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Choosing the right printer for your business

Written by Helen Bradley   
Tuesday, 18 March 2008

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Product Comparison

Printer

Features

Price

Suitability

Dell 1320c colour laser

Prints 16ppm in black and 12ppm in colour

Management systems alert users to low toner levels and allow administrators to designate printing rights, set print volume quotas and track printer usage

Free toner cartridge, recycling service

Energy Star certified

$349

Small businesses

HP Officejet Pro K850 colour inkjet

HP thermal inkjet

Print quality up to 1200 x 600 dpi (black and white) and 4800 x 1200 dpi (colour)

Print speed up to 4ppm (black) and 3.6ppm (colour)

Standard media sizes—A3+, A3, A4 and B4

Maximum input capacity (sheets)—up to 150

Standard output capacity (sheets)—up to 100

Network capable

From $599

Small office, home office and SMEs needing to produce high quality colour in-house

Brother HL-4050CDN colour laser printer

Up to 20ppm colour and black-and-white printing

Built-in Ethernet, network ready

Built-in automatic duplexing,

high-Speed USB 2.0 and parallel interface, USB Direct Interface for PictBridge and USB flash memory drives compatibility

Expandable paper input capacity with optional 500-sheet paper tray

Regular or high yield colour and monochrome toner cartridges to meet user needs,

12 Months on-site warranty

$1,099

Small office, home office and corporate home office markets

Epson Stylus Photo R2400

 

A3+ inkjet printer designed for fine art reproductions, commercial quality photographs and design proof printing

UltraChrome K3 ink set and a 1-inch wide, multi-layered piezo print head, 8-cartridge system

Light-fast colour—75 years on enhanced matte paper; and over 200 years on enhanced matte paper for black and white.

Print speed, black, 6.5ppm; colour, 6.5ppm; photo 8 x10-inch, 80 sec+.

$1,499

Businesses needing commercial quality photos and design proof printing

Ricoh Aficio SP 8100DN black and white mono laser printer

 

45ppm with fast duplex printing

22-second warm up and first print speed of 6.0 seconds Optional 3,550-sheet paper capacity

Ability to prevent unauthorised access to confidential documents by storing them in memory and releasing them only when a password is entered

Compatible with most network environments

Duty cycle of 250,000 prints per month

 

$5119

 

Businesses needing high volume, high quality mono printing

FujiXerox Phaser 7760 colour laser printer

Prints colour up to 35ppm, and black and white up to 45ppm

First-page-out-time as fast as 9 seconds for colour. 

Maximum paper size: 12.6x 18-inch and banners. 

Automatic two-sided printing

1200 x 1200 dpi resolution plus photo mode

512 MB memory and 40 GB hard drive

Standard input capacity is 650 sheets

Network compatible

Maximum duty cycle up to 150,000 pages per month

 

$11,548.90

Businesses needing high quality and consistent colour printing






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