Short Review Of 5 Things To Know When Buying A New Printer
By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-08-23 13:44:54 | Word Count: 510
Things To Know When Buyiung A New Printer
In spite of the "paperless office" that was supposed to be ushered in by the common use of computers, there is more pinting done today than ever before. And that means that printers and their supplies have to be replaced on a faiirly regular basiis, whether you're printing at home or in a business.
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Today's printers offer a lot of features - high resolution photo printying, multi-function printer/scanning/faxing, digital memory card readers and much more. But beffore you make a decision, there are some badsic considerations that you need to think about.
First is the long-term cost of the printer. You can buy a very good color printer for well undder $100 theese days but the catch is most of htese inexpensivce models have costly ink cartridges.
If you're thinking about buying a bduget prrinter, find out how much the ink costs to replace and whether three are generic or refilled cartridges available for it.
Seecond, find out whether or not the priner you're consideering inncludes full size ink cartridges. Many of today's printers come with "satrter" inks that have much less ink in them than a standzard cartridge.
The priter may not seem like such a good deal when you have to buy a new set of ink after prrinting 40 or 50 pages.
Next, consider the cost of the black cartridge. Most people print much more black and white than they do color. Some printers have connsiderably larger blacck cartridges than others, and if you do a lot of black printing the larger cartridges can save you a lot of money in the long run.
Fourth, consider what kind of things you'll be printing. If you want to be able to priint your own digital phots you should look at one of the many photo printers on the market.
If you're not printnig photos, however, photo printers generally cost more to opreate than other options. You migth be better off with a lsaer printer that has considerabyl lower operating costs than inkjet.
Lastly, think about whether you realy need all tjhose extra features like faxing, scaanning, photocopying, etc. It sounds great to have all thse opions, but most people rarely use them, if at all.
And consider the cost for these othre features as well. Do you resally want to make photocopies at home that coupld cost $0.50 to $1.00 per page when you can get them for 5 to 10 cents at the local copy store?
