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That's kinda like asking "why don't more toasters have coffee pots built in?" They're two separate devices, which do two separate things. (Actually, you could
by Kadin 16y ago
That's kinda like asking "why don't more toasters have coffee pots built in?" They're two separate devices, which do two separate things. (Actually, you could come up with an argument for the toaster+coffeepot thing, since they're at heart both resistance-coil devices...)
Most MFPs are horrible amalgamations, basically discrete devices held together with cheap plastic shells and shitty driver software.
Back in the 90s I remember seeing some dot-matrix printer addons that turned the printer into a scanner, and there might have been similar gadgets for inkjets, but modern scanners and printers wouldn't share many parts. There's little to be gained from an engineering standpoint by combining the two.
- haribilalic 16y agoI have a Canon MX850 all-in-one. It's almost two years old. It's a good printer, scanner and fax. The printer has two paper trays and a cradle for printing CD/DVD labels. The scanner has a flatbed scanner and an automatic document feeder with double-sided colour scanning. It's listed at US$275 on Amazon. I've used it with ABBYY FineReader Express[1] on my Mac to achieve the same result as the author for myself and my mum. If you are after a toaster with a kettle, you can get one from Breville[2] and other manufacturers, including one with an egg fryer. 1. http://www.abbyyusa.com/finereader/express http://www.abbyyusa.com/finereader/express 2. http://www.breville.com.au/products_detail.asp?prod=435 http://www.breville.com.au/products_detail.asp?prod=435