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Not $200 but ended up buying a xerox phaser. When looking at cost per page it is one of the cheapest though.
Maybe I'm weird but I don't like getting a scanner combo. Scanners break more easily than printers and after my Brother all-in-one had a busted scanner I've been going for portable scanners that run off USB power from the laptop. Canon lide has been a solid scanner for me.
With the dedicated scanners you've tried, which actually work to perform the scanning using the buttons on the scanner instead of running [x]sane or equivalent on your computer?