Which office printer is best?

Which office printer is best?

If you need a printer for your office then you are going to want the best, so you will be asking ‘Which office printer is best?’. With over 30 years of experience in the Document Solutions Industry we are well placed to answer that question, so here goes…

Unfortunately, there is no single answer to this question (sorry) the best printer for YOUR office may not be the best printer for the next office along the corridor or in the next building or in another business or industry.

We’re going to run though some great printers for different types of offices and of course if you need some expert advice about your specific office, you can drop us a message.

Small Office Printer

If you have a small office, only need A4 printing and scanning, but need it to be great quality then the C332i would be perfect

C3320i

• ?33/33 ppm in colour and black & white
• Paper formats: A6-A4
• 7-inch tablet-like colour touch panel with multi-touch support and redesigned user interface for intuitive operation and ease of use
• Reduced environmental impact thanks to state-of-the-art technology with competitively low power consumption – saves both energy and money
• Highest data security featuring various security functionalities – including Bitdefender anti-virus engine – reduces the risk of data loss and keeps confidential data safe

Or let’s say you have a small office. We’re talking 2 – 8 people. You want good quality printing, but you are only doing around 2,000-5,000 copies or prints and scans per month.

One of the Konica Minolta BizHub devices is going to be perfect for you

The C250i (catchy name…right)

This device offers

• Copying, Printing and Scanning
• Colour and Black and White Printing
• Fast warm-up (under 18 second)
• First copy output in under 8 seconds
• Scan to email, FTP, scan to me and scan to home technology
• Staple, hole punch and more
• Enhanced touch screen navigation

Medium Office Printer

If your office is a bit bigger, between 20 – 40 people and maybe doing upwards of 20,000 copies per month, but no more than 50,000 for the best office printer you are going to need something with a little more oomph.

Enter the C450i

Sticking with the Konica Minolta BizHub range this machine

• Provides high quality printing and copying
• Is Fast – 45 pages per minute
• Does black and white and colour
• Has an intuitive touch and swipe interface
• Can make booklets, print tabs, hole punch, staple and trifold
• Has super G3 fax capability

Or you could go for the C550i

What makes the C550i different is

• A 10-inch control panel
• 4GB of memory (2GB is pretty much standard)
• A higher capacity document feeder (300 sheets vs 150 sheets)
• A faster document feed
• Better feed detection to prevent misfeeds

Large Office

If you have a large office, say with a print room or a whole floor of staff printing to one machine, you’ll need a heavy duty Multi-Function Device. So, in terms of people, we’re talking upwards of 40 doing 50,000 – 200,000 prints per month.

C750i

So, the great thing about the BizHub range is that they really have it all, this machine

• Has a next-gen multitouch panel, customisation and intuitive interface
• Economic and ecological printing (it is Blue Angel Mark and Energy Star certified)
• Open API for embedded applications
• Dual-scan document feeder
• Output 75 pages per minute
• High-speed scanning, up to 180 per minute
• Easy to use – even for first time users

As you can tell we really think a lot of Konica Minolta…of course there are other printer brands out there, the reason we think Konica Minolta is the best for business printers is

• The BizHub series are one of the fastest printer ranges available on the market today
• They offer a great combination of print/scan/copy/fax functionality
• They are easy to use
• They have intuitive, easy to read displays
• They have superior connectivity and security
• The build quality is amazing, so they are really reliable
• They have been established for many years with first plain paper copier introduced in 1971!
• They are always innovative with new technology being introduced regularly

We hope this helps you in researching which office printer is best, but as always if you want some expert advice or a quote for a printer to meet your office’s specific needs just get in touch.