How to choose a good printer

Firstly decide, what type of printer do you want?

• How much you want to expense for buying printer?
• Do you need the capability of printing, scanning, copying etc together or it is enough only the capability of printing?
• Are your printer compatible with your computer operating system?
• Is it for business purpose, office purpose or home purpose?
• How much printing speed or printing quality, you want?
• What type of connectivity you want? Do you want wireless or wired connection?

Some knowledge about printer:

• Printer must be compatible with your computer operating system. Communication between computer and printer is established by driver. Driver is a group of files or program that enable one or more hardware devices to communicate with computer's operating system.
• Laser printer is better than Inkjet printer. Sometimes, low price printer uses very expensive ink cartridge. Consider the replacement cost of ink cartridge before buying printer.
• How much pages a printer can print per month is defined by it's duty cycle.
• Printing speed is measured in ppm(pages per minute) unit. More ppm is good.
• Printing quality is measured in dpi(dots per inch) unit. More dpi is good.

Specification for a minimum standard printer:

Function : as you want (multifunctional or unifunctional)

Simplex or Duplex : as you want ( one sided or two sided print)

Print speed : 20ppm for B&W and 10ppm for color pages

Printer quality : 600x600 dpi for B&W and 1200x1200 dpi for color pages

Scanner resolution : 1200x600 dpi

copy speed : 25ppm

Duty cycle : 20000-25000 page for office purpose used and 5000 page for home purpose used

First page print : as less as possible

At last, if you have to print more pages, you should choice a high price printer. Because, low price printer needs more ink cost.

The relationship among printer price, ink cartridge price and amount of pages printable from an ink cartridge can be expressed below:

Let me know, if you have any question.