Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Laser printer and photocopier in one?
Message-ID: <1988May16.062813.17006@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <17036@cornell.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16 May 88 06:28:13 GMT

> It would seem that since laser printers and photocopiers are basically
> the same on the inside, someone would market a device that fulfills
> the functions of both.  Indeed, I have seen such a creature from Xerox...

People who are knowledgeable about such things tell me that the two-in-one
deal doesn't work very well.  In principle the functions are similar, but
in practice the machinery has to be tuned for one or the other to give good
results.  The only ones I've heard of are a couple of expensive turkeys
from Xerox.

Actually, you could probably get fairly good results out of a 300-dpi
scanner plus a laser printer, but that's not quite the same thing.
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