Essential Factors to Consider When Choosing Multifunctional Office Copiers
With an extensive range of multifunctional printer/copiers, we can meet all your office automation needs. But to help you make the right choice from the many multifunctional printers and copiers available, let us consider some of the essential factors.
Print Quality Needed
If print quality is the most important requirement, you need to buy one of the multifunctional machines offering prints in high DPI. The DPI refers to the resolution. The higher the DPI number, the better the image quality. Inexpensive machines often print more documents per cartridge, but you compromise on resolution. Seek guidance from our consultants regarding the best office copiers for superior-quality printing. Laser office copiers and printers may not be able to produce the high quality of inkjet, but consistency and affordability of prints over the long run, make these devices well-suited for the corporate environment.
Keep in mind that the highest print quality listed is normally at the machine’s lowest speed of print. When you print in draft, standard, or economy mode, you can expect a drop in quality. For best-quality print. you need to select photo or best in the quality selection. Our multifunctional office copiers offer excellent quality in prints and copies.
Print and Copy Performance
How many copies do you need to make at once? Do you regularly need to copy colour documents? Is speed of copying and printing more important than quality? Here, the performance or duty cycles of the multifunctional office copiers are important. If you frequently have to print one or two documents for customers, slow printing can become a problem. This is also true for copying.
Keep in mind that colour copying and printing functions take longer than black and white printing. If you want fast and high-quality printing and copying, choose one of the laser office copiers. Inkjet types print slower.
The duty cycle is just as important. All-in-one office copiers and printers made to handle 2 000 prints in 30 days will need more cartridge replacements if used in environments where 4 000 prints are needed in 30 days. It is thus essential to determine your exact print and copy needs rather than choosing a machine based on the price. Our consultants can help you choose a machine that can produce the required volume at the speed and quality needed.
Connections from Other Devices
Multifunctional office copiers often replace several standalone machines. As such, the machines must be accessible from mobile and desktop devices. You most probably want the machines to become part of the network. In this instance, choose one of the all-in-one machines with the necessary Ethernet interface. If the multifunctional device is not connected to the network, it is limited in use and benefits to the company.
Besides the Ethernet connection, you want a machine that can be accessed in a wireless local area network. Employees can send print jobs to the printer/copier from their mobile devices. For this purpose, choose a machine that supports the latest wireless network standard.
Drivers
If you have computers that are still using older operating systems, enquire as to whether the multifunctional device manufacturers have older models that can work on the older operating systems. As an alternative, use the opportunity to upgrade the computers to the latest operating systems, enabling the devices to work with the newer office copiers as well.
Save on Print Costs
Do you want to make duplex copies? If so, you need one of the machines with duplex print capacity. Duplex print or copy refers to printing on both sides of a sheet of paper. With such functionality, you will be able to save on paper costs. It will also make a difference if you want to print double-sided documents for an in-house publication.
Availability of Consumables
Are cartridges, toner, and drums available for the particular models? Make sure you work with a supplier, such as ourselves, able to provide you with the necessary printing stationary. This also applies to photo paper and ink cartridges.
Where to Find the Right Supplier
Though you need to consider many other factors as well in choosing multifunctional devices, you can rely on us for objective guidance and an extensive range of office copiers.