Color printer for home - which is better?

When you have a child, and after a certain time he goes to school, and then to the institute, do you think about how to help him in school? Yes, if your activity or hobby is associated with the need to constantly receive color printing, the question arises, a color printer for the home - which is better? You will find the solution after reading this article.

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Basic selection criteria

The printer for the house must be:

• qualitative;
• is relatively inexpensive;
• is economical;The
• is compact.

Important! It is necessary to take into account in the process of how to choose a color printer, the fact that 100 thousand of printed sheets, as well as the possibility of printing on the A3 format, you still do not need. Therefore, budget models of laser or inkjet devices may be suitable.

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What should I look for when buying a printer?

How to choose a printer for home use, then enjoy the seal, and not scold yourself for this purchase, consultants for advice, friends for help? This is easy if you first of all pay attention to the following points:

• Manufacturer. When you buy a printer for a house, you pay for the product itself and in addition for its brand. And this is correct, because it is reliable companies that have an excellent service system. The affordable price of spare compatible and original parts, consumables is worth it so that you overpay a certain amount for the brand.

Important! According to many users, the best home printers and spare parts for them are produced by such companies as HP, Xerox, Canon, Samsung.

• Model. To choose a good color printer for your home, first determine the monthly task. That is, theoretically determine the number of pages you will print monthly. It should also be noted that if the recommended print volume is 7000 pages per month, then a printer with similar parameters will be able to work no more than the stated deadline. And if the load is exceeded, then even less. In other words, if you need to print 500,000 pages a month, then buy a printer with a recommended print volume of 650-700 thousand pages per month.
• Features and functionality. Here it is necessary to understand that such characteristics of the printer directly depend on your needs. Think in advance what exactly you need: two-sided printing, additional trays, additional memory, finishing devices, built-in hard drives.
• How to service. It is extremely important to find out before making a purchase, whether you can fill the device yourself.

Important! Some manufacturers put a special chip on the cartridge in order to prevent fueling and thereby force the consumer to buy new cartridges every time. That is, there is a compulsory attraction to its products and an increase in demand for it.

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How to buy a color printer for the house - we determine the appropriate type

As it was mentioned just above, there are 2 main varieties from which you have to choose a color printer for your home. What are the differences and what each type represents?

Laser Printer - What Is It?

Laser printer for home - one of the types of office equipment, which will quickly produce high-quality prints on plain paper. Impressions of the text, as well as graphics, are resistant to abrasion and fading. Even moisture is not a problem for them.

Important! The quality of such images is very high. The principle of operation of such a printer is based on the process of laser scanning, after that, overlapping, transfer of toner, and then, its fixing.

What is an inkjet printer?

Now we will answer the question what is an inkjet printer. Inkjet printer - a peripheral device that is designed to print not only documents, but also for printing photos, color schemes and graphs.

Important! The image is formed on special paper from dots. In inkjet printers, a matrix is ​​used, which is printed using liquid dyes. Continuous ink supply systems are used to reduce the cost of printing and improve printer performance.

Which printer is better - laser or inkjet?

Many believe that the inkjet is the best printer for the home, justifying it by the fact that it is several times cheaper than a laser printer, and it's easy to fill it and ink is inexpensive. Let's look at this statement from another angle:

1. Since inkjet printers are often bought for multi-color printing, you can fill in ink 1-2 times. And after - you have to buy a completely new, original cartridge, the cost of which is approximately equal to the cost of a new printer.
2. The cost of a laser printer is much more than an inkjet printer, but in spite of this, the laser printer is much cheaper to maintain, since it costs no more than 2-7 dollars for the toner, and you can fill it yourself.
3. At the speed of printing, the laser printer is noticeably superior to the inkjet printer. For comparison: 1 minute for a laser printer 17 pages, and for an inkjet printer - only 7-9 pages.
4. Laser produces significantly less noise, plus there is no need to worry about dried paint. The toner in the cartridge can be stored for up to 1 year.
5. In the inkjet printer it is necessary to constantly send a test page to the printer or to clean the printhead, with the CISS installed - you will need to clean the nozzles.

