All About Inkjet Printers

The various printing technologies available today are suited to different printing needs and budgets. The inkjet printer you choose will therefore depend on what you need to print and how much you have to spend.

Since their introduction in the 1980s, inkjet printers have grown in popularity and performance while dropping significantly in price. In the last decade or so, inkjet printers have progressed in leaps and bounds and you can now tailor your inkjet printer to suit a wide range of needs. From general purpose inkjet printers to special photo varieties and versions that are suitable for the office, inkjet printing offers a world of options, all with the guarantee that you can achieve crisp text and clear images.

Inkjet printers have essentially evolved from dot-matrix printers, shooting thousands of tiny droplets of ink onto paper to create text and images. Inkjet printers can make any letter, number, symbol, image or other character from a pattern of tiny dots. Inkjet printers fire thousands of dots to make a high quality image, with an average inkjet printing around 600 dots per inch (dpi) and higher quality versions printing in the region of 5000 dpi.

As a general of thumb when shopping for an inkjet printer, the higher the quality of image you want, the more dots per inch you need, so look out for the dpi that different printers are capable of producing. Inkjet printers can also print onto a variety of paper types with photo printers using specialised paper.

Inkjet printers are popular with home users as they can tackle anything and everything, from academic projects to photographs. Inkjet printers designed for home users can usually do a little bit of everything and are ideal for light to medium users. Inkjet printers take ink cartridges so you can print in black and white or colour, depending on the task in hand.

Inkjet printers are used in the office as well and are capable of producing professional quality colour printing at a low cost per page. If you are thinking about purchasing an inkjet printer for the office then investigate networking options so that multiple users can connect.

Speciality inkjet printers are ideal if you need to produce everyday correspondence as well as out of the ordinary documents, such as wide format spreadsheets or high quality marketing materials. Some speciality inkjet printers can be used, whether at home or in the office, to produce documents sized up to A3.

Anyone needing to print photographs should investigate the photo inkjet printers on the market. The print quality is comparable to that of professional photofinishing and you can usually print directly from memory cards as well as USB storage devices.

Last, but not least, you can fulfil your print needs on the go by investing in one of the many portable inkjet printers available. These handy print companions enable you to stay productive wherever your business takes you and print professional-quality documents from your laptop or PDA.

Adam Singleton writes for a digital marketing agency. This article has been commissioned by a client of said agency. This article is not designed to promote, but should be considered professional content.