Selecting a Printer

When its time to select a printer you have to understand a few facts of a printer before you purchase one. So some of the fact that you should be looking into is size, capacity, speed, quality, and the cost. These are what I think are very important to look at first before deciding on what printer would work for you. I own a few printers and found this out by trial and error. So lets got through this to get a better understanding.

SIZE - Looking into the size of a printer may help you what direction you would have to lean into when and where your printer will be located. Will it be on a table/desk or a stand alone system. How much room do you have to spare?

CAPACITY - How much are you going to use the printer? Do you have to print out 100's of paper for school or work? Or is it you are just printing out 20 per week? If it just a few pages a week then the paper capacity doesn't have to be extremely large.

SPEED - How fast do you need these pages to print out? If speed doesn't matter to you this might help you on the cost of the printer. The faster you want it to print the more expensive the printer will get.

QUALITY - This is for me is about how my pages turns out. Just because you have a cheap printer that doesn't matter so long the prints are very clean/legible. 

COST - Is something you would have to do your research on. Yes laser printers are more expensive up front but inkjet printers in the long run are more expensive to maintain. You also have to look into the cost of the ink or toner and how often you would have to replace them. 

Here is same additional information from LabSim 2.1.10 to get a better understanding of some fact you should consider.

Inkjet

Inkjet printers spray small dots of ink from an ink reservoir onto a sheet of paper. Inkjet printers can produce high-quality output and are relatively inexpensive to purchase. However, they have several disadvantages.

• Replacement ink cartridges are expensive.
• Ink cartridges have limited print capacities.
• The ink tends to bleed into the paper.
• Prints tend to fade over time.
• The ink will run if it gets wet, unless special water-resistant ink is used.

Laser

Laser printers use electrical charges and heat to fuse tiny plastic particles (called toner) to the paper. Laser printers have the following advantages over other types of printers:

• They produce higher-quality print output.
• They can print documents much faster.
• They are ideal for large volume print jobs.
• Replacement toner cartridges are more economical than inkjet cartridges.
• They are better suited for sharing over a network.
• The ink is waterproof and doesn't fade.
• The output doesn't bleed into the paper.

Laser printers have the following disadvantages:

• They are more expensive to purchase.
• They are more difficult to maintain.