Good Home Office Printer for Heavy Scanning, Light Printing

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  mskeggs on 22/02/2023 - 23:11

  +1

  How much scanning?
  When we needed this, the limitation was the scanner sheet feeders.
  We needed up with an Epson, it is Ok, but the duplex printing is unreliable, and it only does one side scanning.

  We regularly scan 40+ page documents, several times a week, and I think we are on the cusp of needing a proper document scanner like a snapscan, with he accompanying high costs.

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  boomramada on 22/02/2023 - 23:19

  +2

  Anything else ? Laminating as well for $400 Lol

  Since you say, heavy scanning, get this
  Brother MFC-L2750DW, can do single pass double-sided scanning.

  For colour printing, visit officeworks.

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    WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 23/02/2023 - 08:01

    +1

    Or get the MFC-L3770CDW which you can print with as well.

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      boomramada on 23/02/2023 - 08:28

      Yep but not for $400 :)

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        eris on 23/02/2023 - 14:38

        I can get the MFC-L3770CDW for around $380 as I have access to the JB/GG's staff discount. Although the price of the (official) toner is too expensive. I'm a bit worried about Brother making the use of generic toner too difficult, through driver updates etc.

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          boomramada on 23/02/2023 - 15:33

          +1

          @eris: They do forcing with their latest firmware update. Doesn't bothers me fortunately as I hardly print.
          And color toner is like $100 a pop? Hence the idea of getting a BW, use office work for printing, its all about how much you printing?

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      eris on 23/02/2023 - 13:35

      +1

      Yeah, I might have go for this one. I have a family member who can hook me up with a JB/good guys staff discount, at least.

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  Overclocked91 on 23/02/2023 - 08:54

  +1

  https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/brother-wi…

  Pushes your budget a bit but this is the one we have. Excellent unit

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    eris on 23/02/2023 - 14:30

    Do you get by with using generic toner? The brand toner is around $400 for a complete refill.

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      Overclocked91 on 24/02/2023 - 07:24

      Generic is fine.

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      snapper17 on 01/03/2023 - 22:14

      its a good printer but doesnt do 2-sided scanning . the bigger brother machine does but its more expensive

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  Mostly Fanless on 24/02/2023 - 02:45

  "boxes of documents I need to scan" Is this a once-off or a regular thing? If the former, Officeworks have self-serve scanning.
  Re printers I suggest look into the Epson inktanks. Used Brother lasers for years and not going back.

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  Debt Free on 01/03/2023 - 22:30

  Libraries offer free scanning, and you can save to USB stick, file or whatever. And their machines do double sided scanning too- just select double sided before you press start.