hi

Like SRS I have a finicky HP scanner. It is the most stubborn piece of equipment to get working that I have ever had.

I have used TINY, Epson Lexmark Canon over the years but I recently bought of cheap Brother. A three in one. Best thing I have used.

It works well on my desktop XP machine and also on two of my laptops using Vista. It works well on my Windows 7 laptop which is back at the supplier's but not for any problems with using the Brother set up.

The model is Brother MFC235C. I got it cheap - just over £50 and it does everything that I want. However these days I don't print photographs any longer so I am not sure if it prints at photo quality.

It also has useful software that my wife uses frequently that lets her photocopy and send Attached to Email all in one instruction.

Has three separate colour inks plus a B&W that I get very cheap cartridges which are fine.

Cheers

MikeL2