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Printer only or Multifunction
Hi all, new to the group and new to buying printers.
I have an ancient Canon printer and an almost as ancient Canon scanner. I want to buy a new printer and am thinking I could do with a faster, new scanner as well. I have spent 2 days searching the net but what I can't seem to find out is whether the multifunctions can do as good a job of printing as the stand alone printers? I would like to be able to print photos, including copies of old sepia photos, that are comparable to photo lab prints. Would you recommend buying the printer and scanner separately or the all in one? I've mostly been looking at Canon b/c I know I can buy them locally in my tiny town and after sales service would be premium. These are the ones I've come up with so far: Canon PIXMA iP4000 or iP5000 - any recomendations there? Can any of the Canon multifunctions do as good a job with photo printing? OR Canon MP780 but I don't need fax capability so is there a model without this and do you know what the photos prints are like? In the past I have always had to buy the cheapest available product and I'm finding it actually harder to buy when I have a bit more money to spend. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheerio miskairal |
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"miskairal" wrote in message
... I would like to be able to print photos, including copies of old sepia photos, that are comparable to photo lab prints. Would you recommend buying the printer and scanner separately or the all in one? A standalone scanner is likely to make your photo scans much faster than any three-in-one. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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After much research I bought a Canon Pixma IP4000 and an Epson 4180
scanner. They are both the best in their class and are the best value. I would make the same choices today. miskairal wrote: Hi all, new to the group and new to buying printers. I have an ancient Canon printer and an almost as ancient Canon scanner. I want to buy a new printer and am thinking I could do with a faster, new scanner as well. I have spent 2 days searching the net but what I can't seem to find out is whether the multifunctions can do as good a job of printing as the stand alone printers? I would like to be able to print photos, including copies of old sepia photos, that are comparable to photo lab prints. Would you recommend buying the printer and scanner separately or the all in one? I've mostly been looking at Canon b/c I know I can buy them locally in my tiny town and after sales service would be premium. These are the ones I've come up with so far: Canon PIXMA iP4000 or iP5000 - any recomendations there? Can any of the Canon multifunctions do as good a job with photo printing? OR Canon MP780 but I don't need fax capability so is there a model without this and do you know what the photos prints are like? In the past I have always had to buy the cheapest available product and I'm finding it actually harder to buy when I have a bit more money to spend. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheerio miskairal |
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"miskairal" wrote in message ... Hi all, new to the group and new to buying printers. I have an ancient Canon printer and an almost as ancient Canon scanner. I want to buy a new printer and am thinking I could do with a faster, new scanner as well. I have spent 2 days searching the net but what I can't seem to find out is whether the multifunctions can do as good a job of printing as the stand alone printers? I would like to be able to print photos, including copies of old sepia photos, that are comparable to photo lab prints. Would you recommend buying the printer and scanner separately or the all in one? I've mostly been looking at Canon b/c I know I can buy them locally in my tiny town and after sales service would be premium. These are the ones I've come up with so far: Canon PIXMA iP4000 or iP5000 - any recomendations there? Can any of the Canon multifunctions do as good a job with photo printing? OR Canon MP780 but I don't need fax capability so is there a model without this and do you know what the photos prints are like? In the past I have always had to buy the cheapest available product and I'm finding it actually harder to buy when I have a bit more money to spend. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you do not need the fax function the PIXMA MP750 would be the model to get. Yes it can print as well as it is built on top of the PIXMA iP4000 print engine. |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message news "miskairal" wrote in message ... I would like to be able to print photos, including copies of old sepia photos, that are comparable to photo lab prints. Would you recommend buying the printer and scanner separately or the all in one? A standalone scanner is likely to make your photo scans much faster than any three-in-one. This is based on what? Stand alone or part of a 3-n-1 does not effect speed of the components (printer, scanner) |
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Thankyou all for your advice.
Hubby (who doesn't know how to turn on a pc let alone print) doesn't like the idea of a multifunction b/c if one fails sooner rather than later, you are left with a machine that only half works. Thankyou PC Medic for the info on how to get the iP4000 in a multifunction. Will probably end up listening to hubby and go with the separate printer and scanner. Will do more research on scanners bearing in mind measekite's advice and will probably get the iP4000. Thanks again miskairal miskairal wrote: Hi all, new to the group and new to buying printers. I have an ancient Canon printer and an almost as ancient Canon scanner. I want to buy a new printer and am thinking I could do with a faster, new scanner as well. I have spent 2 days searching the net but what I can't seem to find out is whether the multifunctions can do as good a job of printing as the stand alone printers? I would like to be able to print photos, including copies of old sepia photos, that are comparable to photo lab prints. Would you recommend buying the printer and scanner separately or the all in one? I've mostly been looking at Canon b/c I know I can buy them locally in my tiny town and after sales service would be premium. These are the ones I've come up with so far: Canon PIXMA iP4000 or iP5000 - any recomendations there? Can any of the Canon multifunctions do as good a job with photo printing? OR Canon MP780 but I don't need fax capability so is there a model without this and do you know what the photos prints are like? In the past I have always had to buy the cheapest available product and I'm finding it actually harder to buy when I have a bit more money to spend. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheerio miskairal |
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Canon IP4000 and an
Epson 4180 scanner. If you need a fax with buy a cheapo or get Fax software and use the scanner for input. PC Medic wrote: "miskairal" wrote in message ... Hi all, new to the group and new to buying printers. I have an ancient Canon printer and an almost as ancient Canon scanner. I want to buy a new printer and am thinking I could do with a faster, new scanner as well. I have spent 2 days searching the net but what I can't seem to find out is whether the multifunctions can do as good a job of printing as the stand alone printers? I would like to be able to print photos, including copies of old sepia photos, that are comparable to photo lab prints. Would you recommend buying the printer and scanner separately or the all in one? I've mostly been looking at Canon b/c I know I can buy them locally in my tiny town and after sales service would be premium. These are the ones I've come up with so far: Canon PIXMA iP4000 or iP5000 - any recomendations there? Can any of the Canon multifunctions do as good a job with photo printing? OR Canon MP780 but I don't need fax capability so is there a model without this and do you know what the photos prints are like? In the past I have always had to buy the cheapest available product and I'm finding it actually harder to buy when I have a bit more money to spend. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you do not need the fax function the PIXMA MP750 would be the model to get. Yes it can print as well as it is built on top of the PIXMA iP4000 print engine. |
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"measekite" wrote in message m... Canon IP4000 and an Epson 4180 scanner. If you need a fax with buy a cheapo or get Fax software and use the scanner for input. It depends what scanning you want to do. I have the Epson Perfection 2480 and it is more than adequate for high quality slide and photo scanning, as well as document scanning (2400 dpi). The 4180 is semi-professional at 4800dpi, and is probably more than most users would need. (and costs a fair bit more). The Epson 2480 and Canon IP4000 have proved a good compo for me. |
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I got my scanner for $150 less a $50 rebate. I felt I might as well get
a 4180 over the cheaper model for not much more. Shop around. Caitlin wrote: "measekite" wrote in message om... Canon IP4000 and an Epson 4180 scanner. If you need a fax with buy a cheapo or get Fax software and use the scanner for input. It depends what scanning you want to do. I have the Epson Perfection 2480 and it is more than adequate for high quality slide and photo scanning, as well as document scanning (2400 dpi). The 4180 is semi-professional at 4800dpi, and is probably more than most users would need. (and costs a fair bit more). The Epson 2480 and Canon IP4000 have proved a good compo for me. |
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