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Terrorbyte · 12-03-2001, 06:04 PM

Morris is on the money, HP are good stuff, when I bought my HP-5100c it was the best available under $1,000 AUD. Sure there are better and cheaper now!
Depending on your printer and what paper you use the scanner will usually be better that the printer can handle anyway, always use good coated paper, the colour depth and print quality is much better, just run a few on std paper till the measurements are the same.
Having a matched pair, scanner/printer will always give good results.
Any printer that can do 1600x1600 is a fair bet that you will not need that sort of resolution unless making photos.
Sometimes you might have to experiment with colour settings to get them exactly the same as the original, I use Corel Photo paint for that sort of editing.

12-03-2001, 06:04 PM	#6
Terrorbyte Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 324	Morris is on the money, HP are good stuff, when I bought my HP-5100c it was the best available under $1,000 AUD. Sure there are better and cheaper now! Depending on your printer and what paper you use the scanner will usually be better that the printer can handle anyway, always use good coated paper, the colour depth and print quality is much better, just run a few on std paper till the measurements are the same. Having a matched pair, scanner/printer will always give good results. Any printer that can do 1600x1600 is a fair bet that you will not need that sort of resolution unless making photos. Sometimes you might have to experiment with colour settings to get them exactly the same as the original, I use Corel Photo paint for that sort of editing.