| In today's market, there are basically 4
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| | printing 20,000. You'll wear it out
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| types of popular printers.
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| | quick.
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| - Inkjet
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| | You can also get color laser printers,
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| - Laser
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| | their cost has come down a lot from the
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| - Thermal Transfer(Dye Sublimation)
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| | $5,000 units 10 years ago. They're
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| - Dot Matrix (Yes, they're still selling
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| | usually fine for business type graphics,
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| these!)
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| | but I still like a nice photo inkjet for
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| The factors that separate them are
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| | printing photos.
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| simple.
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| | Inkjet's and Thermal printers have much
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| - Initial cost
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| | smaller cartridges and usually run out
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| - Operation cost
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| | quicker than the toner in a laser.
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| - Speed and Performance
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| | Because of that, the cost of printing
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| - Durability
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| | each page can be much more. These
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| - Specialty jobs
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| | printers can also be purchased with the
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| If you are going to be printing strictly
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| | ability to print onto CD/DVD, which is a
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| in Black & White (B&W), you're going to
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| | nice feature. Duty cycle isn't as high
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| be happiest with a laser printer. They
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| | as a laser, but for home/office printing,
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| offer faster print speed, crisper text,
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| | most of them can keep up fine. Their B&W
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| and lower cost of operation. A good one
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| | text is generally suitable for business,
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| is usually more expensive than an Inkjet,
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| | though some of the photo printers have
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| but with the costs of ink cartridges,
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| | slightly jagged text. Again, they're
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| you'll soon recoup that initial
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| | less expensive to purchase, but can cost
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| investment.
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| | 4 times as much to operate as a laser.
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| A typical B&W laser printer for
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| | If you don't do a lot of printing (
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| home-office type use will run $300-$500
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| | As it has been for the past several
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| and will give you 20-24 pages per
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| | years, dot matrix printers are strictly
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| minute(ppm). For big office printing,
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| | for invoicing and multi-part forms. They
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| expect over $1,000. Also expect 30+ppm.
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| | are noisy, due to the fact that they are
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| You will also achieve a resolution of
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| | an 'impact' printer. Pins are actually
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| 1200 x 1200. Higher resolution means
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| | hitting the paper and this gives them the
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| crisper text. Laser printers are also
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| | ability to print on multi-part forms.
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| usually rated on monthly volume. This is
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| | Some of the more expensive ones are
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| something to consider if you are
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| | extremely fast and are used to generate
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| purchasing a printer that will get a lot
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| | long reports. There really isn't much
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| of usage. Don't buy one rated for 10,000
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| | use for them other than that.
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| pages a month if you know you'll be
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