This article tells you how to select or buy the correct printers according to the brands, models and the functions.

1. Nowadays, miscellaneous printers suffuse the markets and confuse the customers. At the same
time, the media is swarmed with the printers advertisements of different brands all the time, which
aggravated the difficulty of the buyers’ choices for the most useful and economical printers. So if
you are not a computer or printer experts, knowing anything about how to select the printers
before making the final decision is very important. When buying a new printer, it is better to
choose them according to the specific uses and price, since not all expensive printers are
appropriate to everyone.
A, select the brand:
The printers industry is packed of different brands and each has its won strength. For instance,
Hewlett-Packard (HP) printer models are very comprehensive, it is famous for its high profile,
excellent performance, easy to buy supplies; but the machinery and supplies prices are relatively
high. Epson Dominate the field of dot matrix printer, Epson and Canon are competent in the inkjet
printers. And Fuji Xerox is very advantageous in color laser printers, while Kyocera is in the high-
end laser printers.
B, select models:
a, printing speed:
It is the most important indicators to determine the efficiency of the printer; i.e., the larger print
amount demands for higher printing speed. Taking the company's development into account, the
print amount may be increasing, so the machinery that are capable to print more than the current
amount should be equipped generally, in case of the printer is out of use for it can not meet the
print amount.
As for the laser printers: It is general to select the model that the print rate is less than 20 pages if
the monthly print volume is of less than 5000 ones, and for the monthly print amount is 5 – 10
thousand pages, it’s better to select the rate of 20-25 pages; and more than 10 thousand pages,
select the speed more than 25 pages.
b, the other:
If it is for company uses, it must be equipped with laser printer, since inkjet perform unstable and
the high cost of supplies. If the printer is for common use, it should be coupled with print network

2. card. To save paper, the double-sided printing function is necessary. And if color printing is
needed, the color laser printers would be available; the current price of color laser printer is close
to the inkjet. And laser machine can print the photo effects on normal paper, (inkjet printing
requires photo paper), its supplies cost low.
C, Which to select: the single function printer, or the all-in-one machine?
In the current market, the variety of computer peripherals dazzle our eyes and hard to select. My
suggestion is: if it is for home office or users under 3, it is recommended to buy an affordable
color inkjet multifunction machine (with print, fax, copy, and scan).
It is proposed to purchase a flat laser all-in-one machine if it is for less than 10 people in the office
use, for the machine’s greater load and cheaper supplies.
Generally, it is not recommended to buy the all-in-one machine with too many features if there are
more than 10 people to use, otherwise the machine may be overwhelmed, and may cause the
confusion of various documents out of the machine. It can also avoid a lot of work relying on the
one equipment and prevent the failure of work if the machine breakdown.
D, the Printer Drivers
The Printer Drivers refer to the computer output equipment printer’s hardware drive program.
Once the computer is equipped with the printers, it should install the related model printer drive
program. Generally, the manufactures can supply the drive CD, while the printer drivers can also
be downloaded according to the detailed models and installed.

3. The importance of printer drive program
It cannot print texts or pictures if the printers are installed without the drivers program, to make a
printer work, it is necessary to install the related printer drive program, the drive program makes
the decisive role in the procedure. And if there is no driver CD, download one from the internet
can also work, the HP printers are the most commonly used, so if you need the HP printer drivers
and have no CD, the internet is a good place for your refer. It is the same to other printer models.