[vcf-midatlantic] vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 25, Issue 7

[Bill Degnan]

I have had one of these (slightly older model) for 15 years.  It does not
work as well as it once did, but for home use it's good enough.  I had to
replace the developer a few years ago, but it was never quite the same
since.
BIll

On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 10:51 PM Jeffrey Golas via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> I literally Just got the Brother MFC-3770cdw. Prints fine so far, and
> scanner works fairly fast. Also have it hooked up scanning to a nas. It did
> seem to take a while printing via airprint, but I had a power outage that I
> think goofed up something on my wifi, so not sure if it was the printer or
> my wifi.
>
> Downside is the firmware looks like it was written by a first year comp
> sci student, very crude compared to an HP,  but it works.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> > On Jun 7, 2020, at 12:09 PM, vcf-midatlantic-request at lists.vcfed.org
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> >   1.  OT: All-In-One Color Laser Printer (Jeffrey Brace)
> >   2. Re:  OT: Color Laser Printer Recommendation (Dave McGuire)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 12:19:13 -0400
> > From: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey at vcfed.org>
> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org>
> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: All-In-One Color Laser Printer
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> > I appreciate everyone's advice, experience and suggestions on a color
> laser
> > printer. Because of the higher cost I decided to split the cost with my
> > brother and sister. So now we all want an all-in-one printer, scanner,
> > copier and not just a printer-only. So I need suggestions on a color
> laser
> > all-in-one. It seems those who responded to my last e-mail recommended
> HP,
> > Brother, or Samsung. I didn't hear an opinion about Canon.
> >
> > Consumer reports recommend HP, Brother and Canon.
> > Here is the list that Consumer Reports rates highly:
> > Brother MFC-L8900CDW
> > Canon Color imageCLASS MF644Cdw
> > Canon imageCLASS MF642Cdw
> > Brother MFC-L3750CDW
> > HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M281fdw
> > Brother MFC-L3710CW
> > HP Color Laser MFP 178nw
> > Canon Color imageCLASS MF743Cdw
> > Canon imageCLASS MF733Cdw
> > HP Color LaserJet Pro M283fdw
> > HP Color laserJet Pro MFP M180nw
> >
> > Any recommendations on any of these?
> >
> > --
> > =========================================
> > Jeff Brace
> > Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner
> > Vintage Computer Federation
> > http://www.vcfed.org/
> > jeffrey at vcfed.org
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 12:24:59 -0400
> > From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org>
> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Color Laser Printer Recommendation
> > Message-ID: <4d40eef7-8a4d-08b0-1f53-54001e53eb53 at neurotica.com>
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> >
> >> On 6/6/20 1:09 AM, Matt Patoray via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> >> I will throw in a recommendation for Samsung printers. I bought a small
> cheap B&W laser in 2010, still going strong and consumables are cheap if
> you go for the non Samsung replacements.
> >> My test for the printer when I first got it was to print the manuals
> for a Tektronix 7854.
> >> The only gripe I have is the paper tray is smaller then I would like
> but for less then $70 new, can?t complain.
> >
> >  Wow, can't complain about that at all!  I've always been impressed by
> > most of Samsung's products.  There are exceptions, but they generally
> > make good stuff.
> >
> >> But you can?t go wrong with a big HP either, especially one with 11x17
> capability, great for printing out schematics.
> >
> >  That's very handy indeed. :)
> >
> >            -Dave
> >
> > --
> > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > New Kensington, PA
> >
> >
> > End of vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 25, Issue 7
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