Lexmark X543DN Mfp Color Laser 21/21 Ppm P/c/s Duplex

The features included fast printing, full color, automatic double sided printing (w/o fax option). It will work as a network printer, too. It was clearly designed to work with Windows, but it is also sold as Mac OS compatible, and the User Manual walks you though set-up steps with Windows or Mac OS at the same time. It is thorough. Thank goodness it's in HTML format, too.

I'm a long time HP printer user (30+ years) and I wary of other brands. But, I haven't had a good experience with HP over the years - they just don't keep their printers drivers up to date (at least, not for Mac or Unix systems).

Mac users won't have any problems with this printer, and the Mac installer is included. The printer driver did not include a double sided printing option. You have to be working from one of the Microsoft Office applications, to notice a third line of options called "Copies & Pages" > "Printer Features". Opening up that list provides all the printer functions...Read more

The printed output from the x543 is great. Crisp, colorful - exactly what I'd hoped. And, it's reasonably quiet. Double-sided printing works perfectly (though it does slow output). Contrary to what the previous reviewer said, I am offered the option to print double-sided on every document, in every application. (And you can buy the toner right here on Amazon.)
However, the scanner is a nightmare. It takes 15 clicks for every scanned document to set up a "scan profile", choose your options, point the machine to the destination folder, get assigned a "shortcut" (ha!) for that scan job, then you go to the scanner, key in the shortcut on the machine itself, wait for the scan, then go back to the computer, click "launch" on the profile you created, and once again, point the machine to your destination folder.
It would be one thing if you had to do all this once to set it up, but I can tell you after 4 long calls with tech support, that you must do this for every scan. Hello? I...Read more

This multi-functional printer comes with automatic duplex color printing,
and it has a 600dpi scanner that supports scanning from both flatbed and document feeder.
It comes with a RJ45 jack to support network printing/scanning, and it supports Windows's WSD protocol so the printer is automatically detected and installed without hassle.
It supports PostScript printer language, so no problem printing from other operating system such as Linux.
Another good thing is that it comes with a web interface, scanning can be done on any browser that supports Java applets, without the need of a driver, which is a big plus for dual boot user like me. The web interface can also be used to check printer status like cartridge life, and to manage settings, so basically no need to play with the small 2-line LCD console.

One shortcoming is that it doesn't support duplex scanning, and duplex printing is slow, but that's no big deal considering the 450$ price tag.