Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:06:03 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Peter Giessel <pgiessel@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multifunction printer/scanner/copier recommendation needed Message-ID: <20041005170603.GD2520@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <4933771.1096990370102.JavaMail.pgiessel@mac.com> References: <200410050100.i9510oHE033877@marlena.vvi.at> <4933771.1096990370102.JavaMail.pgiessel@mac.com>
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--mSxgbZZZvrAyzONB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 08:32:50AM -0700, Peter Giessel wrote: > On Tuesday, October 05, 2004, at 00:51AM, ALeine <aleine@austrosearch.net= > wrote: >=20 > >Hello, > > > >I'm shopping for a new printer and I want to get a multifunction > >printer/scanner/copier that is proven to work well under FreeBSD > >for both printing and scanning. > > > >The Canon MP360 looks like a good choice for my needs in terms of > >quality and price range, so if you have any experience using this > >or some other device along those lines under FreeBSD please let me > >know, any feedback will be greatly appreciated. >=20 > We just got an Canon imageRUNNER C3200 at work and have been > severely disappointed by the color print speed. On average, > it takes about two minutes to process each page. Our old > Xerox Phaser 860N is much faster. >=20 > On the other hand, it does have CUPS support and can scan > to an ftp server (FreeBSD 5.2.1 here), and the scans > (scan to PDF) are clear and compact. >=20 > However, we mainly got it to do black and white copying and > color printing, so the abysmal color print processing speed > is problematic at best. Just so no one gets screwed, the Cacon multifunction devices are entierly different beasts from the regular printers. I can't find the refrence at the moment, but I looked at them when I was shopping for a new multifunction printer and they were rated as paperweights. :-( -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --mSxgbZZZvrAyzONB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBYtR7XY6L6fI4GtQRAmbXAJ42z+gCq8EGGedIVoWxW/Jl9TdJ0QCfX4m7 BzenU7xojxgkfCapXKh8ROY= =sKxn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mSxgbZZZvrAyzONB--
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