MDF Copiers and MFD Equipment - Which One is Right For You?

Copier printer scanner MFD office equipment is getting more complicated and the choices are increasing.  The merging of the traditional printer and copier machines has presented companies with hard decisions.  What is the best manufacturer for the money?  Lowest cost?  Best options and functionality?  Most durable?  Canon, Toshiba, Minolta, Ricoh, Gestetner, Xerox, HP, Sharp, Lanier, Copystar, Lexmark, Brother?

Now compound the many brands with companies that only specialize in one or two brands and it's clear to see why companies have problems with selecting the right equipment or getting in the wrong lease.  If you get your equipment from a company which specializes in one brand take care.  Why?  Because you will receive a bias view.

If a vendor only represents Canon or Sharp how will you know if you should get a Gestetner, HP or Ricoh may be better.  So what should you do?

Do some basic research online using the buyer's lab reports.  Look for awards and low failure rates.  If the model is brand new; wait a few months so the manufacturer has time to get the bugs out.  Do not assume that a BIG NAME means the best choice.  Did you know the Lanier / Gestetner/ Ricoh / Savin are the same company? Mita / CopyStar / Kyocera too!  Did you know HP laser printers are actually Canon based?

It's a challenge to make an educated selection.  Be careful.  Ask questions.  Get referrals.  Check the service record of the company you choose.

When is your equipment lease up?  Does it offer a lump sum or $1.00 buy-out clause at the end of the lease?  What is the current value of the equipment?  What is the estimated life of the copier/printer? Most of these questions are simple to determine with a few keystrokes on the internet.

Get all the answers before you commit.  Ask questions.  Look at the terms.  Know you page counts and be very careful not to fall for low ball tactics of some copier printer leasing companies.

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Home Based Printer - A Fast Printing Device

A printer is one of the most important computer accessories that are required by human beings in this tech savvy technology dependent world today.  Previously, printers have not been handy and compact devices, but have been mostly of the larger sizes, which took up more room and much more time in printing jobs.  Today though that is not the case and not so in this current era.

Nowadays, there are various handy light weighted printers that are available, which provides for quick services.  These printers are of extremely importance during the time when urgent printing of a certain number of pages are needed.  The major advantages of these handy printers are they can be used at homes and the cost of ink is not extremely high in comparison to those larger printers that were available during the beginning of the technological era.

Most of the home based handy printers are inkjet printers.  However, cheap laser printers are also now being used at home today.  Keeping an efficient printer at your possession lets you embrace yourself with the facility right by your hand.

Having a printer in your possession at home also lets you afford your printing task to next day printing while taking your time; whereas this sort of thing will not take place, if you have to rush to a nearby printing store for a print job to be done.  If you have lots of materials to get printed, then you may have to wait in the queue for the job to be done and sometimes even the shop can't afford you the time for the printing jobs for reasons being; like shop closing time has been reached, too much rush to print, etc.

Several companies are available in the market for those who manufacture some really high quality fast printing devices not only for home, but also for offices and business purposes.  Most notable companies among them are Hewlett Packard, Canon, Epson, Lexmark, Samsung, Toshiba, etc.

Although it's better to use original cartridges each time the printer runs out of ink, sometimes people tend to look for some cheaper substitutes of the original cartridges in order to save some of their hard earned money.  Among the cheaper substitutes, Ink Refilling is possibly, which is the best alternative option available.  

Refilling is done by injecting ink into the empty ink cartridge that the printer was using and then after refilling the cartridge it is again inserted into the printer to be used once again.  Although it works just fine, sometimes it has been observed that the print quality slightly deteriorates if compared to the print quality available during use of the original non refilled ink cartridges..

Another alternative is to buy compatible cartridges which also are much cheaper in prices. When doing so, sometimes using these compatible cartridges may result in non-printing functions as the printer doesn't recognize the cartridge or poor print quality, etc.

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