| If you are planning to turn your own room into your | | | | scanning, printing and copying you can avoid the risk of |
| home office for your own productive purposes, you | | | | getting three different devices that have questionable |
| need to have the right office equipment in addition to | | | | reliability. This can save you some money and the |
| the office furniture. No office space is complete | | | | combined features of the three works better together |
| without a computer system whether it is a desktop or | | | | since it is the same product. It is worth remembering |
| a laptop. There should also be a printer, copying | | | | that some multifunction printers have fax capabilities as |
| machine, scanner and other special equipment | | | | well to make them more valuable. |
| depending on the tasks that are needed to be done. | | | | Excellent for Networking |
| One of the main concerns of having all that equipment | | | | It is easy to share a printer on a network these days, |
| is that it takes up a lot of space and that can affect | | | | but if you place a multifunction printer on the network |
| productivity especially when mission critical operations | | | | instead, you are basically sharing most of its powerful |
| are needed. Getting a multifunction printer is one way | | | | features without any setup or configuration troubles. |
| to solve this problem. | | | | Multifunction printers are ideal for environments where |
| Getting a multifunction printer won't just save you | | | | there are many computers connected to each other. |
| space, but multifunction printers also have a number of | | | | Easy to Setup and Maintain |
| good advantages to the office user. Some may not | | | | Again this depends on the type and brand of the |
| be very obvious until you really get one for yourself. | | | | multifunction printer, but if you do enough research in |
| Great for Power Saving | | | | finding the best one, you should have an all in one |
| With a multifunction printer, you can save power in two | | | | device that sets up in no time and the maintenance is |
| different ways. Rather than having a printer, scanner | | | | much easier than taking care of the separate devices. |
| and copier all on at the same time, you can save a bit | | | | Driver problems aren't much of an issue either since |
| of power if you turn on the same device when you | | | | everything should be installed using the software |
| need to do something that the multifunction printer is | | | | supplied on a single CD rather than multiple CD's if the |
| capable of doing. The other way is that since it is just | | | | devices are separate. |
| one device, only one plug and USB port needs to be | | | | Multifunction printers are not very useful for the |
| used to make room for other devices. This is ideal also | | | | average home users that occasionally print or scan, |
| for plugging into routers that have USB ports. | | | | but office users will save a great deal of time in getting |
| Better than the Sum of its Parts | | | | things done if the printer performs well in all areas. |
| If you stumble across a good brand that is proficient in | | | | |
