SOHO or SMB MFP w Documents Feeding Tray to scan to PDF

[crashnburn]

SOHO or SMB MFP w Documents Feeding Tray to scan to PDF

I bought a Brother MFC-210C MFP for personal use an year and half back from Fry's during the Thansgiving Sale. Its served me well. Not that I was looking for a major amount of performance but I did not really bother to check if it was X ppm while printing.

Its scans were decent and I was able to get a lot done.

Now, I have used it a lot to scan expense receipts, hotel bills, travel expenses etc into PDFs, so that I do not have to keep the physical copies around for ages.

However, it was a little inconvenient to manually do one page at a time for scanning to PDF.

I want to get an MFP that can be a good, fast ARCHIVING tool. I need to convert a lot of old stuff.. Some notes from Grad School and a bunch of other things to PDF. I'd like people's suggestions on which MFP to get.

TOP PRIORITY Features Needed (Hardware / Software Combined):
- Documents loading tray for scanning multiple pages into a single PDF
- Decently accurate / fast and supporting multiple "scan TO configuration combinations" to allow PDF docs, JPEG Scans etc. (Software to make this easier)

Bonus:
- Decent printing speeds for B/W & Color
- Possible to get cheap non-OEM cartridges for printing
- Not overtly expensive

Please do let me know if you have any suggestions / recommendations

[ptjeff1]

Thanks for posting, but you only need to post once, not multiple times.

When I was looking for a fast scanner and copier all of the multi-function printers looked like junk so I bought a stand-alone scanner. Xerox documate 252. It's fast and includes some nice software and features. The ADF is fast and works well for me. Good reviews, a bit expensive, but you usually get what you pay for.

[crashnburn]

Thanks for posting, but you only need to post once, not multiple times.

When I was looking for a fast scanner and copier all of the multi-function printers looked like junk so I bought a stand-alone scanner. Xerox documate 252. It's fast and includes some nice software and features. The ADF is fast and works well for me. Good reviews, a bit expensive, but you usually get what you pay for.

Thanks for the advise. Do you think you could suggest something a little no so pricey?

..........

Need recommendations for SOHO / SMB Multifunction Printers (MFP) w Documents Feeding Tray to scan to PDF.

Please see appropriate thread link in my signature.

Mods: I posted this is the relevant & appropriate / off topic sections in four different forums
- NotebookForums
- ThinkPad Forums
- PrinterForums.net
- PrinterTechForums.com

I have not received a single reply or recommendation. Where should I post this to get some EYEBALL time with people and get some feedback?

The contextually 'appropriate' sections of the forums where I have posted, do not have a lot of visibility with the people I want to get audience with.


I bought a Brother MFC-210C MFP for personal use an year and half back from Fry's during the Thansgiving Sale. Its served me well. Not that I was looking for a major amount of performance but I did not really bother to check if it was X ppm while printing.

Its scans were decent and I was able to get a lot done.

Now, I have used it a lot to scan expense receipts, hotel bills, travel expenses etc into PDFs, so that I do not have to keep the physical copies around for ages.

However, it was a little inconvenient to manually do one page at a time for scanning to PDF.

I want to get an MFP that can be a good, fast ARCHIVING tool. I need to convert a lot of old stuff.. Some notes from Grad School and a bunch of other things to PDF. I'd like people's suggestions on which MFP to get.

TOP PRIORITY Features Needed (Hardware / Software Combined):
- Documents loading tray for scanning multiple pages into a single PDF
- Decently accurate / fast and supporting multiple "scan TO configuration combinations" to allow PDF docs, JPEG Scans etc. (Software to make this easier)

Bonus:
- Decent printing speeds for B/W & Color
- Possible to get cheap non-OEM cartridges for printing
- Not overtly expensive

Please do let me know if you have any suggestions / recommendations

PS: If you think / know a better forum / location to post this then please do let me know.