Gone are the days when you needed to search frantically for someone, somewhere with a color laser printer so that you could get your pie charts and graphs printed in color. The cost of color printing is now affordable for just about everyone - for personal use, home business, or at the office. Like everything else, color printers come in all brands, shapes, sizes and price ranges; however, no one wants to spend more than they need to for a quality machine. The smart place to begin isn't with the purchase, but with a careful overview of what is out there and how each will stand up to its own color laser printer review.
First, decide which attributes you must have in a color printer, which ones you would like to have and what you can afford to pay for. Looking into the world of color laser printers can be daunting, but it can also be quite educational. Nearly every brand associated with computers now makes various kinds of color printers: Samsung, Brother, Dell, Epson, Hewlett Packard, Canon, Lexmark and more are making laser printers. How will each of these and all the models they produce stack up to more recent color laser printer reviews?
Some laser printers are all-in-one (multifunction) machines: fax, copy, even staple multiple pages together. Depending on the toner cartridge or bulk toner availability, cost of price per page can vary widely in various machines. How much use will the printer get? Will it be moderately used or does it need to stand up to industrial usage? Does it need to be wireless? Where do you plan on buying it: a discount store like Costco or an office supply store like Office Depot? Can you buy a refurbished color laser printer or does it need to be new? Have you checked with Consumer Reports or CNET for a color laser printer review on the kind of unit you might be considering?
If you expect the color laser printer to provide printing for a company that is going to keep the machine going non-stop, you will need to concentrate on industrial-type machines that can take that kind of use and still keep going. More moderate usage will open up a wider choice and a much more moderate price. A personal or very small office can get by easily with a much less expensive machine that will still produce quality images time after time. Keep in mind that the best known brands are no longer necessarily the best buy, and you will need to check into warranties and who will perform maintenance work and where it will be performed before you make your final decision. Time is money and buying a machine not big enough to handle your needs will result in a lot of down-time. The most important factor when choosing a color laser printer will be to buy what you need to save time for you and your employees and money for the company.