pFor many years the debate has been whether or not laser printing or inkjet printing are more efficient and cost-effective. Though it appears that neither side has truly won, printing companies on both sides have realized that they can make a great deal of money off ink cartridges. It is so profitable for them that they actually subsidize the cost of their printers, using the money made from cartridges, in order to make them cheap enough for anyone to own. This, in the end, will allow them to make sure you are buying their proprietary ink cartridges, continuing the process indefinitely./p
pThe trick is to realize how to best utilize the system to save you money. To do this all you have to do is realize what you want from a printer and then decide what option best suits your needs. Up until recently, with the introduction of solid ink into the market, this was fairly simple: all you had to do was decide on the volume you were printing and decide between inkjet (for low) or laser (for high). Now you have to consider how you are using the printer./p
pIf you are simply printing documents, with little to no images, then you clearly want to choose a laser printer, like the a href=http://www.inktechnologies.com/hp-m2727-toner-laserjet-m2727-toner-cartridges target=_blankHP M2727. Toner/a costs less (per page) than liquid ink, and is more efficient than solid ink for black and white. However, if you want to print in color or with detailed images then the problem becomes a little more complex. For small quantities you will want an inkjet printer, because they can produce extremely high-quality images, but for larger ones you have to assess the amount of detail and durability you want./p
pXerox, in creating the solid ink printer, has provided consumers with a cheap (cost per page) method of printing color in large quantities; however, the initial investment in a solid ink printer will long out way the cost of a href=http://www.inktechnologies.com/hp-toner-laserjet-toner-cartridges target=_blankHP toner/a cartridges unless you are using the printer for very specific purposes. Solid ink printers, like the Xerox 8560, require several minutes to start up because the heated roller needs to be hot enough to melt the ink before it can even begin to function. This means that once you have a solid ink printer on you need to keep it running as long as possible for it to be worth the effort. As a point in its favor, once you have it starting you replace the a href=http://www.inktechnologies.com/xerox-8560-ink-phaser-8560-ink-sticks target=_blankXerox 8560 ink/a blocks while the machine is still operational, which will allow you to keep it running through large projects or heavy periods of printing. Thus, choosing between laser printing and solid ink comes down to how long and often you plan on using them./p
Is HP Toner or Xerox Solid Ink More Cost-effective?
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