Printers' Supplies & Services

Printing is an industry that has grown, developed and specialises in many areas. Printer supplies and printer services have become offerings that a business can thrive in, providing in a world where printers can be found in the average household as well as most offices.

Printers come in many shapes and sizes, and are typically classified according to the type of technology that they employ. Some of these include toner-based laser or LED printers, liquid inkjet, solid ink, dye-sublimation and inkless printers. There are many others and each have their own set of mechanisms and therefore their own set of supplies required.

Many offices typically use laser printers within multi-function devices. These will often use toner, which is a common supply requirement of offices. Smaller household printers will typically use inkjet technology and will require ink cartridges rather than toner.

Other common supplies that are required includes paper, transparencies, mechanical parts that could break, plastic trays for collecting printed materials and peripheral equipment such as scanning surface cleaners and staples for automatic stapling machines.

Printer services are usually to do with the maintenance and repair of printers. Especially in the case of laser or LED printers, the technology has become so complex that most people would not know how to repair a broken printer, or indeed, even know what’s wrong with it in the first place.

Often printers need regular maintenance, especially larger printers used in desktop publishing or offices that engage in frequent printing.

Other services include printer installation and printer consulting to advise on the best type of printer for the required use.