Inkjet printer purchase notes

With the increasing maturity of inkjet printer technology, the price of inkjet printer products is also constantly reduced. There are more and more places where people can use printers in their lives, so many friends have included it in their purchase plans when they built computers. At present, the common inkjet printer brands in the market include Epson, HP, and Canon. Although the brand is not many, but because each manufacturer has a different market positioning products, and the grades and models are very rich, in the face of a wide range of inkjet printers, how can we choose to satisfy their own? The following Xiao Bian gave you talk about the selection of low-end inkjet printers.

● Print resolution

For inkjet printers, print resolution is the most important criterion for us to measure print quality. The higher the resolution, the higher the image accuracy and the better the print quality. Taking into account that home users are not only interested in text printing, but also have great expectations for color image printing, so as far as the funds allow, you can try to choose a printer with a print resolution of 1440dpi or 1200dpi. If you are not interested in picture printing, but also pay special attention to printing costs, you can choose a printer with 600 dpi output with black text, such as Canon's iP1180.

● Print speed

The print speed is generally measured by the number of pages printed per minute. When marking the technical parameters of a product, manufacturers often use black and white and color for printing. On the one hand, when printing images and texts, the printer's printing speed varies greatly; on the other hand, the printing speed and the resolution set when printing are used. There is a direct relationship, the higher the print resolution, the slower the print speed naturally. So to measure the printer's printing speed must be comprehensively evaluated under a unified standard. Ordinary home users do not have to be too demanding about print speed, black-and-white printing reaches 20 pages per minute, and color printing is sufficient for about 15 pages.

● Functionality and ease of use

There are many functions of inkjet printers on the market today. There are two more useful functions for users. One is the multi-media printing function. You can not only print on plain paper, but also on envelopes, cards, transparencies, and fibers. Printing on fabrics, etc., will make your life more colorful. The second is the economic printing mode. We can also call it the ink-saving mode. It is to save ink by reducing the resolution and the amount of ink ejected. , print drafts, some informal texts, etc. can often be used.

Buying an inkjet printer is best if everything is proficient. It doesn't have to be the fastest, but it must be compatible, so its ease of use should also be examined. Ease of use includes many aspects: whether the driver is easy to install, whether the operation of the printer is complicated, whether the software provided with the driver simplifies the adjustment of the print quality, whether the screen diagnosis and troubleshooting software is provided for simple printing troubles, and the like. It is also necessary to pay special attention to the replacement and cleaning of ink cartridges must be convenient, which is a problem we often encounter in daily use.

● Interface

The interface of ink-jet printer is divided into USB and parallel ports. Nowadays, the printer has generally adopted the USB interface that supports hot-plugging. Unless your machine only has the parallel port printing interface, you should purchase the USB interface printer.

● Printing costs

Printers are not a one-time investment in hardware equipment, and they must continue to invest after they are bought back. Therefore, purchasing a printer should focus on its overall cost. The overall cost of the printer includes the price of the complete machine, cartridges, ink, and print media. In general, if the printer prints black with black ink, it can save the relatively high price of the color ink cartridge, which is beneficial to save the printing cost; while the low-grade single ink cartridge printer does not have black ink, and the black printing is synthesized by color. In addition, most printers have good results in printing black and white text on plain paper, but it is necessary to print colorful images, especially for beautiful prints on professional paper, which means increased printing costs.

● After-sale service

The printer is a consumable hardware device, and it will inevitably cause some problems such as nozzle clogging, mechanical failure, and so on. The average home user also does not have the ability to repair by himself. Therefore, good after-sales service and technical support are very important to us. When purchasing a printer, we should pay attention to whether the manufacturer can provide at least one year warranty, and whether there are many maintenance outlets.