From our experience we would always advise the small or home business to invest some time researching which printers are the most suitable for their use and above all most cost effective.

Canon have launched a new online tool that draws a parallel between convenience food, cost, health and printing – no they haven’t hired Gillian McKeith (is she allowed to call herself a doctor… but that’s another story). Basically, what they are saying is – yeah, it’s great to grab a burger every now and then and it won’t kill you on its own, but if you eat one every day or mealtime you’re going to grow into one unhealthy bloater.

Similarly, if you just use your nice and convenient little ink-jet printer perched at the end of your desk every now and then to print a pie chart (keeping up with the food style) – then no problem. But, use your inkjet printer for everything you just want to read once and throw away, your office stationery budget will bloat out – just like some channel 4 show about half ton people. 

Anyway, back to the point – take a quick look at Canon’s how much is your printer eating up your consumables budget guide here.