| People with home devices often prefer to use | | | | print in monochrome or in color, depending on the |
| multifunction printers simply because these devices | | | | model. They can even function as photo printers with |
| conserve space and have many features that home | | | | photo ink cartridges. Also, they can print from USB |
| offices need compacted in just one device. Most | | | | flash drives and other memory cards, and they are |
| leading printer manufacturers have multi-function | | | | Ethernet-ready. |
| printers as part of their product line. | | | | Canon PIXMA Multifunction printers |
| Among the all printers available in the market today, | | | | On the other hand, Canon PIXMA printers do not have |
| those created by Brother and Canon are some of the | | | | the advanced features that the Brother MFC printers |
| best. The question is this: Which is the better line of | | | | have. They are as versatile as can be expected from |
| multi function printer, the Brother MFC or the Canon | | | | multifunction printers, but the features that Canon |
| PIXMA? | | | | PIXMA printers possess are just basic, good for small |
| Brother MFC Multifunction Printers | | | | working environments. |
| Most Brother MFC printers have advanced features | | | | For one, many models only have basic fax functions. |
| that really define what the printers are. They are small | | | | Some cannot print from or even read USB flash |
| and lightweight, but certainly compact. | | | | drives. Some cannot function as photo printers. |
| They can work as a decent phone and fax machine. | | | | Eventually, what it all comes down to is what exactly |
| Messages can be recorded on these Brother MFC | | | | do people with home offices need in multifunction |
| printers, making them double as answering machines. | | | | printers. If they want multifarious functions and features |
| They can be operated as speaker phones. | | | | in a printer, and if their printing needs demand versatility |
| They can work as scanners, with the option to scan | | | | in a printer, they should go for Brother MFC models. |
| to email, scan to file, scan to image or scan to OCR. | | | | However, if they are not that big on features and |
| The Brother MFC printers are also fitted with | | | | functions and are more focused on printing output |
| widescreen LCD control panels that allow for | | | | quality, a Canon PIXMA model would be a better |
| previews of scans, prints and faxes. | | | | choice for them. |
| Most of all, they are versatile printers with the ability to | | | | |
