Before you purchase a printer you need to consider many factors,
things like, whether you want a color or monochrome printer, do
you want to print text or images. Printers are a long term
investment and you'd be wise to weigh many factors before making
the right choice.
Laser printers can draw crisper lines than inkjets. Laser
Printers cost less than inkjets in the long run. They are also
the perfect choice if you want to print large documents.
Ideally, from running cost and maintenance perspective, they are
the perfect choice for anything above home office. One aspect
that laser printers are poor at is when it comes to printing
photos. Laser printers are best suited for printing text because
of their ability to store device fonts.
Laser printers have the capability of printing on a wide variety
of media types. They are the fastest type of printers and can
handle huge volumes of input, and also, deliver large volumes of
output.
Whether you want to go for a monochrome or color printer, it's a
choice which you need to be making carefully. Color printers can
be too expensive to maintain and use. Also, don't get attracted
by few color printouts that you see from the printer. Checkout
the price it takes to replace the cartridges. Also, make sure
there is a separate black cartridge in the printer, as this
saves color ink and makes using color printers more economical.
If the printer is to be used in an office, it is better to
purchase a duplexing unit by shelling some extra money. The
money you save in the form of paper, by allowing the users to
duplex through the duplexing option - via the driver interface,
will be more than the initial cost, if you were to go without a
duplexing unit. You may want to checkout the connectivity
options and the ability to upgrade the connectivity. If you plan
to use multiple media types, you may want to go for a printer
with multiple drawers.
A short checklist when choosing laser printers:-
1) Do you want to print lots of text documentation? 2) Do you
want a very fast printer? 3) Are you going to use the printer in
the office? 4) How many media types do you think you would be
using - most of the time? 5) Are you going to use the printer to
print text rather than photos? 6) Do you want color printouts
and don't mind high running costs?
If you answered no to all of the above, a Laser printer is not
what you need. If you answered yes to most of the them except
(6), a mono laser printer with add-ons is your choice.
If you answered yes to all of them, the color laser printer with
add-ons is what you are looking for.
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