suggestions for good all-in-one printer

I have used epson cx3200 & cx9400. not happy with cx9400 as it prints double towards one end. I am thinking of replacing.

I print around 30-50 black & white pages per week and fax few pages per week. Any suggestions for good printer that has cheaper and good generic ink replacement options?

How about cheaper laser printer with fax? do they have any generic toners? Thanks,

Just a few random thoughts to pass along.

That Epson '3200 was a good unit. Not blazing fast or seemingly special, but they did last and they did get a decent life out of an ink cartridge. Newer Epsons are trash - that one pre-dates the junk Epson is cranking out today.

For a cheap to fuel AIO, the Brother '240 has been on sale as both refurbs and new. Now I have to say that it's truly an entry level AIO, however it features a flatbed scanner with a document feeder for faxing - indeed it has fax. The document feeder can be quirky sometimes, and it tends to use ink even when little printing is done (cleaning cycle??). It runs ink tanks with hoses to the print head, genuine ink is cheap and generic is downright dirt cheap. Print quality is surprisingly good for such a cheap machine. and it's super quiet as well.

IMHO it's hard to beat an HP, but fax is the catch for you as the decent, affordable HPs don't have fax, and their entry fax AIO is lousy.

Avoid Pananasonic - period. Frys has been having a laser AIO with and without fax for $100 and $70 respectively. Don't cave in and snag what seems like a good deal as they are total junk. I bought the non-fax version (already have the network version of the Brother listed above for fax) and what a dissapointment!!!!

Personally I'd keep the old Epson around, buy a Brother C240 AIO w/fax for faxing and color printing, then also snag a Samsung or Brother laser printer.

You total cost of ownership over several years will primarily be determined by the cost of ink. Generic ink for brother AOI's is very cheap. I replaced my perfectly functional HP printer with a brother AOI in order to save money.

i've been trying to figure out what AIO to go for. fax isn't an issue for me, i usually do that from work. just basic print - maybe 5-6 sheets a week -- occasional photo and more scanning (receipts etc) I've been looking at the Canon Pixma 310 $69 shipped

Thanks, I see Newegg has it new for $59.99 plus 4.95 shipping. *scratching head*

I like my Brother AIO machines. I have a MFC-5440 and MFC-5840. Both the same except the 5840 adds SD/CF/etc. card ports, and a 2nd paper tray.

I use these for business/utility use, and NOT photo printing. I do not print photos, so I cannot comment on photo quality.

The thing that I love about these machines:
* Ethernet networking built-in. This makes them easy to share between computers.
* Scan works over ethernet also.
* Memory card ports (5840 only) accessible over Ethernet through FTP. That is cool.
* Works great in Linux. Installation under Ubuntu is a snap (search the package manager for "brother")
* Reasonable ink costs.
* Fax machine
* Scanner has a sheet-feed.

**NOTE** I tried using Carrot Ink cartridges, and they would NOT work. Avoid Carrot Ink for Brother cartridges.