Printers, Scanners and Wireless router

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It wasn’t that long ago that a printer was just that and all you could do with it was take a print out of a document. But since then the number of tasks a printer can do is absolutely amazing and today its not even necessary to have separate equipment such as a fax, scanner and printer because there are multifunction printers that can do all these tasks in one machine.

Printing technology has evolved to such an extent that today a laser printer can provide you with copies that are no second to the original while wireless and other types of printers have made our work so much easier. From inkjet printers to laser printers and then to multifunction printers that consist of several features such as color photo prints, high resolution black and white prints, wi-fi connectivity and slots for memory cards, it has become a great all in one device to have at home or in office.

If you prefer to buy the printer separately, this may be because you need a high duty printer that can print out a whole heap of documents for you at speed. This can be an inkjet printer or laser printer depending on your needs. Some machines can print hundreds of copies within a few minutes where it’s possible to get clear black and white images or color documents as the case may be.

But keep in mind that you should buy your Printer in keeping with your requirements and if you only need black and white documents, there’s no need to spend unnecessarily and go for a high end printer that will offer you various different features such as wi-fi connections, faxing and editing, all of which will be of no use to you. For such work, an inexpensive but highly efficient laser printer should be your choice.

A Multifunction Printer on the other hand will help you to fax your documents, copy, scan and print them all in one machine which will be cost effective in the long run and also the ideal machine for a small office that has limited space. Such a piece of equipment will also help to lessen the number of wires running round the place and reduce clutter and untidiness in a room.

With computer networking increasingly becoming wireless, a wireless printer is also another option you can think of. It works in a way where the adapter enables the wireless router to communicate with the printer and route the printing request from the various devices in the network to the printer. Any type of device such as a laptop or iPad can use a wireless printer once it has been configured to the correct settings. The technology that enables the connection between the router and the printer is usually Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. The manner in which the device is connected to the printer will depend on the adapters.

A scanner can be on its own or a part of a multifunction printer. It can scan any kind of image; printed, painted or handwritten and then convert it to a digital file format. The most popular scanners in use today are the Flatbed Scanner, Sheetfed scanner and handheld scanner. The advantage of having the scanner in your printer device is that it makes it easier to print the scanned document in one go. A Photo Scanner as the name suggests, obviously scans photographs. These are especially designed to work on negatives and slides.
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