Page 1 of Which printer to buy?

I would like to buy a Multi-function printer. I am thinking getting of the followings. Could you please give your suggestions/best price?


1. Brother 5440CN £99.99-£30 of High Street Vouchers = £69.99

2. Canon MP780 £150.00

The first one is Network ready and the second one has direct CD/DVD print & duplex print support. I like CD/DVD printing. Is it possible on Brother printer.

Please let me know your suggestions.

Thank you,
Bala

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR VALUABLE INPUTS. I WILL GO FOR CANON.

Ebuyer and Amazon are selling US models so no direct CD/DVD printing without buying/making a CD/DVD Tray.

THANK YOU AGAIN

UPDATE
EBUYER HAS REMOVED A BAD REVIEW WHICH SAID THEY ARE SELLING USA MODEL

This item was edited on Monday, 15th August 2005, 20:27

i would go for the...

Epson CX6600 much better all-in-one



`I am going to live forever, or die trying`...

i`ve got a epson r200 it`s great
bill bayley

Canon 780 definitely. Photo quality beats the Epsons mentioned by a country mile (the R200 pales into insignificance). It is a mustard-cutting printer with standalone fax capability. The speed is amongst the fastest inkjet I have seen and another bonus is that the printhead is built into the cartridge.

This item was edited on Saturday, 13th August 2005, 20:47

The Canon & Epson units will give better PQ than the Brother. However the Brother is Network ready and has a decent document feeder. The Brother is actually an outstanding bargain if you value its advantages.

canon. reason: cheaper refills (original) than epsons, hp, lexmark - most any other printer you can think of to be honest.

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i`ve got a epson r200 it`s great
bill bayley


The R200 is neither multifunction, network ready or capable of printing CDs, so how your advice benefits anybody I don`t know

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The Canon & Epson units will give better PQ than the Brother. However the Brother is Network ready and has a decent document feeder. The Brother is actually an outstanding bargain if you value its advantages.

Network ready is only useful if you need to share a printer through a print server, say in a small office. And I`m not quite sure what`s so good about the Brother`s document feeder - can you enlighten us as to what separates it from those from the likes of the big names of Canon, HP and Epson?

If you don`t need that, then I would say go for a HP 1215 if budget is tight - it`s less than £50 and offers reasonable quality, not at breakneck speeds, but reasonable again.

If you can afford it, go for the Canon. The print quality is streets ahead of most multifunction printers (although HP have some decent ones too), the separate inktanks mean less wastage and the speed is class-leading too

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Network ready is only useful if you need to share a printer through a print server, say in a small office

eh?
No it doesn`t - my girlfriend and I have wireless laptops which can both print wirelessly from as the printer is networked to a wireless router (well the router is wired but it`s connected to a wireless gateway).

BTW - I bought the Brother a couple of months ago for £90 inc VAT and delivery from Misco as I wanted an all in one with a fax (has its own modem) and for the money it`s outstanding value. Unfortunately the ink isn`t cheap but they do have separate carts so you only need to replace them individually. I`ll probably experiment with the refills when the time comes.

This item was edited on Sunday, 14th August 2005, 00:38

Do you know what a print server is? You and your "girlfriend" (cough, cough) are using one!

This item was edited on Sunday, 14th August 2005, 01:05