Thinking of purchasing a new printer?

Thinking of purchasing a new printer?

Are you thinking of purchasing a new printer? Then here are a few tips for you.

First of all what are you going to use this for? Is it for home use, a start up business or for a big business?

For both home use and start up businesses, any all in one printer will do. This is because for every legal document or contract that you do on your computer, you will need a hard copy.


However be aware of the very cheap printers. Cheap things have a way of being expensive. Most manufacturers price the printer very cheap but the price of the ink very high so that they make more money as you buy the ink. It is well known that most people purchase the ink for the life of the printer so these manufacturers literally milk you.

You have to consider if you need to make number of coloured print outs. This will mean you purchasing a coloured printer and again check the cost of the coloured ink.

The all in one printer is also very good for start up businesses because by the time the business will need a laser printer, you would have recovered all money you spent on the printer as well as the cost of depreciation.


Watch out for the insurance. I really can't advice you to go for it since most equipment are made to last long so it may be a waste of money. I bought a computer in December 2002 and took 5 year insurance on it. This did cost me an arm and a leg. It sounded good at that time but nothing happened to this computer until about 6 months to the end of the insurance period. Can you believe that, I paid for 4 and half years for nothing? I did buy 3 years insurance on my printer at the same time. For this printer, nothing happened till after the insurance had expired.

So watch out and think carefully when purchasing a printer.

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