by rodgoslin » Dec 18th, '17, 15:52
I do tend to agree with you on this, but what I was really after, was a scanner with networkable ability. Ethernet or wifi. These however, except in the high priced commercial versions are a bit thin on the ground. Oddly, I do have an Epson V370 photo, and it does work fine, but I've never got it to work as a film scanner, on Linux. But then I wasn't very impressed with the film scanning under Windows, on the thing. Old films are seldom very flat, and particularly so with slides, and it shows, since the film is not held against the glass plate.
I also agree with your views on the cost of toner, but there are cheaper options, although at the risk that they don't work very well.
My old colour laser printer is getting a bit long in the tooth, so a combo would give me networking scanning, and a reduction in the real estate coverage of separate scanner and printer. The m180n, according to the blurb, also has connectivity to Android, which might prove useful in these new mobile phone oriented times.
Rod