Ron,
Go to brohter.com and you'll have all the info you can stand. They have a feature that allows you to read in pdf any of their printers manuals. And their regular web sales area ain't too shabby either. So grab a cup of coffee and a go computer and you'll find out the anwers to almost all of these questions and then some. Heck if you do I'll bet you'll be answering of rookie's questions soon too...
Piece of advice though. Their color lasers have all four drums in one unit so if one goes bad then you are into an expensive replacement of a four drum unit. So until they offer a model that allows separate drums I will only buy their monocrome lasers. Lastly you might want to do what we are doing, as much as I buy AIO's because they can always switch hit for one another in a pinch and prices are not that different these days, you may find having 2 or 3 modest cost printers serving different main duties and in different parts of the office makes more sense. Buy one good one, live with it for a bit and then see how your office flows and what you need and where the bottlenecks are.
We in NYS have to print on NYS specific paper and so we have an extra little HP 6300 in the back just for the Rx's but very close to the examroom. I frequently sit near that computer station anyway, so as the Rx prints I just slip it under the door to the doc and feed it paper if it suddenly runs out. This way our Rx's are not out and about where others can get at them either.
Again, make a decent choice, live with it for awhile, and then I bet you'll find your flow and figure out if you want an extra one just for faxes, or Rx's, or for the staff in the back so they don't have to walk all the way across the office just to get what they are working on. As I stated before I have a good day to day printer in an HP7780, good cost per page, color officejet, so I am looking for an AIO that can mostly be an "E" PC Fax center for us as we continue to move away from paper. If this was going to be our main B&W printer, then I would probably get one of the bigger Brothers ala or the like for longevity, bettter cost per page, max. monthly use and the like.
You'll find your way....
Paul
