What to buy for the house - a printer or MFP?

Do you have a child and it is necessary to print the job in the school? Or you're a teacher and themselves print materials for lessons? Or maybe you just decided that the house needed a printer to print various lists, pictures and documents?
So you've decided to buy a device for printing and started looking for a suitable model of the device. So what is the difference MFP - multifunction devices and printers - and what do you choose?

First you need to understand that the IFIs - a device includes several devices - printer, scanner and copier, an example of such a device - MFP Brother DCP-150c . It turns out that more profitable to buy the IFIs - in fact we have three kinds of office equipment instead of one printer. And besides, very often it turns out that the stated requirement of the printer - print out a sheet from a textbook or a book - and for this, you must first print scan or take a picture of the original page. And much easier and faster to correct the copied material on the MFP, you can use some extra equipment and only then - the printer.

Or maybe you want to print photos on their home printer? It seems that if there is no need for the MFP. However, there is also the advantage of IFIs are present - you can copy a photo that is already printed, do not need to search for an electronic copy of it. You can also scan images that have been made on a film camera, and keep them as a souvenir in electronic form. It's worth noting that the photo printing is available only on devices with inkjet printing system, laser printers, photo printing is of poor quality.

The undeniable advantage of IFI is a special continuous ink supply system (CISS). In the model Brother DCP-150c with inkjet printing technology, such a system allows you to print color documents and photos to a much greater extent than with conventional technology, the ink supply from small cartridges inside the device. Ended cartridge can be changed directly in the printing process, if you notice that the paint it ends. Cartridges within the same device can not be changed without interrupting printing. And very often it becomes a problem when you start to print a large number of copies and printing in the middle you can see that the paint is not enough, and the print job to the printer has already been transferred and continues to be executed even though the cancellation of the job.

To sum up - if you decide to buy a device for the home, the purchase of the MFP with a system of continuous ink supply system will be the most profitable and far-sighted decision that will allow you to enjoy high-quality printing options and advanced scan and copy information.