I ran into this when going to scan paperwork for my taxes a few years back.
Then, a year later, the printer developed some sort of error on initialization of the print head... and it would refuse to scan on that basis, even though the scanner mechanism was completely separate and scanning UI still came up. It turned out there already was a class-action for this second issue, except my Canon hadn't manifested the issue earlier and so no settlement for me.
Got a B&W Brother Laser with a simple flatbed scanner built-in. Not perfect, but covers the occasional need to print something out short-notice, and scans well enough for the main needs I have there. Some folks say just use services for printing, and there is some validity to that, but it's nice to be able to quickly print up a reference sheet or label without planning ahead.
> Got a B&W Brother Laser with a simple flatbed scanner built-in.
Since early 2000s: It's been mostly Brother lasers for my small biz clients. Brother was terrible before 2000, became cheap/reliable and stayed that way.
If you don't need frequent scanning of multi-page documents, scanner apps for smartphones do stunningly good job of creating PDF document scans using the camera.
Then, a year later, the printer developed some sort of error on initialization of the print head... and it would refuse to scan on that basis, even though the scanner mechanism was completely separate and scanning UI still came up. It turned out there already was a class-action for this second issue, except my Canon hadn't manifested the issue earlier and so no settlement for me.
Got a B&W Brother Laser with a simple flatbed scanner built-in. Not perfect, but covers the occasional need to print something out short-notice, and scans well enough for the main needs I have there. Some folks say just use services for printing, and there is some validity to that, but it's nice to be able to quickly print up a reference sheet or label without planning ahead.