On Friday 04 March 2005 5:16 pm, Paul wrote:
The HP G85 certainly does work both as a scanner and a printer, although somewhat expensive to run..
The G85 certainly was a good model and better built than the later MFP's. However it is no longer a current model and most of the ones on the 2nd hand market are looking a bit tired now. you can also look for the G65 which is the same thing without the Fax.
If you are in posession of one of these (or pick up a used one) I have a word of warning.
There is a design fault in the Head cleaning waste tank, on very heavily used printers this tank can overflow through a drive shaft opening in the side, It can also leak if the printer is tipped during transport or stored in non horizontal plane. Doing so will possibly destroy the printer as once the ink has leaked into the separate motor that runs the head cleaner (told you they were well built) it ceases to function. These parts are no longer available from HP without purchasing the Head cleaner assembly complete (which costs more than the printer is worth).
Also the ink stains almost anything in a very permanent fashion (proof of this can be seen in the boot of my car) and a disturbing amount ends up in the waste tank on a hard working printer (or not if you tip it)