Determine whether to buy a new verses refurbished send copier depends upon your demands. Digital copiers are the most economical way to copier documents at high speeds. Plus, you get the advantage of a wide variety of standard options not available on standard printers.  Multifunction copiers consist of copy, printer, scanner and network. Most have digital copiers printers have options including faxing, stapling, large capacity drawers, stackers and collation.

Before you make you purchase of a multifunction copier printer scanner know you your estimated monthly usage.  Big price stickers on new digital copier’s printers make many buyers to consider refurbished use machine. With the number of business failing today the used market is hotter than used digital copier printers could be a smart idea for companies of all sizes or people looking to reduce costs while getting a true multi-function copier printer scanner equipment.

When selecting a used machine ask about warranties and age of the machine. As a general rule do not get a machine older than 5 years or one with over two months duty cycle. Make sure the copier printer scanner was recently serviced and obtain a copy of the service error log from the machine.  Do not assume that a used machine is a great deal because of its name or price. Many of he best name copier printer scanners, such as Canon, Xerox and Toshiba have very very low resale value. If you need assistance contact Advanced Business Computers Inc for more information or post a question on this blog.

Kyocera keeps winning awards topping just about all other manufacturers for their line of MFD (multi function devices). There newest models printer copier scanner fax  color units has edged into the high machine slots with one exception 11 x17 pages. If you are looking for a medium duty color printer copier scanner fax and you print up to legal size then this is a major contender.

Kyocera has long been recognized for the best medium to heavy duty desktop printer copier fax scanners due to their low cost to operate and maintain while producing great quality documents.  No other company in the industry even comes close to their warranty on there regular maintenance item. they are the only company in the industry that warranties tier maintenance kits for 300 to 5000 pages depending upon the model. HP, Lexmark, Okidata, Canon, Sharp, and other manufactures either offer a 30 day warranty or NO warranty on their printer copier fax scanner repair maintenance kits. Why is this important? Because beyond the toner the cost then next biggest expense and cause of copier printer scanner failures are the maintenance kit items: fuser, drum, and developer parts.  traditional copier manufacturer companies such as Ricoh, Sharp, Canon, Toshiba, Minolta and other do not warranty their maintenance items beyond the initial installation. They expect you to have a maintenance program with your repair service provider otherwise you are out of luck if the maintenance items fails once placed in your copier printer scanner fax.

The difference between the  Kyocera FS-C2526 and FS-c2526 is that the FS-C2626 comes standard withe a fax option.  All are designed with a touch screen control panel for ease of use, long life low costs supplies, duplex (two sided) printing, 50 sheet RADF for two sided copying/faxing, gigabyte network speed connection, and HyPas plus many options when you need to expand. Plus, most important an optional security package gives you what you need for sensitive document protection.

Many companies feel you need a floor model unit fro the copier printer fax scanner to last many years.  Or they look at the page speed to determine the durability of the unit. These are both big mis-conceptions.  Speed has no bearing on durability if it did then a sports car would win a collision withe a utility truck! Get the right fit for your business by getting the best printer copier scanner based on your needs. Bypass the hype and get a true solution that takes into account the equipment costs, maintenance and daily usage.

HP offers the most popular line of laser printers and ink officejet photo printers. However,  what which type is the top best printer for your business?

First and for most you need to know there are NO parts available beyond the encoder strip for any HP ink based machine. That include the photosmart, officejets and deskjet models.  However if  you have a HP Designjet plotters printer ink based machine then all parts are offered.  Any authorized HP laser printer repair service center can get parts for any laser based printer.

The other disadvantage to HP ink based printer when compared to HP laser printers is the cost of supplies.  The laser printer per page costs is usually less than 25% of the cost a hp photosmart or officejet printer.  The HP laser printers are much more durable than their ink based ones too.

Why by an ink based machine?  If you only plan to print a very few pages (10  or less a day) or you need to print photo graphs then the ink based printer has the advantage. Beyond and very low cost there are no advantages to the ink based printer when compared to hp laserjet printers.

You may want to consider refurbished or demo models of HP printers to keep your costs down. example: HP printer 4200n or HP laserjet 4250n printers where $1200 new a couple years ago and now refurbished laser printers start at $350 for these models.  You may say, “I can buy a new HP printer 2030 for $299 why should I get a refurbished 4250 printer? Simple low cost to operate and much more durable.

Always look a the printer cost per page, durability, cost of supplies and history. If you need additional information please contact Advanced Business Computers Inc.