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laser printer's cartridges are more expensive then the cost
of inkjet printer's toner. However they do last longer especially
if you remember to set the printer in black and white printing
mode when printing black and white and only using the color
mode when it is really needed. Another way to make an expensive
color laser toner cartridge last longer is to keep the printer
in low quality mode unless you are printing out the final
document.
There are very few disadvantages to owning
a laser printer in general but one of them is definitely the
cost. The money that you could spend on a very high-end inkjet
printer will only buy you a very low-end color laser printer
with limited capacities.
Color laser printers with multi-functions
such as a copier and a fax all in one are even more expensive.
However a middle of the line black and white laser printer
is comparable to the price of a top of the line color inkjet
printer.
Another disadvantage is the cost of the cartridges
inside a laser printer. Sometimes the cartridges cost almost
as much as the printer did which is why many people throw
the entire printer out and buy a new one after the cartridge
expires in year or two.
If you live in a hot or humid climate a laser
printer may not be the ideal solution for you. This is because
running these machines can make a room very hot. The fuser
inside them, which is the device that melts the plastic granules
that constitute the powder that makes up the toner onto the
paper, heats up to as high as 200 degrees Celsius.
Another limitation of a laser printer is that
they only really print on certain kinds of paper. If you want
to print out photographs then a laser printer is not for you
as they are not yet capable of printing high-resolution images.
Also you cannot put photographic paper through a laser printer.
For the best quality images you need to buy a bubble jet ink
printer that can transfer an image onto photographic paper.
The color quality that you get with a bubble
jet ink printer is just as good if not better than the color
quality that you can obtain with a laser printer. A high-end
color printer that produces quality color images can cost
as much as $3,500 to $10,000 whereas you can get a good quality
ink jet printer for about $200.
Another disadvantage of laser printers is
that many of them are limited by the amount of memory that
they are sold with. This can sometimes limit the number of
fonts that you can use. To expand the memory of your color
laser printer you usually have to buy a small RAM board. This
is the only reliable way to install memory so that the color
laser printer can utilize a number of fonts.
The more expensive a laser printer is the
faster it is. The affordable models only print out about four
pages a minute. Top end models print out about twelve pages
a minute but they are not really affordable for the individual.
Laser printers, especially the color laser
printers, can also be heavy and take up a lot of desk space
or room in the office. At the time of writing there was also
no such thing as a portable laser printer. The reason that
a portable laser printer has yet to be invented is because
a battery does not yet exist that is small enough to provide
laser printer functions with enough power so that it can be
taken on the road.
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