If your business does a lot of color printing, needs photo
quality images and paper, and relies upon images for documents, productions,
and continual sales then you should certainly buy a general, all purpose,
office printer and a separate color enabled and photo quality printer. These printers should be bought
separately. These separate systems will
not only give you higher quality photos, but they will preserve the life of
your printers. Another good reason to
purchase two printers for your office (the black and white and the color/photo
systems) is so that you will not have to wait for the printer to finish a
lengthy, or time consuming, photo job before getting to your standard document.
With the color and photo system printers, you need to be
aware that some printers only print color copies, some only photos, and some
both (the vast majority of the market).
With photo copies, you will need to have a photo cartridge in your
printer to achieve optimal photo quality, but this statement does not mean that
you have to use a photo cartridge all
of the time. These cartridges are
slightly more than standard color ink units because photo ink is meant for
photo paper (high gloss, gloss, mat, etc.).
But, if you are printing drafts, or documents for low copy, then using a
regular color ink is fine. Accordingly, a printer that had a multi color
function—for color and photo printing—is optimal. Lastly, a time saving invest would be to
purchase a color/photo printer that will let you directly download digital
photos and print from the printer. This
avenue saves times, and energy, because quickly needed photographs do not need
to be uploaded to your computer and then manually printed from there. These printers can also be used for general
printing.