home use colour laser scanner recommendation

[PushedDover]

BUT NOT fkING HP!


I have had it up to my ears with HP and the HP 8020e OfficeJet Pro I have. without regular printing it becomes st.
then unless you run HP specific cartridges it says no.
It has been B&W, so I have factory resorted it. It has to connect on the network (done) but says it wont connet to the internet. Because HP are areses. it wont work unless it can connect to the internet (Why?) . Also HP not interested in supporting it with any real humanity as 'not in warranty' or subsciption.
so I have spent the last 12 hours of life going around trying to rebuild, reinstall, reconnect and now ready for the Office space scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wsjroVlu8

and replace.

Unfortunately it is an occasional use, but needs to be low height to fit the shelf (330mm) , preferable with a scanner built in (flat bed is fine). and without nanny state internet connectivity to enable it. dont need remote printing etc.

Any recommendations ?

[sgrimshaw]

Don't think you'll have much luck finding an all-in-one Colour Laser which is going to fit in that space, especially if you have an ADF. Without an ADF, you'd struggle to open the scanner lid anyway.

If B&W laser is an option then you'll have more choice and I'd take suggest looking at the Brother range, start with the DCP-L1660W and go up the range to get the feature you need.

I personally bought the DCP-L2627DWXL before Christmas as I wanted it's feature and that variant came with 2 3000 page toners and a 3 year warranty.

[PushedDover]

Thanks for the response.
Regarding the height, it does seem a tall order (IYKWIM), and for the little the scan gets used, I am am ok with pulling the unit out of the cubbyhole to use.
Main purpose is to fit inside the double wide Ikea standard shelves, and occasional printer for home and WFH use.

[sgrimshaw]

PushedDover said:

Thanks for the response.
Regarding the height, it does seem a tall order (IYKWIM), and for the little the scan gets used, I am am ok with pulling the unit out of the cubbyhole to use.
Main purpose is to fit inside the double wide Ikea standard shelves, and occasional printer for home and WFH use.

Sadly, if you want a multifunction colour laser that's less than 330mm high and you're ruling out HP (which I can totally understand) you might have better luck finding a unicorn.

If you put scanning to one side, then there's a good range of choice from the likes of Brother, Canon, Xerox etc which will fit height wise.

No Colour Laser is small though, they're chunky beasts.

Good hunting.

[Mr Pointy]

The smallest Brother with scanner is 355mm high & the smallest Xerox is 345mm:

https://www.printerland.co.uk/product/brother-dcp-...
https://www.printerland.co.uk/product/xerox-c235/1...

It looks like you are going to have to compromise on something. There's HP laser printers which will fit or look at an Epson or Cannon inkjet with tanks:

https://www.printerland.co.uk/printers/epson-canon...

[Griffith4ever]

Get a Brother, ditch the scanner, use your phone to take a photo.