Printer Buying Guide - Inkjet or Laser Printer Buying Tips & Recommendations
By Christy Berger
You have decided to buy a printer. With the great amount of models to choose from
in today's printer market, are you confused about which one you should get?
Wondering which printing technology is right for you? Should you go for an inkjet
printer or a laser printer?
Inkjet Printers
Inkjet Printers can be categorized as 3-color inkjet printers, 4-color inkjet printers
and photo printing inkjet printers. The 4-color inkjets are the most popular ones
in the industry. 4-color Inkjet Printers usually hold two ink cartridges (one for
black and one for color). Some hold two additional ink cartridges to separate the
colors and have one ink cartridge for each color (black, cyan, magenta and yellow).
3-color Inkjet Printers are usually equivalent to the low-end 4 color inkjet printers
with the exception of holding only one ink cartridge at a time. So you need to switch
the ink cartridge to change between black and color. The 3-color inkjet printers
are no longer popular as the 4-color inkjet printer prices are continually dropping.
The photo printing inkjet printers are a bit more complicated than the first two.
Many of the 4-color inkjets print photos with good quality and most photo printing
inkjets carry the same features as 4-color inkjets with just a few special photo
printing features added such as directly printing from the digital camera. Most
of the photo printing inkjets use additional colors such as light cyan light magenta,
green, and red to provide true photographic quality outputs.
Laser Printers
Laser Printers have two different technologies for black & white (monochrome)
and color printing. Among the laser printers, monochrome laser printers are the
most popular ones in the industry. In general, laser printers are a lot faster than
inkjet printers. Laser printers are quite popular as they offer fast printing, good
print quality and low cost per page. They use toner cartridges instead of ink cartridges
found in inkjet printers.
Whether it’s for home offices, businesses or home users, we can say that Monochrome
Laser Printers offer the best balance between print quality, price and speed Color
Laser Printers are generally designed for offices where a lot of graphics or photographs
are being printed. If you are a home user, probably you will not need a color laser
printer. The high-end laser printers are capable of printing good quality photographs
but still none can reach the true photo quality of high-end inkjet printers.
Once you choose between monochrome and color laser printer, you can decide whether
you need a personal or workgroup laser.
This article is prepared by Christy Berger that writes for PrintCountry.com. A longer
version of this article can be found at Inkjet Printer and Laser Printer Buying Tips and Reviews .
Main resource of this article is
PrintCountry Epson Printer Ink Cartridges.
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