New advancements in printing technologies have changed the way people are looking at corporate, and personal, printing. Where inkjet printers used to be the standard for color printing it has become apparent that they are not cost-effective when used on a daily basis. There are still a number of companies that offer these printers at an extremely low price, but that is because their money is made off how much they charge for their replacement cartridges. Brother ink cartridges, for Brother Printers, produce a quarter of the sheets as the HP CM2320 toner cartridge but costs almost as much as the laser printer’s.
If you want to figure out whether you should invest in solid ink blocks, rather than toner or liquid ink, then you will need to consider what you are using your printer for. Each of the different types fits a particular niche and you should make sure to find the one that works best for you. It seems difficult to do, because the majority of the information on the internet is biased and geared towards selling you one of the products over the other two, but you can figure out what works best by keeping in mind the volume and type of printing you will be performing.
For high volume printing, especially in black and white, laser printers will probably serve you best. They are capable of cranking out a great number of projects in a relatively short period of time. They are limited by the process of laser printing, which is heat activated and requires a set amount of time to bond the images to the paper, but they can produce a large quantity of high-quality materials at a greatly reduced cost, compared to inkjet.
Inkjet printers are good for people who want a cheap machine that will produce photo-quality print jobs on a relatively infrequent basis. If you are going to be printing photos or projects for school then you should be fine with an inkjet printer, however if you need to print in any volume then you will eat through ink at a rate that will make your wallet wish you had gone with another choice.
Solid ink printers, such as the Phaser 8550, are most useful for printing in large quantities. The Phaser 8550 ink blocks allow you to replenish the reservoir as the machine is operating, which will allow you to print continuously through the largest jobs. Once warmed up, they also have one of the fastest first page print times of any printer on the market.
Keep these factors in mind when you look for a printer and you will be able to find one that works best for you.