# Scanner/printer preferences.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scanner-printer-preferences/393474>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 24, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scanner-printer-preferences/393474 "2007-02-24T04:18:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scanner-printer-preferences/393474/1 "2007-02-24T04:18:08Z")

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We were thinking of getting a photo-quality printer with scanner, any suggestions?  
**Lady Fried** is an old school 32mm and SLR fan and wants to scan and preserve old prints from her skilled and moving portfolio.  
I use an HP color printer/scanner at work that is painfully slow but has fairly good photo quality. Yes, I have googled and shopped, but I want some first-hand use experience here.  
What should I use to make data files and re-create photo quality prints that isn’t going to cost as much as my car?

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**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scanner-printer-preferences/393474/2 "2007-02-24T04:22:02Z")

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I’ve gone through a number of printers I’ve always been happy with the HP ones, more then any other brand.