[niko]

I'm buying a new scanner and printer for our design guy at the office and need some advice.

He has a DP G4 with all the bells and whistles and latest OS X.

He uses pagemaker (Classic mode) and all the other major adobe stuff in osX.

I was looking at the Canon CanoScan 9900F and the Epson Perfection 3200 Photo Color Scanner. Both are around $350-400.

Any thoughts on these 2 or any other suggestions?

I also need a color printer to that can print 11x17 at high resolutions. Any suggestions?

OS X compatibility is a must.

Thanks for your advice.

[art_director]

for the printer i suggest the xerox 7300 ($4,000) or the xerox 7700 ($6200). they print great quality and are used by many ad agencies and design shops. of course, if you're not looking for presentation quality prints then pass on these.

btw, i just bought the xerox 7700 from a place called laser graphics. they are GREAT. knowledgeable service people and very helpful. their url is below:

http://www.lasergrafix.com/index.htm

also, xerox has a $1,000 rebate on the 7700 through september or october.

[Sharky K.]

I suggest try both scanners with MacOS X's Image Capture. I think the Epson will pass but don't know if that scanner type works.