Buying a business printer

Dinah93

I'm looking to buy a printer/scanner/photocopier for my business. It needs to have a high quality printer, and I just want to buy the stand alone device not a lease or maintenance contract or anything. Can anyone recommend where I should start looking? I've set aside up to £300 to spend.

AirCooledHeaven

A lot depends on what you are planning to use it for? Mainly text documents? Colour photos? Colour presentation? How many pages per month? Also bear in mind that the biggest cost associated with printer ownership is the ongoing consumables, not the purchase price. If you can provide some more info then that would help to get the most appropriate advice.

Hammyman

£300? That'll be second hand then. I bought a mono-laser HP printer from an IT auction I go to. New RRP £650. Toner cartridges alone are £182 for the genuine ones.

At the same auction was a Xerox unit. Did up to A3 copying, binding, stapling, duplex printing etc and fetched £45 even though it came with 12 toner cartridges. If I'd have had a vehicle big enough to carry it, I'd have bought it. The big standalone office jobs go for next to nothing in the second hand market.

mchale

Have a look at the "PIXMA MP990"