What makes it so expensive if we compare it to inkjet printer?
Why laser printer expensive?
#1
Posted 11 November 2007 - 12:48 AM
What makes it so expensive if we compare it to inkjet printer?
#2
Posted 11 November 2007 - 05:37 AM
But why does the laser cost more to buy? Well, the main factor is to do with economies of scale. There's less demand for lasers compared to inkjets. Less demand means fewer units are sold over a given period. The only way the makers can get a decent profit from fewer units sold is to make them more expensive. IF demand was higher the price would eventually drop.
Edited by pip22, 11 November 2007 - 05:46 AM.
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Posted 11 November 2007 - 12:16 PM
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Posted 11 November 2007 - 09:55 PM
#5
Posted 12 November 2007 - 03:38 AM
That may be true but I think the true reason behind it is that the big companies can make more money. They can make ink printers so cheep because if you have their printer then you have to buy their way overpriced ink. Ink is where they make the money.
It is true that the ink is the big money but most people I think use compatible ink as appose to genuine ink. Over the past 3 yr. the price of small laser printers has gone down.
The thing is that for color printing at the moment the laser ones are very expensive so you need ink but for black printing what pip22 posted is correct.
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