All in one printer with serious drivers

Hello,
I have just had a bad experience with an ink jet all in one hp of a customer of mine (I get paid by hour for repairs):

- I go there to install the driver in a new windows 7 pc;
- driver is 300 MB (the version with scan support they need) so 15 minutes waiting for download (the customer is looking me doing nothing and get paid)
- the HP printer was wireless but the driver incredibly wants an usb cable for first installation!!!! It was out of question moving the printer
- next day I go there with 10 meters usb cable: the driver now says: I am sorry but it is already installed... are we joking???

So I need to suggest a new all in one, preferably laser this time, to my customer.

But all reviews in web are not useful to me: they barely scratch the surface of the printers reviewed.

An example: now the HP8600 receives a lot of positive rievews (faster than laser, low ink costs) but can I trust it anymore?


Can you suggest me a color allinone of epson/canon/(hp)/other brands? without hidden/drivers problems? Preferably with postscript/pcl6 support so I can use also with generic drivers or with Macintosh

Thank you very much in advance,

Mario

I've used newegg.com user reviews for years to get an inkling (pardon the
expression) of what others think of the items they've bought. Usually
finding a product that is popular with 4 or 5 stars has given me
satisfaction. Of course reading the reviews, especially the 1 and 2 star
reviews, gives me more insight to the negatives about the product.

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"Mario Giammarco" wrote in message
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Hello,
I have just had a bad experience with an ink jet all in one hp of a
customer of mine (I get paid by hour for repairs):

- I go there to install the driver in a new windows 7 pc;
- driver is 300 MB (the version with scan support they need) so 15 minutes
waiting for download (the customer is looking me doing nothing and get
paid)
- the HP printer was wireless but the driver incredibly wants an usb cable
for first installation!!!! It was out of question moving the printer
- next day I go there with 10 meters usb cable: the driver now says: I am
sorry but it is already installed... are we joking???

So I need to suggest a new all in one, preferably laser this time, to my
customer.

But all reviews in web are not useful to me: they barely scratch the
surface of the printers reviewed.

An example: now the HP8600 receives a lot of positive rievews (faster than
laser, low ink costs) but can I trust it anymore?


Can you suggest me a color allinone of epson/canon/(hp)/other brands?
without hidden/drivers problems? Preferably with postscript/pcl6 support
so I can use also with generic drivers or with Macintosh

Thank you very much in advance,

Mario

From: "Mario Giammarco"

Hello,
I have just had a bad experience with an ink jet all in one hp of a
customer of mine (I
get paid by hour for repairs):

- I go there to install the driver in a new windows 7 pc;
- driver is 300 MB (the version with scan support they need) so 15 minutes
waiting for
download (the customer is looking me doing nothing and get paid) - the HP
printer was
wireless but the driver incredibly wants an usb cable for first
installation!!!! It was
out of question moving the printer - next day I go there with 10 meters
usb cable: the driver
now says: I am sorry but it is already installed... are we joking???

So I need to suggest a new all in one, preferably laser this time, to my
customer.

But all reviews in web are not useful to me: they barely scratch the
surface of the printers
reviewed.

An example: now the HP8600 receives a lot of positive rievews (faster than
laser, low ink costs)
but can I trust it anymore?

Can you suggest me a color allinone of epson/canon/(hp)/other brands?
without
hidden/drivers problems? Preferably with postscript/pcl6 support so I can
use also with
generic drivers or with Macintosh

Thank you very much in advance,

Mario

I steer away from HP all-in-one printers because their code is too OS
intrusive and bloated. All too often I have come across HP printer software
issues.

My suggestion:

The Brother MFC-9460CDN (colour laser, PCL6 emulation) and directly
supports: Mac OS® X 10.4.11, 10.5.x , Mac OS® X 10.6.x and Higher.



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Dave
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HP driver problems have made me crazy repeatedly, and I'm going
through hell right now with both a printer and a scanner. I'm
finding an incredible lack of documentation on their web site,
misleading over-generalized advice, and really lousy descriptions
of drivers. I'm having to just hurl myself against their site and
software over and over again, hoping for some miracle. Yeah: I've
always been able to get their stuff to work, but the price in
time and aggravation has been too much.

By contrast, here's a different story. My son was given an old
Canon printer that had been sitting in storage for over a half
year. Downloading the driver from Canon's site was easy and fast.
Installing the driver was easy and fast. The printer fired right
up and worked perfectly, despite being stored.

The ink for my HP printers costs an unconscionable fortune, and
probably paid for Carly Fiorina's multi-million dollar run for
Barbara Boxer's California senate seat.

Having worked with consumer electronics, I've found product
reviews to often be ridiculous. I don't give a damn how a product
works when it's new. What I want to know is what the thing is
like to live with two years later, and what the true cost of
ownership really is.

I have given my son two printers that were absurd to live with.
They suffered from paper feed problems because they fed paper way
too fast in order to impress people with a print speed
specification. If these machines had run a little slower, they
might have been successful. And feeding paper from the top made
them faster, but meant that they accumulated tons of dirt inside.
I'm sick of printers that run too fast and thus, rip themselves
apart. Hello?

Watch for stupid engineering!

Richard

From: "Mario Giammarco"

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Il giorno lunedì 30 aprile 2012 13:09:49 UTC+2, Jan Alter ha scritto:
I've used newegg.com user reviews for years to get an inkling (pardon the
expression)

Good idea, infact I followed your suggestion and I discovered several hints..

Il giorno lunedì 30 aprile 2012 15:47:04 UTC+2, David H. Lipman ha scritto:


The Brother MFC-9460CDN (colour laser, PCL6 emulation) and directly
supports: Mac OS® X 10.4.11, 10.5.x , Mac OS® X 10.6.x and Higher.

Thanks, infact probably I will buy a Brother mfc 9970 cdw.

Il giorno venerdì 4 maggio 2012 20:05:27 UTC+2, David H. Lipman ha scritto:


Feedback based upon replies is strongly urged


I give feedback... unfortunately I am very slow...

From: "Mario Giammarco"

Il giorno venerdì 4 maggio 2012 20:05:27 UTC+2, David H. Lipman ha
scritto:

Feedback based upon replies is strongly urged

I give feedback... unfortunately I am very slow...

Almost three weeks is way too slow for a beneficial conversation.

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Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp