It seems my poor Dell 1600n Laser All-in-one (AIO) may be on it's last leg. While setting up one my workstations the other night, I saw an error that I've run out of network scan users... and as far as I can tell, there is no way to delete unused entries from the unit. Not a huge surprise considering that network scanning was a new patched mess back when this beast was built back in 2004 (heck, reading around, network scanning was a feature added in a firmware update ) Edit- YES, the original CNET review on it mentions the lack of network scanning... must have been one hell of a firmware hack to make that work. Or it was a feature not ready by product launch but finished later.
Unless somebody has a suggestion for resetting the network users list, I'm looking for suggestions on a good model (or series) of laser AIO's to look for. I'm probably going to aim for a used unit, as I don't have a ton of money to blow on this.
Needs:
Wants:
This doesn't need to be a massive copy machine sized unit (although one would work if I happened to score one). No rush as the systems that need network scanning already are in the system (but if I ever reinstall windows on them, I'm screwed).
Thoughts?
Unless somebody has a suggestion for resetting the network users list, I'm looking for suggestions on a good model (or series) of laser AIO's to look for. I'm probably going to aim for a used unit, as I don't have a ton of money to blow on this.
Needs:
- Laser unit- inkjets suck.
- networked, wired options preferred. Doesn't need to be gigabit (the 1600n is only 10/100 and does fine).
- rated for medium-heavy duty use. My wife uses the crap out of it printing for work.
- Has fax capability; once in a while I need it for fax
- Toner still available; one thing that sucks about the 1600n is that toner can be tricky to source.
- Network scanning capability- My wife and I both use it, and I don't want to get into the "Honey, where's my ****ing scan at???" game.
- Linux compatiblity- My 1600n is at the low end of this (there is a lexmark driver that works for print only, no network scanning support). Windows 7/8.1/10 compatibility is a must, and Mac OSX PPC support would be a plus (but not needed, the iMac G5 I still have in service may get replaced if I ever come across a newer all-in-one system).
Wants:
- Color Printing-not needed but I wouldn't mind making the jump to color laser printing
- 11x17 capability- I use it a lot at work and for printing schematics and the like. Not needed, but it would be handy
- Duplexer- might save on paper
- Multiple trays- I don't use my second tray, but if I went to 11x17 I'd then have a use.
- Sheet feeder- the one on the 1600n is dicky so I don't use it much, but flipping pages sucks
- Flat bed scan/fax- Sheet feeding receipts wastes paper and/or jams a lot. And every time I'm on the road for work, I have bajillion receipts to scan.
This doesn't need to be a massive copy machine sized unit (although one would work if I happened to score one). No rush as the systems that need network scanning already are in the system (but if I ever reinstall windows on them, I'm screwed).
Thoughts?
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