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Monochrome/Grayscale Laser Printers
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Colour Laser Printers
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- Print Resolution
Print Resolution is the amount of ink that a printer can place in a one-inch line of a print document and is measured in Dots Per Inch(DPI). For instance, a printer with a 300x300 DPI print resolution puts 90,000 dots per square inch of the document. Now, as a rule of thumb -
- For someone considering to purchase a laser printer, it is imperative to decide on the one that provides at least 600x600 DPI print resolution. With such DPI, the printed text is visibly crisp and the images are decently high in resolution. Printers with print resolution of 1200 x 1200 DPI or higher produce images in fine detail and rich in colours.
- When inkjet/ink tank printers are in consideration, a printer with a print resolution of 1200x1200 DPI for Monochrome printing and 4800x1200 DPI for Colour printing makes for a decent choice.
- Print Speed
Typically, inkjet printers are capable of printing about 12–15 pages per minute in Black ink and about 10 prints in Colour. On the other hand, laser printers typically print about 20–25 pages per minute in Black ink and in Colour the average is about 15–18 pages per minute. The nature of the print and the resolution too influences the print speed to some extent.
So, if one has extensive print requirements and under a time constraint, it would be wise to decide on a laser printer. Whereas, for regular use and in situations where time is not at a premium, an inkjet/ink tank printer would be a suitable option.
- Your Needs
- Print requirements
- An inkjet/ink tank printers make for a better purchase in situations where one intends to print high resolution colour images for work/academic projects. Furthermore, since the cost of these printers is comparatively lesser than that of their laser jet counterparts, if one does not have heavy printing requirements, inkjet/ink tank printers make for a better choice.
- If one requires to print more than 50 pages a week, where most of the prints are textual in nature, deciding on a laser printer would be a wise choice as the ‘per print’ cost would be substantially lesser than the ‘per print’ cost of an inkjet or ink tank printer. The cost of toner cartridge of a laser jet printer is considerably lesser than the cost of the ink cartridge as well. Additionally, an ace laser printers have up their sleeves is their toner cartridge. Because inkjet printers use liquid ink, the ink is prone to smudging if it is rubbed before it dries. Laser printers do not have this problem since they melt the solid toner to the paper.
- If you require a mix of both the worlds, i.e. bulk printing as well as some color prints that are not very graphic, you too are in luck as color laser printers are available in the market and offer the best of both the worlds, though high quality printing is still a forte of the Inkjet ones.
- Other functionality requirements
- Multi purpose printer- As the name suggests, this category of printer serves various other purposes in addition to printing. The functionalities include scanner, copier, fax etc. and thus, is an ideal printer for home.
- Single purpose printer- This category is intended to serve only one functionality, i.e printing. This type of printers are most commonly seen at work places and business environments where intention is just bulk printing.
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