That's because Canon doesn't sell the scanner separately. Dealers have to order the printer and scanner together. The only way a dealer would be willing to do that is if they had a buyer for the printer already lined up.I'm looking for a Canon L36ei scanner to upgrade my existing TA-30. So far I've had zero luck with the 3 Canon dealers I've reached out to. They just want to sell me a new printer with the scanner bundled in and don't want to sell the scanner separately.