Tips to Help You Purchase a Color Copier

Have you been thinking about the purchase of a color copier? Well the good news is that color copiers are less expensive than a few years ago. And the newer copiers have a lot more features than before.

Tired of running to the copy shop all the time? If so, then maybe it's time to consider purchasing a new color copier for your business.

Hopefully this article can give some insight into buying a color copier. If you buy new, you will be getting a digital copier. In the long run, digital copiers cost less to operate than the older analog copiers that required a lot of service calls. Almost all of the new ones can be set up to print and scan documents and send and receive faxes. You will see these some times called MFPs.

One thing to consider is your monthly copy volume. If you only need a couple of hundred copies per month, you might be fine with a copy speed of 10 cpm. If you do a couple of thousand per month, you might think about a 20 - 50 cpm machine. Just remember 100 copies will take 10 min. on a 10 cpm copier.

Should you connect it to your network, it can be used as a high speed and versatile laser printer. Users can send print jobs to it just like any other printer, yet select duplexing, sorting, stapling, 11x17 size paper, and many other features printers do not offer.

If you are currently using individual printers at each work station, networking to a centralized copier/printer should show a large savings

All copiers need service periodically. A maintenance agreement can be obtained from the dealer. These may include toner and developer or may not. If you have a small machine and you can purchase toner, developer and drum at the local office products store, you may not need a service contract.

So here are a few other things you might look into.

* How many color copiers do you need?

* You will have to plan on an initial outlay plus monthly costs.

* Leasing usually includes maintenance and sometimes supplies.

* What will you ratio be for black and white to color copies be?

* What would be best for you? A plain color copier or a multifunction copier?

Go to some dealer sites and look at their specs and recommendations, check e-bay copier sales and spend some time with google. When you purchase a color copier, get just what you need.

About the Author

Larry Brooks has been in the copier industry for more than 30 years and is now retired. He now does some writing and consulting to help others with their copier needs. If you are looking to purchase a color copier, please visit the website www.colorcopier.ws. You are welcome to reprint this article - but get your own unique content version here.

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