[conspire] Bad hardware categories (wasL: July 13th CABAL meeting cancelled)

[Don Marti]

begin Rick Moen quotation of Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 04:35:41PM -0700:
> 
> Example1:  Multifunction printer / fax / modem / copier / scanner units,
> like HP OfficeJets.  Seems like a great idea for a home office, right?
> Takes up minimal space and you get four devices for the price of one.
> Oh, no, grasshopper.  You've missed the implication:  Despite the win
> that a multifunction device _could_ be, the thing will be built with the
> worst possible components for each of the functions, in order to hit
> rock-bottom pricepoint.  And it'll be nothing but trouble.

There are some good small office "AIO" devices out
there.

Our family has an HP LaserJet 3055, which is, as
far as I can tell, a solid low-end b+w laser printer
with a decent scanner/copier and fax device on it.
There's an Ethernet connection for network printing,
and it's a real PostScript printer.  No complaints
about the scanning, faxing, or copying, and the
laser print quality is up to usual HP standards.
Doesn't jam, works with Linux with no drama, would
buy another.

It wasn't especially cheap or small, but I'd rather
have infrequent toner cartridge changes than have
the inkjet ink monkey on my back.

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