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