Color Printer Ink
Color Printer Ink
Summarize Articles By: Kwan Lo
If you want to buy a color printer, there are three choices: color inkjet printer, color laser printer or solid ink printer. Both color inkjet and color laser printers have been around for a long time while solid ink printers are relatively new to most people. So what are the differences among solid ink vs color inkjet vs color laser printers?
Color Printer Inkjet
Color inkjet printers require a low initial investment but the liquid ink runs out quickly and the replacement ink cartridges are expensive. Color inkjet printers print slowly but there is no warm up time. In general, color inkjet printer can produce good quality text and excellent images on special paper.
Color laser printers are more expensive than inkjet printers. Color laser printers have a high print speed but they do require warm up time. Color laser printers can produce excellent text quality but unless you buy the high end color laser printers, they are less capable of producing high quality images. Solid ink printers use ink sticks instead of cartridges. The ink sticks are in solid form at room temperature. The way solid ink works give them some distinct advantages over color inkjet and color laser printers.
1) Solid ink printers have simple design, so they are more compact and affordable than color laser printers.
2) Unlike color inkjet printers, solid ink printers can print at a high speed and are good at high volume printing.
3) Replacement solid ink sticks are more affordable than color inkjet or color laser cartridges.
In summary, if you want to buy a color printer for occasional color printing at home, a color inkjet printer will be a good choice for you.
