Just to chime in here..
In my experience(*), all-in-one printers generally are not worth the trouble.
And by that statement, I mean "HP showed the world how to make really horrible PC imaging products!"
Not mush doubt that the modern HP knows how to screw up a wet dream
but there really isn't any reason that a copier and printer can't
share the same plastic, power supply, and interface cards. It makes a
lot of sense when you consider that all a copier is, is a scanner and
printer.
That said, I don't have one. I have a five year old HP 2015dn. It'll
be my last HP, though.
I think it was the model 2210PSC or something like that.
We had about 4 or 5 of them and they were all TOTAL pieces of s^it, with apologies to actual excrement. So bad that to this day, it has completely ruined any chance that I will ever even consider purchasing a new "all-in-one" from any manufacturer.
There truly is something to be said about a product doing a single job well.
If I want a decent photo, I'll use my Nikon D800, not my iPhone.
Except my phone is always with me. My Olympus, rarely. The phone is
great for business pictures (documenting PC boards, and such), too.
If I want a color printout, I'll use my Brother HLN-4040 printer (or whatever it is). It's the one that doesn't try to do everything.
OK. Scanner?
If I want to photocopy something, I'll use the photocopier down the hall,
Hmm, down the hall? You mean at your CPoE? Hell, I can print and
scan color stuff there, but it's like, you know, stealing.
not a scanner and printer,
But that's all a copier is. I have been known to use my flatbed
scanner and printer as a copier but it's a PITA.
and not my iPhone-email-printer.
If it works, and it's handy.
If I want directions, I'll use the Garmin Montana, not an outdated AAA roadside paper map.
??? I'll use my cell phone. It's updated far more often than any
stand-alone GPS widget. Indeed, when we were house hunting two years
ago, cell phones had the only maps to about 40% of the houses we were
looking at.
If I want to fax something... OK-nobody really sends faxes anymore.
Well, I do. But that's business and they have all-in-one copiers. ;-)
Sure, there will be times when, in a pinch, an iPhone camera is perfectly
fine. Ditto for the rest. And maybe the above are not the best example,
but hopefully you get my point. Like that crap on the infomercials:
if it slices, dices "AND" juliannes, then it's probably an overpriced
plastic piece of shit guaranteed to fall apart on first use and probably
cut your fingers off in the process!
But if it's good enough, why require better?
I find that if you buy/use devices intended for a single function
the aggravation factor is usually less. A lot less!
For example: A nice Zwilling / J.A. Henckels 6" Professional "S"
Chef's Knife for the aforementioned slicing. Article 31021-163-0
Cost: $80-100. Your mileage may vary. I don't need that same
knife to double as a "spork", flashlight, or USB dongle.
We prefer the Shuns, but whatever. OTOH, there is use for a Swiss
Army knife. I'm not in the Boyscouts, but carrying a set of cutlery
around isn't a good idea, either. Proper tools...
That reminds me: A "spork" is a perfect example of "all-in-one" gone bad.
Sounds good on paper. Not so good in actual use.
Agreed. I did use a spoon, once, that had a serrated blade its edge.
I wish I could find them. They're great for French Onion soup. ;-)
As to the HP Laserjet III and 5L: - fantastic products!!
You couldn't hardly kill a Laserjet III if you tried.
Worst case, the fuser would die after a half-million (or so) prints, and by the 2nd fuser's death, you could easily justify several Tibetan Monks to print your documents on individual grains of rice. Not that monks are paid all that much...
A friend's was always giving him fits. He did tax preparation and it
seemed to get finicky every April.
