Shumway Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 With my birthday coming up this week(Wednesday), I'm probably going to be using my money to purchase a scanner. I'm probably looking to get a combo thingy because I don't have a printer or anything. I'm a little low on funds, so I'm hopefully going to stay cheap on this. Basically, what I need to know is about the PPM. I see some scanner/printer/copier combos for like $90 with 22ppm. Is that high enough? I'm assuming the higher the ppm, the better it will be, but is somewhere around 20-22 high enough, or do I want something better? Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordie_delini Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 I suggest one of Canon's products - they're compatible with both Mac and Windows and are some of the best quality scanners in the market. I know a professional designer in Portland who won't use and scanners BUT Canon - I have one myself, and it's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted January 21, 2006 Author Share Posted January 21, 2006 Thanks, do you know anything regarding how high of a PPM I would need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooter Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Thanks, do you know anything regarding how high of a PPM I would need? Isn't PPM Pages Per Minute?How quick do you need your pages printed. I would think the higher PPM would be for businesses that do a lot of printing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewharrington Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Yes. PPM is pages per minute, and it's an approximate range. It simply refers to how fast the machine prints. I don't know about you, but it holds no bearing on my purchase decisions. Obviously, if it's important to you, you'd get a laser printer, because it's much faster than an inkjet, but the cheapest color lasers run about $300.Anyway, for your inquiry, I reccommend the HP PSC 1500 Series (I think I have a 1510). It's a printer/scanner/copier, and it performs very well as a recreational printing and scanning device. It's fast, compatible with both Apple and IBM, has great inkjet print quality, and it's $99. I still don't have a website, but I have a dribbble now! http://dribbble.com/andyharry [The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent the position, strategy or opinions of adidas and/or its brands.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 And here I thought PPM was pixels per something with an M...millimeter? Anyways, my parents got me a scanner, which I received today. It's an HP 4370. It's not a combo, but I'm fine without a printer for now. Within the next few weeks I'll start scanning in old sketches and making them into concepts. I still need to find a bunch of my drawings though. Thanks for all your help guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordie_delini Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 yes ppm refers to points per millimeter, but more often, here in the US you'll see ppi - points per inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Buffalo Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 yes ppm refers to points per millimeter, but more often, here in the US you'll see ppi - points per inch Actually the measurement used for the quality of a printout is dpi - which refers to dots per inch. The higher the dpi the better quality your print out. When working with a scanner though dpi is not much of an issue. Scanners topped out long ago when it comes to dpi because your not getting any type of hardcopy output with a scanner there was no need to go much higher on the dpi. With a scanner your more concerned with the electronic output (or the image file) that you have after a scan, any scanner today that you purchase (as long as you spend at least $80 US or so will give you photo quality scans. If you do decide in the future to go with a MFP (the mulitifunction devices that Scan and Print) then you'll need to ring dpi into your thought process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmaker17 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I'm a huge fan of Hewlitt-Packard (hp) printers and products. They have never let me down. I just bought the HP 6210 All-In-One which faxes, scans and prints for less than $200. It's usually a good idea to check epinions.com when making these types of purchases. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted January 24, 2006 Author Share Posted January 24, 2006 Thanks for all the help. You can see my first concept using my scanner here:Squatch Concept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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