Colour laser printers are now a regular feature in offices throughout the world. Not without good reason either; they offer a fantastic standard of printing, exceptional speed and low running costs to name just a few of the benefits.

Laser printers are perfectly designed to fit in with a modern busy office, where time and accuracy are of the essence. It will provide a full colour page in a matter of seconds, although some models are clearly quicker than others. This reduces waiting time and helps to ensure that there isn’t a big queue of documents ready to go after you’ve finished.

A colour laser printer has one obvious advantage over its mono brother; it is able to print in full colour. Without being too simplistic, this does provide you with added benefits; offering you the choice of how you wish to print with both greyscale and full colour being available. Unfortunately this doesn’t come cheaply, with the cartridges, consumables and the printer itself costing a fair amount right from the outset; however, due to the many benefits it provides and long-term savings, businesses shouldn’t be put off by such expense.

Not only is the printing itself quick, but so too is the drying time. Unlike inkjets, which use a liquid based ink, the colour laser printer instead relies on powder filled toner cartridges. Because this doesn’t make the page ‘wet’, as with the liquid versions, it can be dry and touchable almost instantaneously. In an office environment this can be hugely important, because the last thing you want is to have smudges all over your pages or have to wait a few minutes before collecting. If your business relies on speed and efficiency, the laser printer could well provide you with the ideal printing solution.

These toner cartridges do come at some expense though. The cartridges for each of the four colours – those being black, yellow, cyan and magenta – will ordinarily cost you over