Need a Multifunction Printer, any suggestions?

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Hi guys, im looking around for a new multifunction printer, and have a list of features i want, but not really sure which ones are any good.

Heres what i would like ideally:

- Printer/Scan/Copy/Fax (duh)
- Flatbed and ADF scanner
- Scan-to-PDF (preferably one-touch so i can copy stuff quickly)
- Auto-Duplex (so i dont have to turn the pages over manually)
- ADF Faxing
- Paper Tray (like on laser printers, cos i hate only being able to put 1-2 sheets in my current Canon SP200 without it pulling all the sheets thru at once)
- Good OCR
- Fast Printing/copying
- Good DPI scanning (600dpi on the laser multifunctions seems a bit low).


Basically, i like the Canon MP830, except i dont think it has ADF or a proper paper tray.

I want to be able to put 50-100 sheets in at once, and not have to worry about it pulling thru more than 1 at a time.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance guys.
 
hmm okay, ill check them out.
Oh another thing i forgot to mention was that i need to be able to refill the ink if its an ink-based printer. Not sure if all models cartidges can be refilled.

Ive been looking at these:

HP OfficeJet 5610 - looks pretty good, has ADF, Fax,paper cartridge, unfortunately the thing that kills it, is no AutoDuplex. Shame cos its the cheapest one by far at AUD$170odd plus tax (10%)

Canon MP530 - is almost everything i want, but again, doesnt have AutoDuplex i dont think. (would be great if someone could confirm or refute this?)

Canon MP830 - pretty much perfect, its got the lot (ADF, Paper cartridge, AutoDuplex, Film/Slide scanning, CD/DVD copying/printing), but its a bit expensive at $420 odd dollars (Australian that is).


I dont suppose anyone know of an MP830 equivalent thats a bit cheaper? hehe
 
Does it have Auto-duplex? i had a look at the Brother range, and they seem pretty good except i saw no mention of AutoDuplex.
 
Do NOT get a HP printer. I had one back home and it was nothing but trouble. They dont pull paper unless the tray is full so you are always adding paper.

We also have HP printers were I curently work and they are crap. Paper constintly gets jammed in them. Also you can only print ~5 pages at a time before the print quality goes to hell. A pain if you are printing a lot of sheets at once. The ones that are fax machines fail to copy whats written so if it does go through the person gets a blank sheet(and yes, we are putting the paper through the right way)

I've had nothing but bad luck with HP. But who knows, other people may have had better luck with them.

I've always used Epson. I have a Epson Stylus CX4800. Great quality, decent speed for the price and also very good scaning. It has one touch photocopy so that you dont have to have the computer turned on and it even photocopies color. BUT, it doesnt have the fax capabilities your looking for.

I'd look at Epson even if it is just to look.

Edit, forgot to mention it doesnt print on both sides. But like I said I'm sure they do have printers that do all the stuff your looking for that are just as good as all the other products they make.
 
Yeah i had a look at the Epsons, can only find one with a Fax, the CX5700F, and it doesnt have Duplex or ADF.

Its a shame actually, cos i always liked my old epson. Although im not sure how well they go on Ink refills.

The MP530 seems to have everything i want except auto duplex scanning and faxing (the ADF doesnt support duplex, just when printing).

Additionally, i rang up Canon, and they said you can refill the cartridges, it just sets off a warning message, but will still work.


Another thing i was wondering about, do you need anything special to scan slides and film?

I know certain scanners have special attachments, but they just look like a plastic tray, cant you just scan them as normal (for slides) and invert the colours (for film)?
 
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