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How to Decide Which Printer to Purchase

The final step is to compare the total cost of the printers in which you are interested. If some or all of them are similar in price, choose the one with which you are the most comfortable, and if you are not sure which one that is, answer the following questions.

  1. If you are looking at more than one manufacturer, which one offers the best customer support? If you do not know the answer, call their customer support lines and find out. Just tell them you have "pre-sale" questions. When they ask for your question , say something like "I am considering purchasing this printer, to use for …, is there anything you have encountered as a technician that I should be aware of?"
  2. Which one is more esthetically pleasing?
  3. Which one comes up more readily when you search for it online?

It might seem like a lengthy process, but it is well worth the effort when you consider the potential savings. As an example, about the time this article was written JBUR-Solutions sought out a networkable All-in-One (Printer, Copier, Fax Multifunction-Machine) for one of their customers. The machine that was selected had an initial cost of $599.98 and cost about $513 less per year to operate than the one it was replacing, which means the machine JBUR-Solutions found will pay for itself in just over a year. If you calculate the value of its added features such as networkability and two sided duplexer it will pay for itself in less than a year. Thus the moral of the story is, it pays to research before you buy.

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