Power To PrintHigh quality and low prices make inkjet printers a great option for small businesses.
ByJessica Hale•
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For many small-business owners, inkjet printers are the wave ofthe future. While the cost of laser printing (especially colorlaser printing) is often prohibitively high, new inkjet technologybrings near-laser-quality printing to the small- or home-officeuser at very affordable prices. Color printing is increasinglypopular among entrepreneurs who want to use bold color graphics tocapture and hold their customers' attention. The newest inkjetsmake desktop publishing of professional quality newsletters,banners and fliers inexpensive and easy.
Inkjet printers work by using nozzles to spray ink onto paper.Color inkjets use combinations of anywhere from four to seven inkcolors to achieve a wide range of color combinations. The keyindicator of print quality for inkjets is calledresolutionand is measured in dots per inch (dpi). The speed of printing ismeasured in pages per minute (ppm). For each printer featured here,the maximum print resolution and maximum possible print speed arelisted.
Be aware that at the maximum resolution, most printers cannotreach their maximum print speeds. True photo-quality color printingsometimes requires special paper to obtain ideal results and can befairly time-consuming, depending on how graphic-intensive the imageyou're printing happens to be.
