Inkjet all-in-one printer for Mac with double sided scanning and double-sided printing: recommendations?

[cfm56d7b]

I looked at several printers with double sided scanning and double-sided printing features. No clear winner. The cost of ink isn't an issue. Overall reliability and print / scan quality is more important.

Any recommendations with practical experience?

Currently running MacOS Ventura and soon MacOS Sonoma.

 

[BrianBaughn]

Have you narrowed it down to a few specific contenders?

 

[cfm56d7b]

Have you narrowed it down to a few specific contenders?

Well - the one on top of the current short list is Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4830. Any experience with it?

 

[nigelbb]

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[colodane]

Well - the one on top of the current short list is Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4830. Any experience with it?

No experience with that model, but I've been using an Epson WorkForce 845 here for over 6 years.

It has dual-side printing (which I love), but not scanning (which I have no use for anyway). As with any inkjet, keeping up with ink replacements, doing periodic head cleaning, etc. will be required.

Overall, it has been quite reliable. Only major issue I had with it was a couple years ago was when I purchased some genuine Epson ink cartridges from Amazon. Don't recall the exact details, but the printer basically went "bonkers" and kept exhibiting all kinds of weird symptoms and would only print portions of a page. Finally discovered that the "use by date" on the ink was expired. There were a rough couple of months while I sorted all this out. My final solution is that I now walk down to Staples and buy my replacement ink in person and check the Use By date on the box before purchasing. No issues since I started doing that.

Print quality is excellent. But note that my usage is 95% text. If you do a lot of graphics you should solicit opinions from other users.

Good luck with your choice.

 

[BrianBaughn]

Well - the one on top of the current short list is Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4830. Any experience with it?

No…I've had a Canon MF8380CDW laser that I've been using for several years…longer than I expected it to work or be supported.

Good luck!

 

[RMCRipSystem]

I upgraded to Canon Maxify 7120 and it's pure garbage. Stay away. I'm on my 3rd unit and it sucks up anywhere from 2-50 sheets of paper per print job jamming the unit. I'm convinced it's a product issue at this point. Same issue with all 3 units. Won't go back to Canon. Be careful. The Maxify 6120 has duplex printing but not duplex scanning. You need to pay $150 for the fax unit that includes duplex scanning because Canon's marketing people didn't think through product features in the slightest or emerging technologies and is clearly clueless and out-of-touch with high-end home office customers.