[iBook] All in one printer/fax/copier for Mac?

[Howard Pettigrew]

I have a HP psc 2500 which is a networkable 4 in one (Presume this is  
not a NZ or Asia/Pacific region only model?) I agree with the comment  
about the HP Director software, which is a pain that it is always  
running. While the printer has wireless built in, I just have it on  
the network which uses a Linksys wireless router (not recommended!)  
with 4 network sockets. We run 2 iBooks, a Powerbook, a G3 iMac and a  
PC on the network and they can all use the printer, etc. Its nice to  
scan wirelessly from a laptop in say the lounge, edit and the print,  
all remotely. I have a good quality Agfa scanner (pity they aren't  
made any more as Snapscan was great software) for better quality work  
but the 4 in one is good for quick stuff.
Cheers
H
On 18/03/2006, at 2:05 AM, Tom Legare wrote:

> The HP all-in-one's work well if you have a direct USB connection,  
> but they network horribly with Macs if you try to put them on  
> wireless or a print server.  For a direct USB connection, there are  
> no problems.
>
> The HP Director is software that loads at startup and always  
> resident in the background so you can bring it forward at any time  
> to do a fax/copy/scan.
>
> I prefer to separately load scanning software when I need it, not  
> to have it always running.
>
> Tom
>