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Home users in the purchase of printers, the general budget is relatively small, but more functional requirements, but also low cost of use, the operation must also be simple and convenient.
So in the choice of equipment need to shine, once you buy the kind of supplies more expensive than the printer IQ testing machine is embarrassed, not to return nor use, want to sell and no one wants.
Briefly, there are three types of printers in common use: laser printers, inkjet printers, and needle printers.
Laser printers: advantages: fast printing speed, no head blocking, no dry ink, high stability and reliability.
Disadvantages: general color printing effect, low resolution is not suitable for printing high-quality photos, color printing costs are higher.
Inkjet printer: advantages: low power consumption and power saving, energy saving and environmental protection, high resolution, good printing effect, suitable for printing high quality photos, more six-color eight-color machine with high color reproduction.
Disadvantages: easy to plug the head, slow printing speed, stability and reliability, not as strong as laser printers.
Needle printer: advantages: low cost of use, can print multi-paper, simulate handwriting effect, suitable for printing invoices, and all kinds of bill paper.
Disadvantages: noisy, slow, small use scenario, not suitable for home use, low print resolution.
Home printer is only laser or inkjet, needle printer is generally not used, after all, the home does not invoice.
Selection of home printers is not recommended, within 500 yuan of the device, here the machine supplies are expensive, and also not durable, and less functional.
We recommend that you consider the 800 to 1000 yuan this price point of equipment, this budget is still more than enough, although you can not buy, full-featured machines, but you can buy cost-effective equipment.
800-1000 yuan this budget, if you do not use color, but also do not use the copy, you can consider, brother 1208/1218w.
Brother 1218w and 1208 these two machines, basically the same, supplies are common, the use of drum and powder separation design, the only difference is that the 1218w support wireless printing, the rest of the place, are exactly the same, these two machines use the 1035 powder cartridge, the cheapest only a few 10 yuan, can print about 1000 copies.
However, the 1035's powder cartridge is relatively small, so if you print more, you can look at the Brother 2260/2260d.
The only difference between the Brother 2260d and 2260 is that the former has automatic double-sided, the latter only manual double-sided, the use of drum and powder separation design, the same low cost of use, the life of the toner cartridge can reach 1-10,000, usually change the cartridge, or add powder can be, this machine cartridge is also very cheap, 100g of toner, add in, clear and play clean can print more than 3500 copies.
Above, these machines do not have copy function, if you need to copy, you can look at, Brother 1608, Pento m6202nw.
The Brother 1608, an upgraded version of the Brother 1208, has added copying and scanning functions, and the supplies are universal, so the cost of use is also very low, so users with copying and scanning needs can choose this one. This machine uses a 1035 powder cartridge, the cheapest only a dozen dollars, you can also add toner later to use, so more cost-effective.
Bento m6202nw, this machine, support printing, copying, scanning, wireless functions, as well as network printing functions, although the machine is cheap, but the cost of use is not low, if you print less than 30 sheets per day, then this machine is very suitable for you, if the print volume is relatively large, it is recommended to choose, Brother 1608.
After talking about black and white printers, and then talk about color printers, 800-1000 this budget, you can buy to see the "four-color inkjet printer".
Inkjet printers are divided into "ink tank" and "cartridge", ink tank type is also the original continuous supply, you can directly add ink to use.
Cartridge type can only change the cartridge, can not add ink, unless modified with the supply, or to the cartridge hole to add ink, but regardless of the "hole to add ink", or "modified with the supply" failure rate are relatively high is not recommended to buy, but also not recommended for newcomers to try.
If the print volume is very small, and can be used every day, a day to print two or three, you can buy a cartridge inkjet.
If the print volume is relatively large, once to print dozens of copies, the cartridge machine is certainly not enough, a cartridge will print a few hundred copies, and HP low-end cartridge machine, no maintenance components, or thermal foam nozzle, the chance of blocking the head is relatively high, even if you unpack the cartridge, not much use, it will dry itself, the next time you have to change the cartridge.
Although, you can modify the continuous supply, you can also add ink to the cartridge hole, but it is not stable, the operation is not skilled also easy to get a handful of ink.
So, if you print a very small amount, you can consider the cartridge type, print a large amount of words, directly choose the ink bin type.
If you do not use the "copy function", only need to print, you can consider: Epson L1258, Canon g1810, these two are ink-jet printer, the use of low cost, cheap supplies, the number of prints is also more, especially for home use.
Need copy function, you can consider, Brother DCP-T425W, HP 519, Epson L3255.
All three machines are all-in-one machines that print, copy, scan, and print wirelessly, all of which are fully functional and can be connected to a cell phone to print documents directly from the phone. All also use the inkwell design, the cost of use are very low, no modification, you can also add ink.
Overall, Epson L3255 and Brother DCP-T425W, better than the HP 519, after all, Brother and Epson is a micro-piezo printhead, while the HP is a thermal foam printhead.
But broken down, Epson L3255 and better than the brother DCP-T425W, although they are micro-piezoelectric, but Epson market share is high, the later supplies and accessories better match.
Less budget is HP 519 and Brother DCP-T425W two choices, more budget on the Epson L3255.
The only difference in support is that Canon uses a thermal foam printhead, which has a short life span, but the print is vibrant. Epson Brother is a micro-piezo printhead, which has a long life span, but the print color is not as vibrant as Canon's. You can choose according to your needs.
A brief science.
Inkjet printers, printheads are divided into: "micro-piezo" and "thermal foam", micro-piezo is the patent of Epson and Brother, thermal foam, is the patent of Canon.
Epson and Brother micro-piezo printhead long life, but maintenance is not convenient, the replacement printhead needs to be disassembled, the user simply can not replace their own, if there is no repair station around will be very troublesome, but the micro-piezo printhead is generally not bad.
Although Canon and HP are thermal foam printheads, but Canon's machine has maintenance components, HP's no, thermal foam would have been easy to plug the head, if there is no maintenance components, the printhead has been exposed to the air, the chances of plugging will greatly increase.
And because of the lack of maintenance components, the system does not work after the head of the cleaning function comes with the plug, you need to take off the nozzle with boiling water, but Canon and HP to change the nozzle is also convenient, and as simple as changing the toner cartridge, the old take down, the new plug in, a minute to do, the user can also operate.
As for the printing effect, the thermal foam color is warm, micro piezoelectricity is cold, you according to their preferences.
