Print run

When buying a printer you need to ensure that it is compatible right across the board. Also check the per-copy cost and the servicing requirements, writes Dara McCluskey.

When buying a printer you need to ensure that it is compatible right across the board. Also check the per-copy cost and the servicing requirements, writes Dara McCluskey.

The purchas e price of a printer represents only about 20 per cent of the total cost of ownership over the machine's three to five year lifetime.

So you should look carefully at the per-copy cost of printing and the associated cost of keeping it ...