Important! The print quality of these two types of printers is almost the same, because correct printing on an inkjet printer is possible only when using paper with a special coating. On plain paper, the edges of the letters or the picture are shaggy. Also it is necessary to take into account that printouts on the inkjet printer will be subject to fading, smearing, blurring under the influence of water.

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Alternative types of equipment

In addition to office appliances called "printer", there are other varieties with which you can get high-quality printing. Let's consider the comparison of the printer with an alternative MFP - how convenient and appropriate is it?

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MFP - what is it?

There is a special class of electronic equipment - this is an MFP.This abbreviation stands for a multifunctional device. Not taking into account the potential breadth of the interpretation of this term, it is almost always understood by the device, which combines the functions:

• scanner;
• printer;
• copier.

Knowing this alone, it's worth considering, buying a color printer for your home or giving preference to a more functional device.

Important! Classification of MFPs is carried out on the same basis as for the difference between printers. Are allocated only in a separate group of devices of matrix type, which in principle is very rare, and not particularly suitable for home use. Therefore, the pluses, as well as the minuses for each of the varieties, will be partly identical with those that are typical for simpler printers.

MFP or printer?

To answer the question of buying a color printer for a home or an MFP, you need to touch on the functionality factor at a slightly higher cost.

Today almost any printer base, whether it's a laser or inkjet printer, has a modification like a multifunctional device, but still not complete. During the purchase of the device MFP you for a fairly modest increase in the cost will get the ability to scan documents, copy them without any need to turn on the computer. There are models in which you can receive a fax machine as a bonus.

This extension of the functionality is most suitable for use in home offices. Do not forget about the students and students to whom it would also be beneficial and useful. But even for an ordinary home user, the full functionality of the MFP may be useful.

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Printer rating

If you still choose to prefer a simpler version of the equipment, then before you determine the color printer for your home - which is better, pay attention to customer reviews. Based on the information in them, you can make such a ranking of the most popular models to date.

Printers SAMSUNG

So far, these printers are winning in price, most often, they are smaller than competitors, and also more interesting in appearance.

Samsung is trying its best to protect its own devices from refilling cartridges as much as possible at the software level. That is, the cartridge itself, of course, can be refilled, but the printer can not print on it. An alternative solution can only be a flashing of the software base.

At the moment there is a whole industry to develop a variety of firmware, which change the original software and allow later without any problems to refill cartridges. The printer can be stitched in the service centers for refilling cartridges or you can buy a special firmware through the Internet and try to flash it yourself.

Important! As a rule, the firmware procedure is very simple and it will be much cheaper to do it yourself. And the price of the printer, even if this procedure is taken into account, can be more advantageous than the prices of similar printers of competitive companies. The main thing is to find out if there is such firmware for Samsung printer that you want to buy.

Printers BROTHER

For many Brother printers, the following scheme applies. On the cartridges themselves, after the toner has run out, the plastic flag changes its position. When refueling, it must be returned to its original position.

There are no startup cartridges that come with the printer, the printer specifically counts the specified number of pages and the seal is immediately blocked on such a cartridge. That is, we must buy the cartridge again and only it will be possible to fill it up normally.

Important! To manipulate the technology further, you will have to carry the printer to the service center, whenever you want to refill it, or to find the necessary instructions on the Internet and do it at home whenever you need it. Summarizing, it is necessary to say that it is terribly inconvenient, and easier to flash once by Samsung, rather than constantly bother with Brother.

HP printers and CANON

Consider these models together, because the technical base is the same on the younger models. By and large, this is largely similar devices. You can even make the assumption that Canon is developing for HP, and they are using both brands at once.

Cartridge refills are not protected, that is, if the cartridge has run out, it can be refilled, without flashing it, as it is done in Samsung. But not everything is as good as it would seem.1-2 refueling - and the cartridge needs to be restored, in contrast to Samsung printers.

We hope that the information obtained in this article will be more than enough for you to make the right choice when buying a color printer. Carefully consider, correlate the initial prices and the cost of service, and the choice will be obvious to you.