| There are several factors to be considered before | | | | changed even if the toner has to be replaced which |
| choosing the right laser printer. So, it is wise to choose | | | | can get costly. |
| the one that caters one's needs. Nowadays, printers | | | | The paper type that can be used for printing is also |
| come in varied sizes and shapes ranging from the | | | | another consideration. Less expensive printers allows |
| small compact desktop printers to large workgroup | | | | printing only on standard size and weight sheets. If |
| printers. Apart from these, printer resolution and speed | | | | that's all needed by the customer, then the less |
| specifications add on to the confusion of choosing the | | | | expensive printers will serve the need. If there is a |
| right one. | | | | demand for range of printing sheet sizes and weights, |
| Before availing a printer, the basic requirements must | | | | high potential printers can be opted which are |
| have to be in consideration, as not all the printers have | | | | expensive. |
| all configurations in them. The matter of printing- text, | | | | The quality of the output is based on the resolution |
| graphics or photos should be decided first, followed by | | | | which is the measure of number of dots present per |
| choice of color or monochrome printing and the | | | | inch (DPI). A DPI of 600x600 gives an acceptable |
| frequency or the workgroup-size the printer is going to | | | | resolution while the higher qualities for graphics can be |
| be used, for there are heavy duty and light duty | | | | attained with a 1200x1200 DPI printers. Higher the |
| printers to choose from. | | | | resolution, higher is the quality with higher cost. Printing |
| If the prints are primarily taken in black and white, then | | | | speed is also an important factor to be considered. |
| monochrome printers would be the best and the least | | | | The print speed is the average number of pages that |
| expensive option, but taking color printouts occasionally | | | | can be printed in one minute. The time taken to print |
| can't be possible. Choosing a monochrome printer will | | | | the first fresh page varies from this average time and |
| save the time of printing and the cost of printing per | | | | hence the printer's warm-up time should also be |
| page. Color printers are relatively of higher cost and | | | | considered. The ability to print huge graphics depends |
| are for printing graphics with high quality. | | | | on the RAM of the printer. Internal memory chips are |
| Functionality based choices can also be considered. | | | | present in the laser printers, the amount of which |
| Multifunctional printers with scanning, copying and | | | | controls the printer's resolution and print speed. A laser |
| faxing facilities are available apart from the standalone | | | | printer with a 4 MB and a page rate of 20 PPM |
| printers which perform only printing. The next criterion | | | | (pages per minute) will be sufficient for general use. |
| to be considered before choosing a printer is to check | | | | Higher PPM printers can be opted for printing large |
| the availability of a duplex printing which will allow | | | | graphics with high speed. |
| printing on both sides of the paper, thus reducing the | | | | Network adaptability is the criterion to be considered |
| cost. Auto duplex facility is preferable than the manual | | | | when a single printer is to be utilized by more than one |
| duplex printers (in which the papers are manually | | | | computer. So, a built in network connection facilities will |
| reinserted for the printing on the other side).Toner | | | | help us to connect to office or home networks. An |
| cartridges costs should also be considered before | | | | in-built wireless network card facility will help us in the |
| purchasing. It should also be checked whether | | | | Wi-Fi enabled network. Keeping these considerations in |
| separate toner and drum units are provided since if | | | | mind one can purchase a suitable printer to serve their |
| both are given in the same unit, both has to be | | | | needs. |
