Tips to Buy a Printer

Tips to Buy a Printer

Introduction

These are most commonly used output devices used to get prints of
documents on the pager. Different printers have different mechanisms.
Therefore purchasing a printer can be a sometimes confusing task. The
following is additional information that will help in your purchasing
decisions.


Technology of printers

There are many types and technology of printer are available in market
but the most popular and commonly used are inkjet and laser printer.

Ink Jet Printer.

The inkjet printer is not-impact character printer and prints one
character at a time. The printing quality of inkjet printer is
measured by the number of tiny ink of drops per inch(dpi). Most inkjet
printers range from 300 to 2400 dpi. Printers with higher dpi usually
are more expensive but having high printing quality. The speed of an
inkjet printer is measured by the number of pages per minute (ppm) it
can print. Its printing speed is up to 15 ppm. Therefore purchasing a
printer can be depends upon printers dpi and ppm but It depends upon
user need.

Laser Printer.

A Laser printer is the fastest and high quality printer, but a laser
printers are more expensive than inkjet printers and their print
quality is also higher. The print quality and printing speed of laser
printers make them ideal for offices and business. The laser printer
can print text and graphics in very high quality resolution. The
commonly user laser printers have resolution of 300 or 600 dpi and
printing speed is from 5 to 30 ppm. The high quality laser printers
have resolution from 600 to 2400 dpi. The printing speed of these
printers is also more than 150 ppm.

Speed and price range

The price of laser printers depend on the quality and printing speed.
The color printers are more costly than black-and-white laser
printers. The higher the resolution and speed, the more expensive the
printer.The price range can vary depending upon the quality of the
printer and the type of printer for example inkjet, laser printers.

READY TO BUY

Once you have reviewed the appropriate information and believe that
you are ready to make a purchase of a printer ensure that the source
which you plan on purchasing the printer from is a reputable source
and you have reviewed our section on what to look out for when
purchasing over the Internet.