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

"Must be able to accommodate extra heavy cover stock as well as glossy heavy weight paper."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Atlanta, GA

"Would like a machine that can print and copy, can collate, maybe staple, handle card and cover stock. Interested in lease to buy arrangement. Approximately 5,000 pages per month."
-- Partner/Principal, Health Care, Rochester Hills, MI

"Weare looking to starta small sationery company that makes different size pads, note cards, and invites."
-- Partner/Principal, Retail, Fort Lauderdale, FL

"This printer needs to be able to run over 300 pages a day. We will need pricing for supplies as well."
-- Manufacturing, Biotech/Pharmaceuticals, Birmingham, AL

"Inexpensive, laser quality, multi function, 8,5x11", small lan (3 or 4 PC's), very small business."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Methuen, MA

"Multi function all in one with fax not required to be used thru PC."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Information Services, Snow Hill, MD

"Need good resolution, be able to use various paper weights...i am a graphic designer needing to print various types of documents and to be able to do short run jobs in-house."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Charlotte, NC

"Additional paper trayhigh capacity toner cartrigesrecycle cartrigeseasy access to paper and tonergood servicemedium footprint."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Pittsburgh, PA

"Duplex option, 24 lb paper, min of 300 capacity drawers/trays"
-- Administrative Assistant, Real Estate, Austin, TX

"I am renting a machine from Ricoh right now, i pay 500 a month for rental and service contract fees. i also pay 12 cents per print for everyone over 500 prints. I am paying between 1500 and 2000 a month and am not getting a great deal. both my printer and my copier are always breaking and i am constantly on the phone with ricoh i would like to switch companies within the next month so i do not have to deal with ricoh anymore!"
-- Office Manager, Restaurant, Irvine, CA

"I have a black and white laser printer now, I'm looking for something to replace it that also does some color printing. I presently have an HP 4350."
-- Partner/Principal, Legal, San Francisco, CA

"The biggest use of this printer will be a quarterly newsletter and brochures for the business. Probably wont do more than 5000 copies per year."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Hall, MT

"Has to have high resolution and accept heavy paper stock."
-- Marketing/Public Relations, Insurance, Flushing, NY

"Need a three color printer for mailings, business cards and envelopes. Need to be able to feed names and addresses into the printer. Standard paper trays should be sufficient. Would prefer toner over inkjets for cost considerations."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Financial Services, Sacramento, CA

"Use for printing tickets on perforated card stock...need a printer that can handle that paper."
-- Buyer, Education, Whitehall, PA

"Need to be also a good scanner with ocrIf not should I get seperat components?"
-- CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Syosset, NY

"I need a printer for card stock weight invitations. I also print letters, many front and back. I print hundreds of envelopes for invitations. Most envelopes are 6x9. The only reason I would like to have color is for printing different colors on invitations, not for pictures,etc. Because of the sheer volume of thinkgs I print I would like to find a very fast printer. Thank you for your help!"
-- Creative Design/Writing/Production, Education, Spartanburg, SC

"I own a record label and I would like to print my own flyers for show promotion. I belive the dimensions are 6" x 4" on glossy thick paper."
-- Partner/Principal, Other Business Services, Fort Lauderdale, FL

"Must be able to coallate, staple, sort, bind and so forth. The works."
-- Facilities/Operations, Other Business Services, Clarkston, GA

"Unit will need to be able to be networked and is being used in Hospital, Endoscopy dept. to print out quality prints of test procedures."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Health Care, Spring, TX

"I need a printer that can do black/white and color printing."
-- Partner/Principal, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Marina Del Rey, CA

"I am looking for a color laser printer that can print on heavy card stock (glossy). 100 pound card stock thats very glossy on the front. If I cant find a laser printer that prints very good on heavy card stock with high gloss then i will stick with my ink jet."
-- Consultant, Manufacturing, Bloomington, IN

"Resolution 600x600. Cardboard printing up to 220g/mp.Shiped with refillable cartridges."
-- Administrative Assistant, Information Services, Acampo, CA

"Needs to be able to print on envelopes and print large volumes of paper (for projects) without calibrating."
-- Office Manager, Consulting, Portland, OR

"It must be able to handle large amounts of envelopes."
-- Buyer, Non-Profit, Seagoville, TX

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