux CUPS drivers for the printer, I am hopeful that we may get support via Paul Smedley's CUPS OS/2 port in the future. I have heard that some Epson MFCs use "real" printer and scanner engines that work with some OS/2 drivers but I can't tell you which models. In general MFCs use WinPrinter technology to keep the price down. Cheers/2 Ed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------