small business looking for decent printer suggestions

In article IE_Vd.8580$2s.5080@lakeread06, John Q wrote:
"John Burlington" wrote ...
Hello:
The company I work for is seeking a printer/ copier capable of printing
between 30-40 ppm and perhaps up to 1000 ppw (pages per week). To hold
down
costs, we only need b&w. Can someone suggest something reliable for less
than $1000 US?
Thank you,
John Burlington

Copier ratings at J.D. Power:
http://www.jdpower.com/cc/electronic...opier/Find.jsp
HP, Imagistics, and Toshiba were rated best in Overall Ownership Experience.
About finding a 30-40 ppm copier for less than $1000, that might be
difficult.
If you buy a used copier, I suggest getting a service contract.
Leasing is an option.





If you own a 40ppm printer (not cheap) you can buy an auto-doc-feed
scanner at a wide range of prices depending on speed and features. HP
has a range of products up to 25ppm:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?G2AC22A9A

I expect that the HP software that comes with the scanner will
turn it into a copier.

(if this link doesn;t work go to hp.com and look at business
scanners.)

The advantage of purchasing seperate products is that you get pick
size and features that meet your needs, spread the cost, and if one
machine has a problem the other isn't broken.

If you find a BIG business-grade copier that has a printer interface
and the cost per page is OK, I'd go with it, also, but get a
maintenance agreement.

HP sells multi-year service agreements which I recommend. If you
lease, get a service agreement that matches the lease lifetime.

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Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

While expensive and not sold all over, Epson makes an auto sheet feeder
to the 3270 and 4180 flatbed scanners enabling you to feed multiple
sheets automatically.

wrote:

John Burlington wrote:


Hi Douglas,

Maybe I should have been more specific.... We don't need fax, just a copier.
We have a rather poor printer that could use an upgrade, but not really
necessary at this time. So, yes, a decent b&w copier only.



If you hunt around I think you'll find there are some copier/printers
(Samsung, Kypcera?) which are basically small copiers with a PC
printer interface. These could well be what you want.

I agree with those who have said a scanner is *not* a good solution to
use as a copier. It's a real drag if you are copying more than a
couple of sheets.

I've just bought an HP7310 All-in-One which (after a significant
amount of hassle with the software) I'm happy with. However it's not
up the to sort of speed that the OP wants.