Now all-in-one printers are available in the market where you can not only print a document but also can scan photos and documents, and fax in black & white as well as in color.
Before buying this multifunction printer to improve your productivity, you should keep in mind the space requirement for placing it.
You will need to have about 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep space to place this printer.
The printer comes with a weight of more than 30 pounds.
It is, therefore, important to consider how often you are going to use the additional functions other than printing.
For those who like to keep the office tidy and organized, scanners are very useful in eliminating necessity of storing most of the papers.
If you create PDF files and archive, it will provide you a lot of space economy.
If you have to scan the items just for your own use, then a normal scanner is ideal for you.
But for those who have to do scanning quite frequently as part of their work, then it will require a separate high quality scanner.
With the prominence of email, faxing has become the secondary option and it seems that with time it may become obsolete.
However, if you are need of faxing quite frequently, you should check the speed of the inbuilt modem.
Ideal you should have a printer that has inbuilt fax modem with speed more than 33.
5 Kbps.
Memory capacity is also another significant aspect that should be checked before buying.
With adequate memory to faxes, the machine receives the fax even when it is turned off.
Multifunction printers have inbuilt mechanism for copying that is very helpful for your home office.
But before investing in such printers, you should consider well about how you are going to use the copier.
The other features of multifunction printer are automatic document feeder (ADF) duplexing (printing on both sides of the sheet) and ability to work with network, that gives great convenience and help improve productivity.