I'm looking at picking up a printer. one thing i'd like to have is a built in scanner although its not required. im buying off dell.com and i dont wanna spend more than 3 or 400 dollars. any recommendations?

i dont want shitty prints. i want good quality. i cant stand when theres lines in my pictures n shit.. bleh

anyway, recommendations please?

I got an Epson Stylus CX5400 about 8 months ago (Never chose it ,was brought by my nan who wanted me to scan/print/touch up old photos, but it does a decent enough job, and is built into one as you asked for. Not sure if its on your site, but it's a decent offering and was £120 which is about $200-220


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SPECIFICATION
Part number: C11C549041CU
PRINT FUNCTION
Print Technology Epson Micro Piezo™
4 colour separate cartridge system
DURABrite™ Ink
Print Quality Up to 5760 optimised dpi using
RPM (Resolution Performance
Management)
Print Speed Approx. 22ppm - A4 black text document (Economy Mode)
Approx. 11ppm - A4 colour text document (Economy Mode)
COPY FUNCTION
Copy Speed Approx. 15cpm - A4 black text document (Economy mode)
Approx. 5cpm - A4 colour text document (Economy Mode)
Standalone Copier Usability LCD Control Panel, Zoom (25% - 400%),
BorderFree, Repeat (1-99) copies, 2-up, 4-up
Standard, Small margins
SCAN FUNCTION
Scan Technology Flatbed CCD
Scan Quality 1200 x 2400dpi Optical resolution
Scanning Speed (600dpi) Monochrome: 4.6msec/Line
Colour: 8.4msec/Line
OTHER SPECIFICATIONS
Operating System
Compatibility Windows® 98, Me, 2000, XP
MAC OS 8.6-9.2, MAC OSX 10.2
Interface USB 1.1
Paper Handling A4, B5, A5, Letter, EXECUTIVE 7 1/4" x 10 1/2", A6 Index Card, Index Card 5" X 8", INDEX CARD 8" x 10", Envelope #10, Envelope DL, Envelope C6, Envelope 132mm X 220mm, Photo Paper 10cm x 15cm, 150 sheet ASF (A4 Plain)
Ink Cartridges Black - T0321, Cyan T0422, Magenta T0423, Yellow T0424. Capacity Black: 1240 pages/A4, letter pattern (360dpi, 3.5% coverage). Capacity Colour: 420 pages/A4 (360dpi, 5% coverage per colour)
General Dimensions (w x d x h): 453 x 434 x 254mm
Weight: 9.0Kg
Noise Level: 46db(A) (ISO 7779)
Power consumption: 23W (ISO 10561) pattern

thanks for your input. i didnt see this specific model for sale on their site although they were selling ink cartridges for it. perhaps its "too old?"

anyone else have any recommendations. if not, i'll prolly just end up spending as much as i can hoping that im getting what im paying for.