On Saturday 14 December 2002 09:35 pm, Craig White wrote: > On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 18:40, Kurt Granroth wrote: > > I want to get a multi-function printer with the following features: > > * laser printing > > * flatbed scanning > > * copy without PC > > * fax without PC > > > > Furthermore, I would like both the printer and scanner to work under > > Linux (the printer MUST the scanner would be nice). > > > > I know that the HP 3330 (and related 3300 series) fulfill all of those > > criteria just fine. But there is one last requirement: > > > > * must be under $500 > > > > Oops.. even refurbished 3330s are around $600. > > > > So, does anybody know of a comparable device that fits ALL of my > > criteria? > > ------ > I just bought a Office 85GXi for $200 from Fry's. I remember when my > customers were paying $699 & 599 for them. > > It's still in the box but I expect that I will get most everything > working on it (optimistic ain't I?) Heh.. took me a while to find it (85GXi has 0 hits on google). It looks like the HP OfficeJet G85Xi is an ink-jet. I've had quite a few ink-jets and hated them all (very expensive re-fills, shoddy quality after awhile, loud, and slow) so I pretty much insist on lasers from now on. Hmm.. if there isn't any cheap laser multi-functions, maybe there is a software package under linux that can tie together a scanner, printer, and modem to do the same thing... -- Kurt Granroth - "KDE -- Conquer Your Desktop" KDE Developer/Evangelist | granroth@kde.org http://www.granroth.org | kurt@granroth.org