Cheap Color Laser Printers
Reader’s Question:
I need to buy a new color laser printer for my small office. The price should not be too expensive. This is just for a small business. I need to produce good quality paperwork and I would be grateful for any advice on which printers I should consider and where I can buy them.
John
Albany, GA
The best and economical printer for your budget and application is always a subjective decision which depends on a lot of factors. There are reasonable choices available now from all major printer companies. I can only steer you in the direction of recent comparative reviews to assist you make your decision. Apparently, you have already decided that you want a laser printer, so I will focus on those. Depending on your application, however, you may want to seriously consider printers using other technologies. If you are primarily concerned with photographic image quality results, then an ink jet or thermal printer may be a better choice for you. I assume you are more interested in a general-purpose office printer which can do color charts and text at reasonably high throughput with occasional photographs added in. Usually, color laser printers are the best choice for such users. You may want to estimate your likely usage pattern (pages per month or over the estimated service life of the machine), and try to make an estimate of the cost of consumables and maintenance too. If you print a lot, it may well turn out that a more expensive machine is cheaper in the long run if the cost of toner cartridges and other consumables is less. Try to estimate a cost per printed page for the typical coverage you expect to print a day.
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