| The drivers for procuring best home printer as against | | | | 4. Maintainability (check if drums need to be replaced |
| home office are moderately different. While, it is | | | | every time a toner is changed) |
| assumed, that a printing at home would essentially be | | | | 5. Scanning (multiple page scan etc) and faxing ease |
| for personal or family use - it essentially addresses a | | | | 6. Ability to take multiple input paper types (in set-up) |
| non-commercial need. However, within a home office | | | | 7. Wireless ability (if you prefer your room less |
| environment, it could be for a single or multiple people | | | | cluttered with wires) |
| and is surely being used for commercial reasons. | | | | Popular best home devices under US$ 100 can be the |
| Having stated the difference, the fact remains that | | | | Dell V-305 inkjet, and the HP Laserjet P1006. All are |
| there is commonality of purpose as well; this is value | | | | easy to set up as well. The Dell V-305 is fast, scans |
| for money and multifunction need. | | | | copies and is all-in-one device at an affordable cost. |
| Historically, the printing industry has evolved a lot. | | | | The HP Laserjet P1006 is good for light and medium |
| Needless to mention, it has been able to match pace | | | | home use and the toner can produce 1500 good |
| with the changing technologies (Internet, wireless etc) | | | | quality pages at up to 17 pages per minute. |
| as well as improvise on quality and resolution and | | | | Home office printers have different need set and |
| performance. Right from dot matrix printer days to | | | | assuming a small to medium sized home office - the |
| modern day all-in-one laser ones - there has been a | | | | following are the essential attributes: |
| world of difference. The new era of home device is | | | | 1. Ability to produce color pages |
| no longer just a printer as it can also scan, fax, is a | | | | 2. Should be able to load more than 200 pages |
| network device, is wireless, can accept photos from | | | | 3. Speed should be high |
| memory cards, and are Bluetooth enabled. What's | | | | 4. Should be able to make business card |
| more - with an ever dipping cost and increased | | | | 5. Obviously be a network and preferably a wireless |
| reliability and serviceability, the best breed are getting | | | | 6. Should publish double sided pages |
| more and more affordable to the common person. | | | | 7. Good if cost is under US$ 600 |
| Let us look the home printers. Their needs could be to | | | | One of the Best home office machines is the HP |
| print documents (often not too many pages and | | | | Color LaserJet CP2025x. It prints 21 pages per minute. |
| therefore very high performance is not the most | | | | Cartridge life is for 10000 pages. It has easy sharing via |
| important criteria), scan pictures, fax documents and | | | | built-in networking. Canon-Pixma can be another good |
| do all this while having low maintenance and low cost | | | | option and it has all in one photo print/scan/copy. It can |
| of replacing toner or ink cartridge as needed. Network | | | | turn out up to 19 ppm in black, up to 15 ppm in color. |
| ability may not be an essential selection parameter. As | | | | Epson-Stylus color multifunction print/scan/copy can |
| a buyer for the best home machine, one should | | | | turn out up to 24 ppm in black and up to 14 in color. |
| evaluate the following parameters, in no specific order, | | | | One can also check out Samsung-Network ready |
| before the purchase: | | | | multifunction machine which can print 21 ppm and has |
| 1. Compactness | | | | a built Ethernet 10/100Base-TX interface. The speed |
| 2. Speed | | | | of all these machines varies with use. |
| 3. Quality | | | | |
