Originally Posted by
jimquan
I was just thinking what a timesaver my HP Officejet 5610 is! I'm dealing with many, many applications and credentials for locum tenens work and it is just the best. It scans to many formats including pdf both plain and searchable. The document feeder seems reliable and the HP software allows you to select an 'additional scan' mode to scan a large document. I easily scanned a 49 page application today in about 20 page bites.
I did extensive research before buying. I'd stay away from Brother inkjet MFC's due to high ink costs - for example the lower end ones have a cleaning cycle which wastes ink. This was gleaned from Amazon reviews. I didn't look at the lexmark MFCs.
The HP can be found for as little as $120 at big box stores and even as little as $100. There are faster and more expensive HP MFC's but I doubt you'll get more bang for the buck. If only it had the ability to turn pages and scan a book!
Ink is always is pricey but you can get the large HP56 cartridge B/W for less then $20. I just wish it held more ink!
I like it so much I'm taking it with me on my gig next week.
Jim
- About the Searchable PDFs. Are they size wise larger than plain PDFs? How does it become searchable? How / where does it pickup & tag keywords?
- My low end brother MFC does do this cleaning bit. But I've had it for a long time and it did not eat as much ink (i feel). Plus, its 3rd party cartridges were super cheap online through a 'printing supplies' site.
- I'll look for the HP to see options.
Originally Posted by
MaecDavidMiller
We bought a Brother MFC-7820N about two months ago. It's a b&w laser printer/scanner/fax/copier (not inkjet) with an Ethernet port, document feeder and a flat-bed scanner. It's perfect as a reasonably small MFC, and the software is very reliable (you can set it to scan into PDFs).
Bought it from Staples for around $200-$250, minus a $50 rebate. Read the reviews on Amazon and you'll see that most people like this machine. I think its worth getting a laser printer (even just a black and white) over an inkjet because of the cost per page as well as the quality of the printouts, and getting the Ethernet port. I can't understand why more routers don't have a built-in print server with a USB port--don't most people use laptops these days?
- I seem to leaning more & more towards a laser as read more reviews. esp. price per page & print quality wise.
- I agree about the routers. They must have printer ports. I use laptops ONLY these days.
- Can you Scan to PDF using your model through the ethernet connection? How many pages can you feed it? Have you tried multiple page / PDFs? How fast / slow is that? (Sorry, those are a lot of questions.. just brainstorming)
Originally Posted by
DI542
If I understand correctly you are looking for a printer that will scan directly to a PDF rather than just provide a scanned image that you can convert later to a PDF.
If that's the case I don't know of a SOHO solution. If you're in the market for something bigger we use the Konica Minolta bizhub C351 in our office and it does a pretty good job of colour printing, photocopying and scanning directly to PDF. You just key in your e-mail address and it will send the PDF to your inbox.
My 70$ Brother MFC scans directly to PDF. Its not just the machine, but part of it is the software & drivers that came with the machine. I have acrobat etc & other PDF convertors but I'd rather have a simple 1-button or 1-click solution so that I can scan multiple page documents into PDFs. Hopefully, duplex scanning too..
Originally Posted by
Quattro
As much as I don't like Dell printers, the 3115 is a pretty decent color laser MFP and is really quick in scanning to PDF.
Can you share some more detailed experiences on that based on some questions I asked above (about Scan speed / multi page docs et)? Please. Thanks in advance.
Originally Posted by
ScottC
It's not an MFP, but it is (IMHO) the best affordable archiving scanner out there: the HP Digital Sender 9100C.
Check Ebay for "hp digital sender" and you may find one for between $200 and $300. These things spit out PDF files and are absolutely ideal for archiving work.
I'll look for it. Appreciate your insights.
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Originally Posted by
ralfp
IS100e at a warehouse is 900$.. Way out of my range
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Originally Posted by
redbeard911
I have an HP OfficeJet that has worked pretty well for me. I can scan into various applications, including PDF> My only gripe is the scanned files are very large. (>750K per page) Our scanning copier here at work is 50k per page.
- Your model number & experience scanning multiple pages into PDF?
- Which model do you have at the office? Do you think it is because the scanned files are being done at different quality levels (different DPIs)?
Appreciate everyones insights. I'll make sure to post what I find in other areas over here so others can benefit. Do let me know your thoughts.