Color Laser Printers
Color laser
printers have become more affordable! You can purchase a
HP Color LaserJet 2500L 
for less than $1000.00 Want to go lower still? Try the
Minolta-QMS Magicolor 2300 DeskLaser 
Xerox Phaser 8200b Color Laser
Minolta QMS Magicolor 2300 DL Color Laser
Printer
HP Color LaserJet 4500N Laser Printer
HP
2500N Color Laser Jet Printer
A color laser
printer may be more economical if you do a lot of color printing. Color toner
cartridges for the HP 4550 are rated for 6,000 pages or 1.9 cents per color
page. The black print cartridge is rated for 9,000 pages, which works out to
less than 1 cent per page of text. The cost per page for a color inkjet ranges
from .20 cents per color page to .75 cents.
Toner cost to print
6000 pages on a color laser. $114.00
Ink cost to print
6000 pages on a color inkjet $1200.00 to $4500.00
There are 500
sheets of paper per package. How many packs do you go through in a year? The
next time you buy a new color inkjet cartridge open a new pack of paper and
write the date on it. See how many sheets you can print before you run out of
color.
Do you want to
spend your money on ink that bleeds if it gets wet or on a quality color laser
printer?
Another thing you
should take into account when making your decision is paper. Specialty papers
for an inkjet printer can be very expensive. You must take into account the
cost of your consumables when pricing a printer.
If you have
invested in a color laser printer you should take the time to find the best
paper for the job. If your brochure, flyers or other print jobs contain
photographs you will want a quality paper that makes your images look their
best. Read
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