Which is Better: a Personal Printer or Office Networked Printer?
Posted by InJour on September 25, 2009
If you have ever worked in a medium to large sized office, you might have asked yourself this very question: which is better for me to use in order to facilitate printing, a personal printer next to my desk, or tying into the networked printer/copier system?
As you might imagine, there’s no real quick and easy answer to this conundrum. A number of factors have to be taken into account, and depending upon how you answer them, your solution is going to be different from someone else’s.
The first, possibly most important question is just how much printing do you do? If you are spitting out non-stop paper, the answer would lean you towards using the networked printer. Why? Mostly due to the cost of the ink and toners that are used in the bigger machines. They are a magnitude cheaper than the replaceable printer cartridges.
Next, how far is the network print services from where your desk is located? Not that we want you to forgo the exercise needed to be healthy, but it is not unheard of for a company to have one print station per floor. Or even a single station covering multiple floors. If that’s the case for you, and you have clout you may want to attain your own print solutions just for the time it will save you from having to run all over the building to get your print output.