Which Canon printer is the best?

I'm looking for a Multifunction Printer up to $230, which brand is best and economical to run? HP or Canon?

• I already bought an Epson Stylus Office TX610 but got thinking that I won't be using most of the function so I'm really wasting my money cos I only really needed something that can print a really good brochures and cards in colours plus scan. When I found out in the Forums @ Whirpool review re Epson Brand they are costly to run due to the Print Head built into the printer which needed constant aligning of print heads (which usded about 15-29% of EACH cartridge to do once and it often needed 2 or 3 loops to get it right). It recommended Canon as the best all-round package, excellent cost-effective printing with removable print-head and individual ink taks on many of their model. However the sales man at Domayne sudgested HP as most economical to run out of all the printer in the market. He has own them before and was happy with them. What do you think? Lucky I can return the Epson. I would really appreciate if someone gets back to me asap. Thank you! Chloe

• Answer:

  Look online for reviews, but remember that people usually say their product is the best there is. I base the value of printers off which cartriges are cheapest, because that's how you're stuck for economy. For $230, you could probably get a $100-$150 printer that does the scanning and copying too. Make sure that the price includes the cable, though. Best Buy stuck me on one of those, and they're cheaper at RadioShack. So price-shop on A-B printer cables too if you don't have one yet. And good luck!