HP C3180

[Chad Leigh]

On Mar 31, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Charles Dyer wrote:

> On 31 Mar 2007, at 11:21:49, Chad Leigh wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mar 31, 2007, at 8:56 AM, Charles Dyer wrote:
>>
>>> Probably a Brother or a Canon. If I can afford it, and I can find  
>>> one which fully supports OS X, it'll be a network device.
>>
>> I am not sure what "fully support"
>
> Some MFDs will _print_ from OS X across the network, but won't  
> scan. And very few will fax. I don't need to fax very often, but  
> when I do, I need to do it _immediately_.
>
>> means but I have a brother 7820N which after rebate was slightly  
>> more than $200 (for those in the US it was at Costco.com).  BW  
>> laser and scanner with ethernet and I can both print and scan over  
>> the net.  The brother scan software sucks
>
> betcha that it's better than HP scan software...

Probably not.  The *standalone* Brother SW sucks royally.  But the  
TWAIN driver works fine in Photoshop.  Never had a problem scanning  
over the network using the Brother TWAIN as my input.  Have not tried  
it in GC.  I should as I have a bundled version of GC that came with  
the G5.

I have not tried to fax from the Brother, as the Brother SW sucks and  
I fax directly from OS X / G5 using the in-built fax capability --  
sparse, but it works fine.

Chad


> The current HP software causes Graphic Converter to crash  
> immediately. It works, sorta, in Photoshop, so I'd have said that  
> this was a GC problem, except that the _old_ scanner software  
> worked in GC. The problem is, the old _printer_ software stunk up  
> the place.
>
>> but the TWAIN driver works with Photoshop so scanning is not too  
>> painful.  I don't print on it much as I have an HP 2100tn which  
>> works just fine (this is my backup printer in case the HP craps  
>> out -- it is 8 years old now).
>>
>> Chad
>>