| Multifunction printers have been talked about to a | | | | 2. Canon Pixma MP600 |
| great extent in the last couple of years. So | | | | Canon Pixma MP600 has a high quality print |
| what's the hype all about or rather why are they | | | | output, with sharp and crisp text and photos. With |
| so great? The very fact that they have printer, | | | | a mono speed of 30 ppm and color of 24 ppm |
| copier and scanner all enclosed in the same unit | | | | and a color resolution of 9600x2400 dpi, it |
| offers a powerful combination of functionality and | | | | provides high quality color prints. However it lacks |
| compactness. These especially are great for small | | | | a film scanner or an automatic document feeder. |
| businesses or home-based offices that cannot | | | | 3. HP Officejet 9120 multifunction printer |
| afford to buy separate printers, copiers and | | | | This multifunction printer is great for an office |
| scanners for their daily requirements. | | | | workgroup for a home based business. It has an |
| The top 5 in the market | | | | Ethernet print server and good multitasking ability |
| When it comes to multifunction printers for home | | | | with scanning, copying and fax abilities inbuilt. With |
| offices, one needs to look at several aspects - | | | | a relatively good mono speed of 25 ppm and |
| the first being the cost - though of course cost | | | | color of 22 ppm, and two sided copying, this |
| isn't the only driver. Here we look at the top 5 | | | | printer suffices for home office use. |
| picks in the best multifunctional printers and also | | | | 4. Samsung SCX 4200 |
| state why they're so good. | | | | This one's a laser multifunction printer and has a |
| 1. Brother MFC- 7820N Printer | | | | 600x600 dpi resolution, a mono speed of 18 ppm. |
| This one's a winner all the way. All of Brother's | | | | Being a laser printer, it is much better than the ink |
| multifunctional printers come with easy installation | | | | cartridges. It provides good quality prints and a |
| and set up. However, what sets this one apart | | | | reasonably good speed. All in all, the Samsung |
| from its siblings are compactness, high speed and | | | | SCX 4200 multifunction printer comes at an |
| affordability. It has sharp and crisp laser quality | | | | affordable price which makes it good for home |
| printing, has a scanning resolution of around | | | | office use. |
| 1200x1200 dpi. It has good quality fax as well. The | | | | 5. Epson AcuLaser CX11NF |
| layout and design is one of the most note-worthy | | | | This one's a color laser multifunction printer and |
| aspects of this multifunction printer. The feeder in | | | | hence isn't really great at printing color photos. |
| the printer is especially designed for even envelop | | | | However its good for text and graphics in general. |
| printing, which makes this even more versatile. | | | | The Epson AcuLaser CX11NF multifunction printer |
| With an average speed of 20 ppm and a | | | | has an average speed of 18 ppm for text and 4 |
| surprisingly quick warm-up speed of 10 seconds, | | | | ppm for graphics (which can be quite slow). The |
| this printer is much better when it comes to its | | | | tray input capacity is just 180 pages. |
| other counterparts. | | | | |