Best All-In-One Wireless Printer

Any suggestions for the best wireless All-in-one printer for my home. We have 5-6 mac's in the house and some are 10.4 and some or 10.5.

Any suggestions would be appreciated

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Nov 27, 2008 7:30 AM

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Nov 27, 2008 9:41 AM in response to Jack McDonald

There are a number, depending on your specific needs.

Laser or inkjet?
max paper size?
with or w/o fax?
duplexer or not?
Photo, or plain color?
combo cartridges, or individual color cartridges?
bluetooth, eithernet wireless, or ethernet wired?
Price range?

Any issue with buying factory refurb as opposed to new?

Dec 3, 2008 3:52 PM in response to rpduval

in that price range, you can have just about anything you want, including some lower end color lasers.

I would recommend individual cartridges instead of combination cartridges.
That way, when one color runs out, you can replace just that color, not the entire cartridge.

I have a preference for Epson - no reason other that many years ago, I compared photoprinters and I thought theirs had a better image than others.

So it comes down to additional features.
Ability to insert camera cards into the printer?
Color LCD to print from the card or camera without going through the computer.
Scanner capable?
print directly on CD/DVDs?

For 200, there's the "Artisan" series - print/scan/copy + wi-fi:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oi d=63075470

Another Artisan for 250 (add larger LCD, 2nd paper tray, fax, and duplexer to the above unit):
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oi d=63075471

Or the RX series ($40 Bluetooth adapter optional) but not 802.11 unless you get a 3rd party wireless print server:

for 129 new or 72.25 refurbised: http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oi d=63069457


or this one for 79 (after 90$ rebate):
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oi d=63069505

Dec 9, 2008 4:10 AM in response to Jack McDonald

another option if you want to check it out.

Kodak has released a new series of printer which may also fit your needs.
They are called the ESPs.
Claim to have up to 4x the cartridge life as typical printers, and lower ink cost.

bluetooth, usb, print, copy, scan 149
wifi, ethernet, print, copy, scan 199
wifi,ethernet, duplex, print copy scan, ADF, fax 299

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=1441/10580&pq-locale=en_US

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