desktop vs. departmental printers

As individual desktop printers have dropped in price, many employees have begun to use them instead of using departmental or workgroup printers. 

It is easy to attempt to justify this by citing the low cost of personal printers. Some may even argue that individual printers increase productivity because users do not waste time walking to a shared printer. These are fallacies. The purchase price of individual desktop printers can easily be outweighed over time by the cost of consumables; toner cartridges or ink cartridges for personal printers tend to cost more per page than those used for work-group printers.  And shared printers can be strategically located to eliminate the potential for any detrimental effect on productivity.

While personal printers have their place – for bank tellers working at individual customer windows, for example – shared printers more often lead to lower costs at minimal inconvenience to users.

To learn more about how to choose the best printer for your business, contact SE Laser today.