On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 04:00:26PM +1000, Jon Jermey wrote: > My question is this: given that my printer cost $79, and a dedicated > sheet-feed scanner costs $400 and up, am I going to get a better success > rate if I purchase one of those rather than just buying a new cheap > printer?
I have only a cheap multifunction printer/scanner too, but it is pretty good for scanning multi-page documents, as long as the paper is flat and the right size. So I can't answer your question with experience of dedicated scanners. It occurred to me though, for $79 to buy another cheap printer you can confirm if the other printer's mechanism is worn out, and worst case is you use that new cheap printer until it also wears out. Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
