Our guide to buying a printer includes a list of questions you should ask yourself before heading to the checkout. "A professional printer (including Officeworks) would be better because they can also handle the covers and binding, which could be difficult at home," says Steve Duncombe, CHOICE's technology editor.ĬHOICE tip: Can't decide between a mono, inkjet or laser printer? It helps to work out what you need the printer for. That said, if you had a one-off 300-page project you needed to print, you might find it quicker and easier to do this at a professional printers.
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(For the full list of printing options, see Officeworks' print and copy price guide.) You can also look at the cost-per-page figures on our printer reviews to get an idea of at-home printing costs compared with printing at Officeworks, bearing in mind that Officeworks will print A4 black-and-white 80gsm prints for 8c a page. "Everyone needs to look at their own usage," says Ben. Of course, the exact costs will vary depending on the type and price of your printer, which is why we always recommend that you think about your printing needs before buying one. If you print lots of documents over the course of a year, when you work out the costs of your printer, ink and paper, you'll probably save money overall by printing at home.įor example, when we calculated the yearly cost of printing at home using an HP Envy 5030 multifunction inkjet printer (including ink and paper costs) and compared that with printing at Officeworks, we found that once you printed more than roughly 350 pages, it became cheaper to print at home. If you print a lot of A4 documents, you'll probably save money overall by printing at home.
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