Scanners

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How come scanners cost more than all-in-one printers which include a
scanner. I don't need a printer and would rather just have a scanner for
simplicity.
 
Andy said:
How come scanners cost more than all-in-one printers which include a
scanner. I don't need a printer and would rather just have a scanner for
simplicity.
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Scanners cost less for all-in-ones because the company knows they can
count on you to buy ink for your new toy for, hopefully, years to come.
Thus helping the company subsidize their low cost. However, the final
price of your scanner in the all-in-one will probably run into the
thousands. Think about that. . . .

-Taliesyn
 
How come scanners cost more than all-in-one printers which include a
scanner. I don't need a printer and would rather just have a scanner for
simplicity.
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Standalone scanners tend to be much higher quality. A high DPI doesn't
necessarily mean the scanner is any good. I noticed that many of the
newer HP all in ones say they have a 600 dpi scanner rather than the
1200 dpi that they used to claim to be. You also have to watch out for
'4800 dpi software enhanced', or 'optimized', since that means
nothing. My standalone Canon scanner works at up to 1600 dpi when
scanning photos and 3200 dpi when scanning film. A HP all-in-one would
be fine for copying a photo to reprint at the same size, or text OCR,
but might not be good enough for major enlargements, touchup, etc. The
color balance, etc, might not be as well calibrated either.

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Fenrir Enterprises said:
Standalone scanners tend to be much higher quality. A high DPI doesn't
necessarily mean the scanner is any good.
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Speed is a factor also. I just looked at a couple of web sites and see they
don't give that information. I bought a low end Epson a couple of years ago
to replace an old HP. It is dreadfully slow. I don't use it all that much
so I'm living with it, but in an environment of lots of use, I'd have tossed
in in a couple of days.
 
Taliesyn said:
Scanners cost less for all-in-ones because the company knows they can
count on you to buy ink for your new toy for, hopefully, years to come.
Thus helping the company subsidize their low cost. However, the final
price of your scanner in the all-in-one will probably run into the
thousands. Think about that. . . .
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THAT MUST BE WHY YOU ARE STILL FLUNKING HIGH SCHOOL MATH
 
Scanning speed is directly related to your preference settings. I have an
Epson 1660 which is quite fast with the correct settings. With the wrong
settings it can be quite slow.
 
Some of the detached scanners are better quality than those in the all
in one printers/scanner combos.

Art
 
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