[DM-MUG] OSX Color Scanner and Color Printer

[Karl Hehr]

On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 02:54  PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> I don't recall who wisely suggested getting separate units in order to 
> get the best of both (ignoring of course the cabling issue, but that 
> can be solved tho not optimally) -- I have now spent the better part 
> of a day online and also going around (OfficeMax, BestBuy and CompUSA) 
> checking into options and, frankly, it's a royal pain but it appears 
> that the top scanner/printer manufacturers are HP (PSC and 
> Photosmart), Epson (Perfection) and Canon (i series and canoscan).
>
> I recall some concerns about fading of photos/color prints and haven't 
> yet been able to find reliable info on that - also another issue is 4 
> or 6 cartridges separate or joined (color) --
> so now that i have (apparently) decided that two separate machines are 
> probably the way to go, does anyone have any real life experience with 
> those made by the above manufacturers?
I *Love* my Cannon LiDE 20 scanner, very light and great scans.  The 
software is OSx compatible so no worries there, and I have scanned 
hundreds of pictures with it ( it re-calibrates after every 100 jobs) 
and they all look great.  I know that you can spend a few dollars more 
and get the LiDE 30 which is nicer, but I haven't played with it.
On to the printer info:
I use the Cannon i850 printer with 6 cartridges in it, I bought it 
because it is a great mix of everyday useful printer and great photo 
printer.  One complaint though, it take a *very* long time to print pdf 
files.  The photo prints turn out great and are relatively quick. I did 
look into pricing for the separate and joined cartridges and they would 
be about the same if all the colors wore out at the same time, but 
since they don't the separate color wells is the way to go.

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