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

"I will be printing on card stock and vellum. I need a printer that can handle both of these."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Retail, Charleston, SC

"Laser, cardstock printing, wireless, Cannon is supposed to be pretty good;Printing at least 720 dpi"
-- Dentist/Physician, Computers - Hardware, Lafayette, CA

"High resolution color that doesn't rub off if it gets a little bit wet; gloss finish on one side and non-gloss on the other side, or at the very least fairly heavy art-style paper that can be printed on both sides."
-- Creative Design/Writing/Production, Media/Entertainment/Publishing, Thorne Bay, AK

"600 dpi card or cover stock photo paper."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Gordon, NE

"I'm starting a printing business producing yearbooks and journal, I need a printer that will facilitate my needs."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Elmont, NY

"Paper weight up to 150lb. 2 to 3 paper trays. Stapling and folding."
-- General Manager, Retail, Prescott, AZ

"Would like to print posters on glossy paper, brochures on heavier paper, etc."
-- Buyer, Education, Durango, CO

"Need cardstock capability on letter size. At times I will want to print on legal size paper."
-- Marketing/Public Relations, Construction/General Contracting, Columbus, OH

"I want a printer that uses least amount of toner as possible,color, laser, to print for home office brochures real estate and also for personal kids things"
-- Buyer, Real Estate, Reisterstown, MD

"I am a business that prints Invitations, business cards, fliers,etc."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Kent, WA

"The printer MUST take 80Lb or more in the main tray and 100Lb in the multi tray."
-- Buyer, Real Estate, Waldwick, NJ

"I will be using this to produce customer mail out flyers. 500 mailers per mo avg.can this produce a decent picture in color for appl,elect,furniture pictures. thanks, mark aud."
-- General Manager, Retail, Jasper, TX

"Varing paper weights from standard letter weight to something a little thicker for promotional materials. Decent resolution but not photo quality."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Telecom/Utilities, Jacksonville, FL

"Looking for a small format color and white ink printer that can print on uncoated transparent stock (e.g. acetate)."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Computers - Software, Los Gatos, CA

"2 year on-site complete warranty, leter and legal size capability, dual tray capacity."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Government, Parker, AZ

"Proofing paper: 12"+/-1 wide in sheet or roll form. Resolution of 2880 +/- 1000 dots per inch. Need to match spot colors and Pantone colors as close as possible."
-- Partner/Principal, Other Business Services, Chicago, IL

"We are looking for a full bleed laser printer. We have 4x6 paper and currently using a low cost laser printer which is giving us problems with leaving too much white space at the bottom.We don't want to print and then cut unless this is something done automatically by the printer.We want a laser printer for how cheap consumables are but we are open to suggestions."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Glendale Heights, IL

"We produce 300 copies of our quarterly bulletin of about 30 pages, double. So, we need a printer that could handle up to 40,000 pages a year. Our typical bulletin has about 20 pages that are completely black and white, with about 10 pages containing some color pictures. We would use a medium weight paper and photo quality resolution."
-- Buyer, Non-Profit, Grant, FL

"I need a color laser printer all in one that carry tray for letter and legal sizeand able to copy on both side.ThanksAnthony."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Boston, MA

"I will also like printers that would be able to print on A4, A5, A3, A2, and A1 papers"
-- CEO/President/Owner, Computers - Hardware, Virginia Beach, WA

"Up to 100 lb cover stock2 paper cassettesno feederstandard duplexingup to 70 OPM scanning."
-- Accounting/Finance, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Louisville, KY

"Need printer to print legal size paper for sign prints with measurements. For the building of signs."
-- Accounting/Finance, Manufacturing, Las Vegas, NV

"We would like to know what is our best option there are too many choices and we would like quality."
-- Office Manager, Other Business Services, Goodland, KS

"Print on any type of paper and 3 or more paper tray."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Miami, FL

"We're an advertising agency so we would like to have the ability to print on various weights, sizes, coated and uncoated stocks."
-- Partner/Principal, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Rochester, NY

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