I recently updated OSX to El Capitan, and my HP CM1312nfi multi-function color laser printer (which already had barely-there support from HP on the last OSX version) now doesn't want to scan. The last official version of OSX that the drivers claim to support is 10.9. Meanwhile, my black toner cartridge and 2 of 3 color toners have run dry again, and I swear this thing goes through them way too fast.
I suspect that the scanning issue might get resolved somehow, or that I can get 3rd party software to handle that. So I'm debating whether to just buy another set of toner cartridges (about $200) or if I should maybe upgrade the printer altogether to get better support with the latest OSX versions and wireless support for my iOS devices (though I'm not sure how often I'd really need that).
Other considerations: This printer is a multi-function printer that supports scanning, copying, and faxing, but I don't really use it for faxing much and I'm hoping to ditch my landline soon, anyway, so between emailing PDFs as an alternative to faxing, or occasionally using some other online faxing service, I think I can live without that. Copying is nice to have, but not something I do often. Scanning multi-page documents is done every so often, but is infrequent enough that I could probably do most of what I need with the ScanSnap that I bought last year.
So part of me is also considering buying a new color laser printer that *isn't* a multi-function printer. If I did buy something new, I think my main priorities would be cost of supplies and print/color quality.
Thoughts/ideas/suggestions?
I suspect that the scanning issue might get resolved somehow, or that I can get 3rd party software to handle that. So I'm debating whether to just buy another set of toner cartridges (about $200) or if I should maybe upgrade the printer altogether to get better support with the latest OSX versions and wireless support for my iOS devices (though I'm not sure how often I'd really need that).
Other considerations: This printer is a multi-function printer that supports scanning, copying, and faxing, but I don't really use it for faxing much and I'm hoping to ditch my landline soon, anyway, so between emailing PDFs as an alternative to faxing, or occasionally using some other online faxing service, I think I can live without that. Copying is nice to have, but not something I do often. Scanning multi-page documents is done every so often, but is infrequent enough that I could probably do most of what I need with the ScanSnap that I bought last year.
So part of me is also considering buying a new color laser printer that *isn't* a multi-function printer. If I did buy something new, I think my main priorities would be cost of supplies and print/color quality.
Thoughts/ideas/suggestions?