I have been charged with tracking down a good poratble printer to take to sales meetings with our laptops.
The printer has to be light enough to be carry-on while flying with a laptop. it will only be used to print black & white documents while on the floor at large sales meetings.
being easy to operate, fairly idiot-proof in other words, would be a bonus.
So, any reccomendations?
Thank you in advance.
I’m assuming you need one that will print letter size? I just had a good experience with this Brother model. (There is a similar model that doesn’t have the network capability and is a little cheaper.)
As far as idiot-proof goes, this printer was at a friend’s house, and when I said I could download the drivers so I could use it, he said, “It didn’t come with a software CD. I just plugged it in to the USB port and my computer recognized it.”
I did the same thing, and it was indeed plug-and-play. I’ve got a MacBook Pro, he has a Dell laptop. Worked great and way faster than an ink jet.
It’s a laser printer, so it should be less particular about being moved than an ink jet, where you have to worry about the print heads.
Let’s try IMHO. Moved.
samclem
My IT department supports 40 Canon i80 and PIXMA iP90 units. (The iP90 is pretty much the same as the i80 but in a sexier case.)
Pros[ul]
[li]Fast printing[/li][li]Plain paper, not the crappy thermal stuff[/li][li]Optional Bluetooth module[/ul][/li]Cons[ul]
[li]They go through a lot of expensive ink[/li][li]Built-in self-destruct feature (google “waste ink absorber full”)[/ul][/li]Overall we’re pretty happy with them. They are expensive and finicky, but that is going to be the case with any portable printer. Don’t expect them to last much longer than the warranty period. They get the job done in the meantime.
freckafree, thanks, however, I notice that the printer you linked to was 14.5 pounds. I was sorta looking for something around 5 pounds, as it will be carried on airplanes with a laptop.
Samclem, thanks.