Canon MP730 slow color scan?

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"r" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:MfadnbkaO9CFcr3cRVn-tw@comcast.com...
> I just saw the following in another group"
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> "THIS IS A MONOCROME SCANNER! It must scan a color image three times for
> each
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> of the primary colors! (That's why they call it 'multipass. Get it? I
did!)
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> So, if you don't mind sitting there for three min. or so to scan in a
color
>
> photo then you are getting a lot of smooth running hardwear for you money.
>
> But I feel like i've been duped! Drat! Double drat! Triple drat!! So let
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> that be a lesson to all of ya! I will call newegg and canon to see what
will
>
> be done."
>
>
>
> I've got an mp730 coming in the mail and I'm interested in opinions...
>

Obviously this was posted by someone that is clueless! I truly wonder
sometimes where some people get their information.

It is called a MultiPASS as it that is Canon's trademark name for their
multifunction machines (copier, printer, fax all-in-one). I use one daily
and can assure you it is a color scanner in a single pass. .