Due to the changing world, and working from home, there has been an ever increasing need for printers. This guide, will help you in the process of choosing the right printer for your needs. You can choose from a wide selection of printers, inkjet, laser, color, black and white, volume or small job printers, in addition to quality.
Inkjet
This type of printer, sprays ink onto a page, in form of little droplets. Several colors can be combined from the cartridges to print colored images. Most common cartridges come in black, cyan, magenta and yellow. One main problem is the fact that these printers have expensive cartridges. The price of these cartridges may sometimes surpass the price of the printer. However, most manufacturers are coming up with refillable ink cartridges.
Laser
When it comes to lasers, they work by creating static electricity on a drum in the printer. This in turn attracts ink which then melts on a paper. Usually, they are more expensive. However, they last for a longer time compared to their inkjet counterparts. Faster printing times, is one huge advantage you get with laser printers. To add to that, they also produce better quality documents, especially text. Laser printers are not suitable for color printing.
Price per page
The cost of printing itself, is a huge factor when it comes to choosing a printer. Over several years, the price of printing, depending on the printer you choose, can vary widely. Calculations of price per page, is usually taken by the number of expected pages estimated to be produced by a given cartridge. Many manufacturers, indicate this on the cartridges and toners they sell.
Connectivity
Printers come with wireless or wired connections. You can get printers that have Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or NFC. Some of the most common OS that you must make sure your printer works with include Chrome OS, and MacOS. (Airprint).
Photo or documents
For photographers, and photo printer is a must have, otherwise normal people can just use normal printers.