At Barbara Bush we have a 4700.  It does a beautiful job printing and is
fast, but needed new cartridges just recently.  It was almost $1000 for
all four colors.  Wow.
It is a constant battle with kids printing to the wrong printers, so I
only attach teachers' machines to the 4700 and they can print the kids'
stuff off the server.  However, a savvy kid can get to it on a Mac.
The printer itself is large; having the same footprint as the old 4550 but
much taller, to the tune of about 3 feet.  At tabletop it is somewhat tall
for a vertically challenged person.
Got money?  Go for it.  Want to save money?  I believe the other would do
a good job too.

Laura Irwin

> Fellow aides:
>     Our color printer (HP 4550N) died and it looks like the district
> supports HP 4700 and HP 4005, both of which are over $1000 and toners
> run $240 each.  The other is a HP 3600 for less than $600 with toners
> for $130.  We need a simple but reliable printer, no bells or
> whistles, that can handle 1000 to 3000 pages per month.  Any advice or
> recommendations would be helpful!  Thanks.
>
> Beth at Ishikawa
>
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