The demand for home printers has greatly increased since the pandemic. School-aged children are enrolled in online learning and adults find themselves working from home. New positions require employees to work at home and have access to home office equipment.
Whether you are a parent and need to print off school worksheets or make notes on your business report, it gets expensive printing at a local office supply store. It is also tiresome making multiple trips every time that you discover you need to print out yet another form.
Technological Advances
Printers have grown technologically advanced in the last few years. They are more efficient and cheaper. There are inkjet and laser printers available on the market. Before purchasing a printer, you should make a list of what types of items you will need to print.
Laserjet
A laserjet printer melts toner powder onto paper. The melting process creates print. Laserjet printers are more expensive to purchase than inkjet printers, but are cheaper in the long run. The cost per page is less than that of an inkjet printer.
Laserjet machines are used to print large volumes of documents. Colour laserjet machines allow you to print photographs or images. When you print images on a laser jet machine, you will notice that the quality is much lower than an inkjet printer.
If you do not care about the quality of image, then a laserjet printer is cheaper in the long run. For example, if you need to print off pages of a workbook for your child that will just be thrown into the garbage, a colour laser jet printer will save you money. On the other hand, if you want to print gallery-quality photos, you should buy an inkjet machine.
Inkjet
An inkjet printer sprays liquid ink onto paper to produce print. They produce deeper colours and better-quality images. An inkjet printer prints about 16 pages per minute while a laser jet printer will produce 15 to 100 pages a minute. An inkjet printer is better suited if you only print occasionally and desire high-quality image resolution.
Inkjet printers and ink are cheaper than laser printers. However, you will have to purchase ink more often than laserjet printers. Some inkjet printers include a free reorder service. The printer will know when it is running low on ink and automatically order you new ink online. The charge will be linked to your credit or debit account.