Comments on: Buying Printers for Small Business http://www.smbitjournal.com/2009/03/buying-printers-for-small-business/ The Information Technology Resource for Small Business Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:44:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Alan Miller http://www.smbitjournal.com/2009/03/buying-printers-for-small-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Scott Alan Miller Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:56:26 +0000 http://www.smbitjournal.com/?p=19#comment-6 Actually you can get into a nice, small capacity color laser for around $299 from a major vendor. I just happened to be pricing several of these out for someone today. The cost is way down from what it was previously but is still a bit higher than the printing cost of a monochrome printer. Even cutting just $.02/page would be a 10% cost savings in the toner which is the biggest expense. It really depends on volumes and usage. Color lasers definitely beat color ink jet in cost most of the time. I did not mean to imply that color lasers were of great expense - only that most small businesses do not need color printing for the bulk of their printing needs and so any extra expense may not be justified. Actually you can get into a nice, small capacity color laser for around $299 from a major vendor. I just happened to be pricing several of these out for someone today. The cost is way down from what it was previously but is still a bit higher than the printing cost of a monochrome printer. Even cutting just $.02/page would be a 10% cost savings in the toner which is the biggest expense.

It really depends on volumes and usage. Color lasers definitely beat color ink jet in cost most of the time.

I did not mean to imply that color lasers were of great expense – only that most small businesses do not need color printing for the bulk of their printing needs and so any extra expense may not be justified.

]]> By: Ryan N. http://www.smbitjournal.com/2009/03/buying-printers-for-small-business/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Ryan N. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:46:25 +0000 http://www.smbitjournal.com/?p=19#comment-5 A decent article, particularly for those that don't "get it" (this happens to be one of my areas of responsibility in my office, incidentally)... but I do beg to differ on color laser printing. At this point, you can buy a color laser printer for less than $1000, and the output costs less than $0.20/page. It won't be a great printer, but it's not a major expense. A decent article, particularly for those that don’t “get it” (this happens to be one of my areas of responsibility in my office, incidentally)… but I do beg to differ on color laser printing. At this point, you can buy a color laser printer for less than $1000, and the output costs less than $0.20/page. It won’t be a great printer, but it’s not a major expense.

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