On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 11:39:06PM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
The only flatbed machines at your price point I have sold (I really wouldn't bother with the sheet feed only units) are the HP 5510 (now discontinued) and the HP 6210 both of these have a 20 sheet ADF on the scanner. Both should be available within your budget. The only differences I can think of are that the 6210 has a better control panel and a USB Pictbridge socket.
Also be aware that some manufactures *cough* Lexmark *cough* Epson *cough* Have a habit of advertising Fax capability on their low end machines when that capability is provided by software (not on the machine)
We have sold a number of the 5510's and a few of the 6210's and had no complaints so far.
As far as I know basic printing and scanning is supported on both of these units by the HP Linux Printing Project http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/ this project alone, to my mind is a compelling reason to go for a HP unit (at least they are trying)
I would quote you for one but I know for a fact that Misco are underselling me on this product by a reasonable margin at the moment.
I can confirm that the HP products do work well with Linux though not the specific ones above. I have an HP7310 All-in-one which sits on my little home network and works well with both Linux and Win2k. The Linux drivers are actually much more practical and much less bloated than the Windows ones.