Looking for printer reccomendation, all-in-one combo

Been using various models of HP OfficeJet all-in-one inkjet machines at
home for years, and have hated them forever.

The software they ship with these all in one machines is poortly
quality controlled, and locks up the machine regularly. The machines
themselves are very tempremental, and have numerous problems with ink
and paper handling. While I have had great experince with HP laser
printers over the years, it seems like the cheap-consumer heritage of
the inkjet based machines keeps them from being the solid reliable
workhorse I have been looking for.

But on the plus side, there is one machine which is useful for faxing
scanning and printing. And whenever I look around, there isn't any
other machine whch does all that, that will lower itself to speak to
Macs. So even though I hate them, I keep replacing one hated HP
machine with another.

I'm about to throw my latest one away, and am wondering if HP has a new
machine that people have good experince with, or if there is a better
altenative out there. Does anyone know?

In <1138648075.941127.276470 RemoveThis @g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
the.michael.toy RemoveThis @gmail.com <the.michael.toy RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:

> But on the plus side, there is one machine which is useful for faxing
> scanning and printing. And whenever I look around, there isn't any
> other machine whch does all that, that will lower itself to speak to
> Macs. So even though I hate them, I keep replacing one hated HP
> machine with another.

I have a Brother MFC-7820N. Network compatible (out of the box). This is
a B/W-laser that supports both Macs and PCs - works well with OS X. I can
fax, scan (including OCR), and print from both my iBook and my Dell notebook.

I like the print quality, and scanning seems okay too. FAX is standard G3,
although I think it can send color faxes also. On my iBook, I've used it
with 10.4.2 - 10.4.4.

Currently retailing for about $280.

AC
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