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Tips for Buying a Photocopier

Written on 03 Dec 2008, 01:49 PM

 

One of the most important things to consider is an obvious one: how much the photocopier will be used. Work out how many copies are made per day or month and what the photocopier will be mostly used for. This will help determine whether you will need a colour or black and white photocopier, how large the photocopier will be and the size of it's capacity tray.

The second thing you should do is make sure that the photocopier has a duplex option. This allows for double sided printing and the photocopier should have the option to set double sided printing as default. This saves a lot of paper, there will be an option for single sided printing, but make sure it's only used when completely necessary.

Make sure that the photocopier chosen uses little standby energy and switches automatically to stand-by mode when not in use. Many of the new photocopiers enter into stand-by mode as soon as they are not being used and have very quick start up times. Some new pho... Read more