colour laser printers, colour laser MFDs

[Charles Dyer]

Thanks to everyone who replied. I've got a good baseline and will be  
looking for my new printer during next week.

On 29 Jun 2007, at 14:05:00, Chad Leigh wrote:

>
> On Jun 29, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Charles Dyer wrote:
>
>> Right now I have an elderly HP colour inkjet MFD which I use to  
>> print items which need colour, and to make some copies. I also  
>> have a Brother monochrome laser which does the bulk of my  
>> printing. The HP drinks ink like there's no tomorrow, despite  
>> doing less than 10% of my print jobs, even if you include the copy  
>> jobs, as for many copies I scan in the item and print it on the  
>> Brother.
>>
>> I'm looking for something to replace _both_ systems: a nice colour  
>> laser printer or MFD. If a printer, I'd have to get a good scanner  
>> to replace the scan section of the MFD, but that's not a big problem.
>>
>> What I'd like is a _network_ colour laser which does PostScript  
>> (or a clone thereof, one major problem with the Brother is that it  
>> is PCL only and its graphics output is... not that good) and can  
>> handle letter/legal/A4 size paper. If a MFD, the scan section  
>> should be able to handle letter/legal/A4 as well. Scanning and  
>> copying, if a MFD, should work over the network.
>>
>> Price is an object; any money devoted to this will have to come  
>> out of my Replace the iMac with a Mac Pro Project.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> I have the Konica Minolta 2450 color laser and it prints quite nice  
> and is an affordable printer. I think the 25xx series has replaced  
> it. It is a network printer with PS or clone interpreter
>
> Chad
>
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