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Old 01-11-2009, 12:08 AM   #1
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Printing Business Cards

Hey all. I'm looking for a good printer to start a small, on the side, home business for designing and printing business cards. Right now I am trying to decide on the debate between inkjet vs laser. I know color laser printers are real expensive (only found 1, which was HP, under $700). The one color laser I found had a max DPI of 600x600. Would that be fine for printing small business cards? I have a feeling i would be better off with the color laser, because I don't want the ink to run with an inkjet, but then again I am no expert on this. Thanks!
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Old 01-11-2009, 01:20 AM   #2
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There are many color laser printers for way under $700. A few examples:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16828113224

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16828115140
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Old 01-11-2009, 12:21 PM   #3
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Color lasers are a lot less than $700. I have a HP 2600n, I paid $300 for it over a year ago. I love it, I wouldn't use an inkjet again if you gave one to me.

The HP CP1215 looks like a great deal at $180, but it is reviewing very poorly. I'd probably get the CP1518ni. It has an internal JetDirect so you can connect it directly to your router. I don't care for other brands, even though they are popular.
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Right now I am trying to decide on the debate between inkjet vs laser.
Go with laserjet. Nothing looks worse than to see an injet printed
business card that got wet which made the ink smear and bleed.

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