scanner quality on "all-in-one" printer compared stand-alone scanner?

[cblair]

I need to buy a new printer for my home office.  From a space stand point, the "all-in-one"printers are appealing, however I still need a good quality scanner.   

How does the quality of an "all-in-one" printer/scanner compare to a stand-alone scanner?

[Karl1]

Hi cblair,

From a side by side comparison there should not be any difference, because essentially what we do is take one of our existing standalone scanners and add them to our multifunctions.  For example, the same scanning element that is used for the CanoScan 9000F is what makes up the scanner in the PIXMA MG8220.  That being the case, I would only base your decision on what scanning features you need in a multifunction model.