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If you’re looking to buy a new printer, then this is the post for you as we dish out some handy tips on choosing the right one. However,  to keep our boss happy, the links you click will be directed back to our main site.

If you’re going to buy a laser printer for your home business, the amount of choices you have for laser printing will be vast. However, it is important to remember that the lowest priced laser printer is probably not the best option. Then again the most expensive laser printer may not be the right choice either.

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One of the first things you should do when deciding on which laser printer to buy is to come up with a budget. Find out the average price range for laser printers and see what features your budget can afford. Remember that toner cartridges will also need to be factored into the equation. Colour laser printers cost more money, as do the colour toner cartridges.

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The price for a laser printer can range considerably when comparing colour and monochrome models. Colour laser printers are unrivalled in quality and speedy prints but the amount of toner needed to produce these prints will drain the cartridges more quickly. This may be a necessity for your home business, especially if it’s a graphic design or creative company.

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If you are primarily doing text document printing, you will most likely benefit from purchasing a standard monochrome printer. You’ll use less toner and save more money per page than if you were printing graphical documents. A cheaper inkjet colour printer can be purchased for colour documents that don’t need to be the highest quality. Inkjet cartridges are much cheaper than toner and will get the job done for considerably less money than using a colour laser printer for infrequent colour prints.

You should also have a rough idea of about how many pages you’ll be printing per month and how fast you’ll need them. Slower printing will cost less money, but can take over 10 seconds per page. That means spending a lot of time printing large documents. Furthermore, if you are consistently printing thousands of pages per week, you’ll want a printer that can handle such a high amount of usage. If you only anticipate using the printer a few times a day to print no more than 15 pages each time, a slower, less-expensive one may be the right choice.

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