I'm looking to replace my wife and my cheapo 'ink-cartridge-eating' Epson and HP printers. My wife works 100% from home, and I'm 100% from home for at least the next few weeks. We really need to get a good printer/scanner in the house for both of us to use. She mostly works with 8.5x11 documents. I sometimes print 22x34 drawings to 11x17 for review and markup, so I would really like the ability to print 11x17. The drawings are illegible on 8.5x11. I'm thinking we would work with a budget up to $1k, but that is somewhat flexible. That said, we are also house shopping at the moment, so I'm not dropping $5k on a new printer any time soon. If its a nice one for $1500+, we would certainly consider it.
The printer must have the following features:
The following are features that we would strongly prefer but aren't necessary:
We would be printing from Win10 devices, if drivers have any impact on printer choices.
What makes/models would you suggest we look at? If it's wiser to look at separate devices (i.e., dedicated printer & dedicated scanner, dedicated laser printer & all-in-one for everything else), we would be open to that as well.
The printer must have the following features:
- Laser printer (or very efficient ink/toner printer)
- Multi-sheet document scanner capable of 2-sided scanning
- Additional flatbed scanner for items that cannot fit through the scanner roller feed
- Wi-Fi connectivity
The following are features that we would strongly prefer but aren't necessary:
- Ability to print up to 11x17, with 11x17 feed tray that's separate from the 8.5x11 tray
- Color printing
- Duplex printing
- High-speed scanning
- Scan-to-PDF without the use of third-party software
We would be printing from Win10 devices, if drivers have any impact on printer choices.
What makes/models would you suggest we look at? If it's wiser to look at separate devices (i.e., dedicated printer & dedicated scanner, dedicated laser printer & all-in-one for everything else), we would be open to that as well.