In recent years, users have developed a peculiar stereotype that a laser printer is not worth buying for home use. As a rule, inkjet analogues are purchased for these needs. Buying such a device, many are guided by the fact that it has a low cost, consumables also do not frighten with their high cost, and refueling is not supernatural.
However, this stereotype very often has no good reason. In some cases, a laser printer is much better suited for home use than an inkjet. You should not overpay and buy a color device, but black and white will be just right. The choice of a laser printer is based on a number of criteria.
Let's start with pricing. I agree that inkjet printers are several times cheaper than laser printers . Even if you buy a color device, its cost will be several times less than a black and white laser. But now I want to draw your attention to the fact that refilling a laser printer will cost a penny compared to the price of a cartridge for my cheap brother. Indeed, often the total cost of these consumables is the full price of a new device assembly.
The next point is that you must decide for yourself whether you really need full color printing? For example, you can take photos in A4 format up to a maximum of twenty copies, after which the cartridge will need to be refilled again. Yes, and good quality photos should not be expected from budget devices.
According to statistics, most inkjet buyers rely on photo printing. However, after a short period of time, they are disappointed in the quality of such photographs, as well as in a very small resource. As a result, this device will become an ordinary slow black and white printer. It will require a monthly refueling, and if you print a lot, then you will need to refuel it more often. Therefore, if you can do without color printing, it is better to immediately buy a black and white laser printer.
As for speed, here inkjet devices do not even stand close with laser ones. The average print speed of the latter is about seventeen pages per minute, and inkjet in the best case, two times less. It follows that if speed criteria is important to you, then a laser printer is the only contender.
Now a few words about print quality. It is fair to say here that this aspect is approximately the same for both "experimental" ones.
Noise is much less with laser devices, but their security is lame. The thing is that these devices do not print with ink, but with special toner, which is a powder. So, during printing, its particles scatter throughout the room and enter the lungs of those who are nearby. For this reason, such a room must be ventilated as often as possible.
Also, in terms of convenience, inkjet printers have one drawback. If left unused for a long time, the ink in the cartridge may dry out. If this fails, you will have to buy a new cartridge.