I bought my first laser copier last year (a small Canon MF8350Cdn) as an introduction to laser printers after using exclusively inkjet before for the much lower cost per page.
I run a printing business using an HP business inkjet printer and thought I'd offer a laser printing option for my customers, unfortunately 99% of them are not willing to pay the significantly higher cost per page of laser prints especially when the one and only benefit is waterproof prints. Anyway I knew most would not pay more for laser prints but that was OK as I sell a book I wrote I preferred to sell it laser printed than inkjet printed.
As many of you in the Canon forum know I absolutely hate how Canon makes their machines intentionally limited but also extremely un-userfriendly.
There's this beautiful huge HP machine I'd love to get but it's $2800 so it would take a long time to repay as I only sell a few copies per week of my book.
But I was wondering, if I can figure out how to make money with the much higher cost per page of laser printing then maybe I can run a business that would allow me to repay it in months rather than years. This HP would cost slightly less per page than the Canon but not much at all so I won't get any more interest in the laser printing service, so it would have to be something I can print that's worth more.
So what could I print using a laser printer that people would be willing to pay more than the cost of toner on the paper? Calendars? Agendas?
I'd like ideas so I could start testing if they sell enough to allow me to buy that HP machine, this Canon one is really infuriating to use.
I run a printing business using an HP business inkjet printer and thought I'd offer a laser printing option for my customers, unfortunately 99% of them are not willing to pay the significantly higher cost per page of laser prints especially when the one and only benefit is waterproof prints. Anyway I knew most would not pay more for laser prints but that was OK as I sell a book I wrote I preferred to sell it laser printed than inkjet printed.
As many of you in the Canon forum know I absolutely hate how Canon makes their machines intentionally limited but also extremely un-userfriendly.
There's this beautiful huge HP machine I'd love to get but it's $2800 so it would take a long time to repay as I only sell a few copies per week of my book.
But I was wondering, if I can figure out how to make money with the much higher cost per page of laser printing then maybe I can run a business that would allow me to repay it in months rather than years. This HP would cost slightly less per page than the Canon but not much at all so I won't get any more interest in the laser printing service, so it would have to be something I can print that's worth more.
So what could I print using a laser printer that people would be willing to pay more than the cost of toner on the paper? Calendars? Agendas?
I'd like ideas so I could start testing if they sell enough to allow me to buy that HP machine, this Canon one is really infuriating to use.
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