Help me choose a new printer

I am looking for a multifunction printer with the following features. Other than the Brother machines, I haven't been able to find out for sure whether any of the printers I've researched would fit the bill. I don't want another Brother printer - that's what I'm replacing. I'm partial to Canon printers, having had good experiences, but would consider other brands.
I have three, and sometimes four Macs in the house, all connected via Airport Extreme to the network. I would like these features to be available to all computers on the LAN.
Ethernet
Duplex printing
Separate ink tanks for each color
Print-to-fax over the LAN
Scan-to-computer over the LAN
Local copy/fax
I don't care so much about printing pictures directly from a camera - I consider this feature optional.
Thanks for your suggestions!
- Chuck

I'm going to butt in with the suggestion that you rethink purchasing an AIO printer. If you perform a quick search on printers (and ignore the first month or two after Leopard was first released) you'll see that the two biggest printer questions involve AIO printers and sharing USB printers. Further, while inkjet printers may be cheaper up front, their consumables are much more expensive and inkjets, unless printed to frequently, tend to clog.
Since networkable color laser printers broke the $300 barrier 2 years ago I began recommending them strongly. Consumer level scanners are inexpensive and seriously, how often do you scan? Anyway, you know best what you need and free advice is worth what you pay.

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Need Help on choosing Color Laser Printer

Hello Everyone;
I am strugling to decide which Laser Colour Printer to buy, and I need some advice; I have the following options so far:
HP 2605dn
Brother HL-4070CDW
Oki C3400n
I only found here reviews for the HP, and they were mostly all negative, a lot of users complaining about the speed when printing in color.
But couldn't find reviews for the other two, only posts regarding the lack of drivers for them. Is there anyone who have used the above printers on a Mac succesfully?
Any comment would help. Can anyone review the Oki and/or the Brother printer?
This is what I need from my printer:
Relatively fast on a Mac
Duplex (is not a must but would be nice)
Wireless Printer (again is not a must, but it would be awesome)
Color printing
Basically I will use it at home for personal use: newsletters, some documents, etc.
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Take a look at the Canon line. By that, I mean the output.

Mountain Lion, home network and choosing a new printer...

We recently upgraded to Mountain Lion. We have multiple iMacs and use an AirPort Extreme. We also have iPhones and iPads. I am upgrading my printer, but am unsure how to make sure the printer will be compatible and will work on our network. This has been an issue in the past and networking is not my strongest skill. What do I need to look for to ensure my investment is not a waste of money?
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Eric, I just found that document a little while ago. It was what influenced me to choose the 200 series, since it was on the list.
I believe you are correct Gerald. I believe I am now planning on buying, but I want to ensure I know how to install it so everything will work properly. I am not sure if that will require a direct network connection, wireless or something else. I don't like to get something, know it *should* work and fail to be able to accomplish that. LOL
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I need some help in choosing a new router

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Looking at the distance of wireless devices a basic router can work very well in your network, But you also have Audio/Video Streaming Devices in the Network So would Like to Recommend E3000 with Key Features
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Help me choose a new Mac! PLEASE....

I switched to the Macintosh back on Jan. 2nd, 2005 with the original iMac G5. Then I moved to Mac OS X Tiger when it came out and have been obsessed with the Mac operating system ever since. I am one of those people who run Quicksilver and have 15 icons next to there clock.
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Anyone in this situation really needs to consider not just what their needs are at the present time, but also what interests may develop in the period of time the system being bought is likely to remain in active service.
For most people, the question wouldn't be all that critical - web browsing is web browsing, and a bit of Word, email, a library of music in iTunes, a few amateur video projects maybe in iMovie.... those are not really demanding on systems and any Mac capable of supporting those uses is likely to be fine for a few years.
But for users with an interest in the pro-level applications, the chances are that they will be pushing their systems quite hard, and be looking at new versions of the applications and new software titles for specialist uses over time, so unless these potential additional demands are taken into account at the time a purchasing decision is being made, there's a real risk that the system bought will run out of steam rather faster than it runs out of viable life.
In this particular example, it makes no sense at all to buy a G5 system, even though in themselves the G5 power macs are very powerful. Pro-level software into the future will be increasingly designed to make more and more effective use of Intel hardware, so G5 technology will be a limiting factor into the future. That makes the Mac pro the only real option and even if the 20" cinema display wasn't already owned, the expansion options in the Mac Pro make it the obvious choice over and above an iMac or MacBook Pro.
And to the OP.... wait long enough and the first generation of Mac Pros will eventually reach $1,499 in the refurb store. Might take a while though!

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Gurus: please help me choose my new HD Video camera

Esteemed Video Gurus:
Currently I am an intermediate level Adobe Premiere Pro user. As my video editing projects grow more complex and my skills grow, my 8-year-old SD Video camera is just not acceptable anymore.
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You're asking a lot for $800.
As you were a photographer, and might still have lenses around, you could look into the Panasonic GH2. New, they went for around $600 to $700 for the body. But there is a new model out which now runs about $1,200 for the body, so you may have to look into a used one if you don't want to up the price.
The genius of the GH2 is that some Russian figured out how to hack the firmware and adjust things inside the camera. As a result, and with the right hack, I'd argue that the GH2 can produce an image equal and most often superior to any other camera costing less than $5,000. (And even for cameras costing more, it can sometimes hold its own.)
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I need help choosing a new Palm phone.

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Hello mars_d11, I regret to inform you Palm Inc. ceased to exist years ago.
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My new printer will not accept the print command ???

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What ADOBE program are you using?
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When I try to print sth I can´t choose my printer. Adobe Reader only shows a printer I used years ago.I aleady deleted and reinstalled the Reader and deleted all other printers from the computer.How can I add a new printer to Adobe Reader?Thanks for help!

When I try to print sth I can´t choose my printer. Adobe Reader only shows a printer I used years ago.I aleady deleted and reinstalled the Reader and deleted all other printers from the computer.How can I add a new printer to Adobe Reader?Thanks for help!

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Have OSX & OS 9. Can't change chooser in OS 9 for new printer.

Hi - Here I am hours later. Please help.
I have a new printer ip4200. I am running both OS X and OS 9. All is well with OS X and printer, but I can not get the ip4200 to show up on my OS 9 Chooser. It shows 4 items: AppleShare, FaxPrint, LaserWrier8 and SC777 (my last printer).
I am trying to print from Corel Print House which operates in OS 9 only and cannot.
Thanks much.
Desperate Diane
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Hi, Diane. Ralph has the right idea. To print directly from a Classic application, you'd need to have installed an OS9-compatible driver for the ip4200, so you could select that driver in the Chooser. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be one.
http://software.canon-europe.com/Printers/BubbleJet_Printers/PIXMAiP420010232.asp
Indeed, the System Requirements for the printer include the following: "Macintosh computer with Mac OS X v10.2.1 or later..."
It appears that the printer probably requires some feature(s) not present in earlier versions of OS X (let alone OS 9) to function. If that's the case, there would be no point in Canon's writing an OS 9 driver for it.
If Corel Print House has the ability to save its documents in a file format that you can open with an OS X-native application (PDF format, for example), you could save them in that format, open them in such an application, and print them in OS X, using the printer's OS X driver. If CPH can't do that, you may have to find an OS X-native application to use instead of CPH. Or you may want to buy an older printer that does have an OS9 driver.

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