What is the difference between a ink jet printer and a Lazar printer? Which is a more economical choice?

My ink ject printer eats up ink so fast. I heard Lazar printers do not need to be refilled as often. Is this true? And is there a quality difference between the two?What is the difference between a ink jet printer and a Lazar printer? Which is a more economical choice?
The big difference between inkjet and laser printers are how they actually print. Inkjets actually spray ink onto a page, which is why they come out slightly damp/wet and you shouldn’t touch photos that you’ve printed right away. Laser printers actually put toner onto the page and then put it through a fuser, which heats up and fuses the toner to the paper. Laser tends to cost more than inkjets when you compare ‘upfront’ costs. Inkjets tend to be really cheap to buy the printer itself but the cost of the ink refill cartridges really adds up in the end. I know for a fact that most printer manufactuers (HP, Lexmark, ect) sell the printer units at a loss (they sell them cheaper than it costs to produce the item) because they end up making so much more money on ink cartridges.





Here is a great figure that I found on the website linked below:


“Even if you print very little, the cost quickly adds up: Seven pages a day times 300 days equals 2100 pages — an ink bill of $235.60 per year. If you own the printer for three years, the cost of cartridges comes to over $700 or about 13 times the original cost of the printer. For the Epson Stylus C62, Shulman concludes that the ink bill would be over $1000 for three year's worth of printing.”





Laser printers on the other hand are quieter and faster and don’t seem to have as many problems. Here is another part of that same article “An HP laser printer with an estimated machine cost of $400, combined with a $115 toner cartridge, yields 8000 pages. Printing 40,000 pages costs you $400 plus $460 for the ink for a total of $860. A Brother 1440 laser printer works out at about $930 for the same number of pages. That comes to around two cents a page, or eight times less than an inkjet printer. “





As for the environmental impact, only some inkjet cartridges can be refilled because of the brand or damage to the print head or a variety of other reasons. 99% of toner cartridges can be refilled - and you can buy the refilled toner cartridges (which are just as good as brand new) for a fraction of the cost of a new one!





As for which you should buy, it all depends on how much printing you plan to do. If you only need to print 100 pages or so total a year, then the inkjet would be your best option. If you’re planning to print directions off MapQuest every time you take a trip, print coupons out of your email or websites, and print papers for work/school then the laser would be a much better investment.





Quality: This is what I found at a different website on quality between the two:


';If you need to print top-quality photos, an inkjet is a must. Even most $1,000 color lasers can't match the best $100 inkjet (equipped with photo inks and the proper paper) for glossy photo prints. But be prepared to wait a bit for such results: Most inkjets require a minute or so to produce a 4x6 photo, and up to 4 minutes for an 8x10. A color laser might produce an 8x10 in under a minute, but you wouldn't mistake the printout for a photo-lab enlargement.





As for text, inkjets have made tremendous strides in both speed and quality, but to our eyes laser printers still have the edge. A good inkjet can produce well-formed, crisp text on plain paper; print the same page on a laser printer, however, and the characters (especially at smaller point sizes) will really pop. And don't let manufacturer claims of 20 and even 30 pages per minute (ppm) fool you into thinking an inkjet is as fast as a laser. Those claims are generally for low-quality draft mode. A laser will be much speedier at outputting text and graphics pages than an inkjet set to highest quality. So if you print a lot of text documents, get a personal laser. ';





Good luck making a decision!What is the difference between a ink jet printer and a Lazar printer? Which is a more economical choice?
lazer printers are insanely expensive. You usually only see them in offices, never in the homes because they are so expensive. Its even worse if you want a color one.


If you check staples or office max online, they have the pricing on them and you'll see why the majorty of us have to stick to ink jet printers. I would recommend getting the ink jet refill kits. That way, you can refill your cartidges as home for a bigger savings.





a color laser printer is about 600.00 on staples.com right now. Yes it is better, but who can afford it?
Laser printers are intended for mid and high volume office environments, and offer significantly lower quality in terms of photo quality. Ink jet offers superior quality, usually at a higher cost per page.





I saw those new Kodak printers over the weekend (ciucuit city and Wal-mart) that sell the ink refills for about half the price of other manufacturers. The quality looked good and the price was right.
The wave of the future is Lazzzzzzer!
ink jet give u better pictures if you are into photo quality print on glossy paper, lasers are faster but there is a difference in quality but they are great for prinitng documents.. in the long run they are more economical and faster but for home use, if you dont print loads and if you like to do good quality pictures from time to time i would stick with the ink jet.
you can lighten up you ink sometimes and if you use either one a lot then its going to use a lot of ink either way...should be able to print and pack of 500 or more of paper with one fill
Yes quality difference,


Ink more expensive in laser printers but much better quality.