mardi 9 avril 2013

The Ultimate Guide To Toner

By Dennis Schroeter


When buying a printer for your home or office, the first thing you have to consider is whether you are going to opt for a laser or inkjet printer. The big difference that concerns a lot of people about these two printers is what the printers use to print, and therefore, what needs to be replaced when supplies run out; as you may be able to tell from the name, inkjet printers use ink cartridges, while laser printers need toner to work. You can expect different cost outlays for both types of printers in terms of both the original purchase cost of the machine and what it will cost to maintain each printer. There are also differences in print quality and type for both types of printers as well as different availabilities for each type of cartridge.

So, time to decide which type is better for you; where do we begin? Let's begin with costs. As a general principle, laser printers are initially more expensive than inkjet. But as you may have guessed, there must be more than meets the eye, because people still use laser printers despite the apparent high costs! Laser toner cartridges are many multiples of the cost of inkjet cartridges at the cash register, it's true. However, laser printers are generally superior in terms of both long-term costs and print speed.

You'll see cost savings with laser printers over time, because the per page cost is lower. Although a brand new replacement toner cartridge for your laser printer can run you $60, you'll get up to 3000 pages out of it. With inkjet, you'll get four or five hundred pages out of that $20 cartridge. That breaks down in per sheet costs to 2.5 cents for laser and 5 cents for inkjet. If you're printing a lot and expect to change your cartridges often, you'll save bunches over time with laser.

If you're printing something with an inkjet printer, it should take you twenty to thirty seconds for each page. By contrast, a laser printer will print a page every 6-10 seconds. If the printer you're looking for is going to be in an office, shared with multiple employees, you aren't going to want an inkjet unless you want to jam up the office task flow.

Based on what you plan to print most often, you will get a difference in quality from each type of printer. Inkjet printers excel at printing photos and other images. But if you print lots of text and rarely print photos, laser is usually a better, and faster, choice.




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