I did notice that the price shot up for duplex ADF scanners, but I
haven't bought a printer or scanner since 1994 (having received
donated old printers and scanners in the past). However, the time
benefit in scanning documents and getting my wife to join in on this
might outweigh the money I would save on a cheaper option.
Adam
On 27 July 2011 10:50, James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@???> wrote:
> On 26 July 2011 18:38, AdamC <kabads@???> wrote:
>> I'm looking at purchasing a scanner and thought I may as well go up to
>> date and get a built in printer too (my ageing HP Desktop is
>> struggling with the heavier use that wife and kids are giving it).
>>
>> My main reason for purchasing the scanner functionality is to become
>> more paper free and store documents digitally, so ideally, I'd like a
>> quick scanner which is easy to set up and can get through documents
>> quickly.
>>
>
> Flat bed scanners are not too bad but will not have document feeders
> for a cheap price.
> You do not state that you would need a document feeder or not.
> When you start looking at printers and scanners that have document
> feeders, and duplex functionality, they start getting expensive.
> I personally prefer single function devices. When they go wrong you
> just replace the part.
> With a multifunction device, and the ink stops working on one of the
> colours (and replacing the cartridge does not fix it) , you might as
> well purchase the whole new device again.
>
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