BuyerZone users' color printer requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their color printer purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of color printers other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: color printer purchasing requirements

"Mostly will be used for black and white receipts that need to be printed quickly.only sometimes will printer be used for color signs and flyers."
-- General Manager, Travel/Hospitality, San Diego, CA

"Must handle heavy weight paper. It will only be used for imprinting greeting cards 12pt and 10pt cards. Open to other options."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Retail, Scottsdale, AZ

"Need several input sources: plain, letterhead, ledger, manual for cards and envelops."
-- CFO, Non-Profit, Clarksburg, MD

"Looking for continuous cardstock feed. inexpensive ink. use glossy paper too.possibly archival inks. Most days we print 25-50 sheets a day, sometimes 200 - 500, but can run up to 3000 on occasional days."
-- Marketing/Public Relations, Retail, Cottonwood, AZ

"I am looking for a printer that can print both in color and black & white. Double sided with the option of stapling in the machine. A machine that is cost efficient in ink."
-- Buyer, Retail, Bronx, NY

"Must have hp with pcl5 technology.Would like to have all in one if not too expensive."
-- Accounting/Finance, Other Business Services, Princeville, HI

"600DPI resolution 100 coverstock paperFull bleed would be great with medium to high speed full colorAt least one printer ASAP possibly 2 depending on product."
-- Partner/Principal, Retail, Hawthorne, CA

"Full bleed 11 x 17 or 12 x 18 is fine."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Glen Rock, NJ

"At least 600dpi, 20 to 28lb paper, single paper tray."
-- Buyer, Legal, Seattle, WA

"Full bleed on 8.5x11s and 11x17s would be useful, but price will dictate whether we would need."
-- Creative Design/Writing/Production, Manufacturing, Pittsburg, KS

"11 x 18 o 11 x 17 sizedigital pintinglika as xerox x12 docucolor."
-- Creative Design/Writing/Production, Other Business Services, Denver, CO

"Good color resolution for magazine print and brochures. Must be able to handle index and poster paper."
-- Purchasing Manager, Media/Entertainment/Publishing, Pago Pago, HI

"Heavier paper weights may be used, included card 'like' stock for name badges and tent cards."
-- Administrative Assistant, Consulting, Dunedin, FL

"Paper weight to 67 lbs and thru a 300 plus page feeder."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Schaumburg, IL

"We do use cardstock and heavier weight paper. We would like for it to also be a color copier."
-- Human Resources, Government, Decatur, IL

"Should be able to print on thick stock paper (24-110 lb) Index (90-210 g)."
-- Buyer, Consulting, Elmont, NY

"WELL ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL IT WILL BE USED TO THE UTMOST OF MY CREATIVE MIND, IT WILL HAVE TO BE OF A VERSATILE NATURE,BUSINESS CARDS AND BANNERS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AS WELL AS FLYER'S AND ALL THE REST THAT GOES WITH STARTING A COPY BUSINESS.I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION ON THIS.aS YOU CAN WELL IMAGINE COST IS VERY IMPORTANT AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Advertising/Marketing/PR, San Francisco, CA

"I do not need any extra bells or whistles. I would like a color printer that will print on 11x17 inch paper."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Construction/General Contracting, Kimball, TN

"300-600 dpi, cmyk (not rgb) if possible, takes plain, heavier (like 28 lb) & photo paper, reasonable cost of supplies (toner)."
-- Creative Design/Writing/Production, Non-Profit, Spring Hill, FL

"Photo Greeting Cards folded to 5 by 7 Gloss cover 100#."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Manufacturing, Monroe, MI

"Would like at least 4 paper trays, solid ink or low-voc toner req'd. Ouput collation of two differnet density papers used in printing calendars."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Murrells Inlet, SC

"Most important is heavy stock printing.What is most weight handleable with a laser printer available for this price.Thanks."
-- Partner/Principal, Other Business Services, Black Creek, WI

"Only additional requirements are that the printer atleast has a 300dpi resolution."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Alexandria, VA

"I need to be able to print on Cover Stock and thick business card stock."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Retail, Surprise, AZ

"Preferably, a manufacturer who doesn't put the smart chips on the ink/toner cartridges. I am sick to death of knowing there is a half empty cartridge that the printer won't recognize. Totally sick of it. Sick to death of it. :o)."
-- Sales/Business Development, Real Estate, Florissant, MO

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