[lx]

Hi

I need a multifunction printer (laser print / fax / copy) and have seen a few around. However I need it to be connected to my network, and need it to work with OS X (and win 2k, and linux if poss)

Anyone out there using a device like this with OS X today? Any recommendations?

thanks in advance
LX

[Back up 15 and punt]

I believe you would be very happy with HP's all in on 3300. This machine can be networked and is OS X compatible. Check it out at HP's web site.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/cgi-bin/h...me=product.cgi

[lx]

Thanks - looks ideal, though it costs half as much again to network it. That site showed $499 for the printer but $229 for the network adapter - which seems an awful lot.

Assuming I'm going to want to send print jobs from other servers as well as Airported tibooks and a rogue Sony Vaio laptop (win 2k), are there any other solutions apart from paying through the nose for the JetDirect box??

cheers again,
lx

[Nebrie]

Sorry, but for the price you want, you seriously just are not going to find any multifunction printers with ethernet. That combo is actually the best price you're gonna get.

[lx]

Yeah you're right. However I have a few other options... my network is a random mixture of Linux, Win2k and OS X machines (I 'switched' as soon as OS X was available - I love the hardware but OS 9 was simply not good enough).

Brother have a multifunction laser printer / fax / copier available for £349 in the UK. They have OS X drivers on the web site. It only has a parallel / USB connection, but I've found that Win 2k server (with Print Services for Unix) can directly connect the printer (parallel) and serve the printer out via LPR to all unix clients.

Each unix client needs a driver, and since OS X has a driver, and can connect to LPR printers, it all works perfectly.

It's not exactly a 'network printer' but it works pretty much the same (my servers are on 24/7 anyway). Incidentally Netgear sell a ethernet-parallel print server box as well, you don't need to spend £230 on the JetDirect box.

I wasn't exactly looking to get bargain basement hardware here - cost was only a criterion since I'm seriously tempted by the 17" iMac. And I've already put orders in for a 1 GHz Cube upgrade and a GeForce 3 to soup up my Cube

(still waiting - anyone here actually received the Powerlogix Cube upgrade yet?????)

lx