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"Photo" printers cheaper than "non-photo" printers?
I'm looking for a "non-photo" printer and from what I'm seeing, for the most
part, non photo printers are more expensive than photo printers. Why? Monica |
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"Monica" wrote in message news:akiee.15829$yV4.6261@okepread03... I'm looking for a "non-photo" printer and from what I'm seeing, for the most part, non photo printers are more expensive than photo printers. Why? I'm doing the same because I already have an Epson 2100 for printing photos. I think the reason for this strange price difference is because they are aimed at office use rather than home use. Check the "duty cycle" figures in the specs. This is the number of pages per month the printer is designed to handle (a measure of how rugged it is). |
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Monica wrote: I'm looking for a "non-photo" printer and from what I'm seeing, for the most part, non photo printers are more expensive than photo printers. Why? Monica Because they are usually business printers and made for speed with reasonable quality. The HP 1200 is one of the models out there. |
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There are a few reasons non-photo printers are more costly at original
acquisition. 1) as mentioned they are usually designed for more durability, ease of use, etc, because they will be moving a LOT more paper through them. Most of the printing will be text or small graphics, meaning paper is flying through. Also, speed is more of an issue with businesses. But the main reason, is because the ink sales are considered in the return the company gets. Nonfat printers use less ink, even on photos than photo printers do, because of the light dye load inks used (and used and used) in the photo printers, and also, the non-photo printer may see a lot more text and small graphic printing, again, that doesn't burn through nearly as much ink as photo images and all the tests that often accompany them. Lastly, the company hopes to sell specialty paper to the photo image printer owner, while the business user often just needs cheap bond, again no money being regenerated that way. Art CWatters wrote: "Monica" wrote in message news:akiee.15829$yV4.6261@okepread03... I'm looking for a "non-photo" printer and from what I'm seeing, for the most part, non photo printers are more expensive than photo printers. Why? I'm doing the same because I already have an Epson 2100 for printing photos. I think the reason for this strange price difference is because they are aimed at office use rather than home use. Check the "duty cycle" figures in the specs. This is the number of pages per month the printer is designed to handle (a measure of how rugged it is). |
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Monica wrote:
I'm looking for a "non-photo" printer and from what I'm seeing, for the most part, non photo printers are more expensive than photo printers. Why? Monica Since when? Most photo printers (6 colors or more) are at least $50-75 even on clearance, the non-photo printers (4 colors or less) can go all the way down to free after rebate (or typically, $20-30). www.fatwallet.com/c/18/ www.shopper.com With laser printers (eg. Samusung recently) on sale at $79, there's the price drop across the board as China starts making all of these items. It's gotten to the point, honestly, where it's buy & replace the printer when the toner/ink runs out! (eg. print through the 3000+pages on the Samsung laser, it's cheaper to buy a new printer than the toner!) (eg. buy a new inkjet for $20-50, and it's cheaper to buy a new printer for the same price than a set of cartridges!) |
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