| The high cost of laser colour printers has often kept them out of the minds of home and small business users, but this is beginning to change. |
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Nowadays, a high-performing 16ppm personal monochrome laser costs less than $250, while a decent colour laser model could cost you less than $1000. With the added advantages of speed and quality, as well as relatively lower running costs, employing laser printers in the home and small business space is fast becoming more common.
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| In addition to fast falling prices, there are other benefits to switching to laser printers: |
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Lower Running Cost of Laser Printers |
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When choosing for a suitable printer, many buyers will simply consider the initial capital investment. However, the running costs of consumables can add up very quickly and will even exceed that of the initial investment. Therefore, it is very important to consider the running cost of the printer The best way to find out how much your consumable cost is to do a cost per page comparison. For the most part although inkjet inks seems to cost a whole deal less, their cost per page can be up to 10c higher than laser toners. Moreover, inks also tend to dry out if you leave them unused for awhile, another problem you don’t have with toners, which are powder based and can last up to a year in your printer. |
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High Resolution Printouts |
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The quality of the print you get from a printer is indicated by its resolution. Resolution is defined by the number of dots in a square inch (dots per inch or dpi) that a printer can distribute across a sheet of paper.
Most mono laser printers offer a maximum print resolution of either 600 by 600dpi, or 1200 by 1200dpi. Currently, 600dpi is more or less the standard. Colour lasers can offer a resolution range of up to 2400 by 1200dpi, although 1200 by 1200dpi is more common. |
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High Printing Speed |
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In reality there may not be a big difference between 16ppm and 21ppm. The question you need to ask is what is the spooling and processing time (the time before the document even starts printing and this largely depends on the software and speed of the print server and the printer processor. Also check on the actual output time of the paper. |
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Memory Expandability |
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As your business grows, you may require faster and more printouts. Or you may need to share the printer with more users. In which case, you may need to upgrade your printer memory. Upgrading the memory in your printer will give the printer greater processing speed, thereby allowing the printer to process large graphics and documents with ease. Unlike inkjet printers, which have set memory capabilities, the installed memory within laser printers is often upgradeable. Most standard installed memory in laser printers start from 32MB and are upgradeable up to 512MB. |
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