Editing Multi-function printer (section)

===All-in-one===
An All-in-one is a small desktop unit, designed for home or home-office use.

These devices focus on scan and print functionality for home use, and may come with bundled software for organising photos, simple OCR and other uses of interest to a home user.  An All-in-one will always include the basic functions of Print and Scan, with most also including Copy functionality and a lesser number with [[Fax]] capabilities.

In the past, these devices were usually not networked, and were generally connected by [[USB]] or [[IEEE 1284|Parallel]]. {{As of | 2013}} even inexpensive all-in-one devices support [[ethernet]] and/or [[Wi-Fi]] connections. In some cases the wireless devices require connection to a host computer by wire (usually USB) to initialize the device, and once initial setup is done, support wireless operations for all the work performed thereafter.

All-in-one devices may have features oriented to home and personal use that are not found in larger devices. These functions include [[smart card]] readers, direct connection to [[digital camera]]s (e.g. [[PictBridge]] technology) and other similar uses.

The print engine of most All-in-one devices is based either on a home desktop [[Inkjet printing|inkjet printer]], or on a home desktop [[Laser printing|laser printer]].  They may be black-and-white or colour capable. Laser models provide a better result for text while inkjet gives a more convincing result for images and they are a cheaper multifunctional.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://comprar-impresora.com/multifuncion/|title=Multifuncion (Spanish)|date=8 November 2018}}</ref>

Some of these devices, like the [[Hewlett-Packard]] Photosmart C8180 printer, have a [[DVD]] burner and [[LightScribe]] functionality where the user could burn DVDs and create an image on a special Lightscribe DVD, or CD using special software like [[Roxio]] or [[Nero AG]] Software Suite to create the image. To create a Lightscribe image takes about 10 to 25 minutes.