Best cheap printers for small businesses
- — 01 February, 2011 15:18
If you're running a small business, balancing your budget can be a tricky task. Cutting down on costs like printer price and ongoing consumable use should ease the financial burden -- we've put together a list of cheap inkjet and laser printers that should help you out. Some can automatically print on both sides of a page to halve paper use, and some have very low ink or toner costs per page. Have a read through this list and you should find something to suit your business.
Running a business? Look at our guide to buying a laser printer.
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If you're a business user who wants a cheap option for scanning or copying multi-page documents -- and if you don't mind mediocre quality draft prints -- the HP Officejet 4500 is hard to fault. Its consumable costs are reasonable, installation is easy and maintenance is simple.
- Review Date:
- Reviewer:
- Manufacturer:
- 2nd Sept., 2010
- Campbell Simpson
- HP
- Rating:
- Price:
- From $ 98.00
- Pros:
- Useful 20-sheet automatic document feeder, fast monochrome A4 print speeds in draft mode
- Cons:
- Slow colour and monochrome printing in regular quality print mode, no memory card ports, single-line screen doesn't display much information




