Printer Review

In today’s market, there are basically 4 types of popular printers.

• Inkjet
• Laser
• Thermal Transfer(Dye Sublimation)
• Dot Matrix (Yes, they’re still selling these!)

The factors that separate them are simple.

• Initial cost
• Operation cost
• Speed and Performance
• Durability
• Specialty jobs

If you are going to be printing strictly in Black & White (B&W), you’re going to be happiest with a laser printer. They offer faster print speed, crisper text, and lower cost of operation. A good one is usually more expensive than an Inkjet, but with the costs of ink cartridges, you’ll soon recoup that initial investment.

A typical B&W laser printer for home-office type use will run $300-$500 and will give you 20-24 pages per minute(ppm). For big office printing, expect over $1,000. Also expect 30+ppm. You will also achieve a resolution of 1200 x 1200. Higher resolution means crisper text. Laser printers are also usually rated on monthly volume. This is something to consider if you are purchasing a printer that will get a lot of usage. Don’t buy one rated for 10,000 pages a month if you know you’ll be printing 20,000. You’ll wear it out quick.

You can also get color laser printers, their cost has come down a lot from the $5,000 units 10 years ago. They’re usually fine for business type graphics, but I still like a nice photo inkjet for printing photos.

Inkjet’s and Thermal printers have much smaller cartridges and usually run out quicker than the toner in a laser. Because of that, the cost of printing each page can be much more. These printers can also be purchased with the ability to print onto CD/DVD, which is a nice feature. Duty cycle isn’t as high as a laser, but for home/office printing, most of them can keep up fine. Their B&W text is generally suitable for business, though some of the photo printers have slightly jagged text. Again, they’re less expensive to purchase, but can cost 4 times as much to operate as a laser. If you don’t do a lot of printing (<100 pages a month), don’t be concerned with this aspect. If you’re going to be printing photos though, cost-per-page is something to concider.

As it has been for the past several years, dot matrix printers are strictly for invoicing and multi-part forms. They are noisy, due to the fact that they are an ‘impact’ printer. Pins are actually hitting the paper and this gives them the ability to print on multi-part forms. Some of the more expensive ones are extremely fast and are used to generate long reports. There really isn’t much use for them other than that.

Old Technolgoy vs New Technology

Why bother with hiding or wiring coax cables, programming time-lapse recorders or dealing with poor wireless signals (transmitting your images all over the neighborhood!) preventing you from getting the critical video evidence you need?

These are just a few of the choices now available:

* AIR PURIFIER (IONIZER) HIDDEN NANNY CAMERA W/BUILT-IN DVR

* MOTION DETECTOR HIDDEN NANNY CAMERA W/BUILT-IN DVR

* WALL CLOCK HIDDEN NANNY CAMERA W/ BUILT-IN DVR

* CLOCK RADIO HIDDEN NANNY CAMERA W/ BUILT-IN DVR

* EXECUTIVE CLOCK HIDDEN NANNY CAMERA W/ BUILT-IN DVR

* TOUCH LAMP HIDDEN NANNY CAMERA WITH BUILT-IN DVR

* MANTEL CLOCK HIDDEN NANNY CAMERA WITH BUILT-IN DVR

To playback images, an included SD card reader connects to the USB port of your computer or laptop. Install the card, click on the application icon and a complete list of images, including time and date stamp will appear on your screen. Click on any image and the video stream will play from that point on. You can even speed up, slow down, or ZOOM IN during playback. You can save the card or download your images to CD, hard drive, Zip, or any other media of your choice. The SD cards (from 64MB – 2GB) can be quickly erased and reused again and again?

Completely self-contained, totally secure, and easy to use.

User options can be easily changed via the SD card reader and your computer. Images can be recorded as fast as 10 frames per second (fps) or as slow as 1 frame per minute. Record duration after detected motion is also user programmable. The included 64Mb SD card will record at least 12,000 images. Larger (optional) cards (128Mb, 256Mb, 512Mb, and 1Gb) will increase image capacity accordingly.Mantel Clock Hidden Camera with Built-in DVR (Digital Video Recorder)

Filter Masking: 5 Different Sensitivity Levels! Choose where you want motion detection and where you don't!

You may also install the software and view the images on your PDA or Pocket PC! Great for private investigators and detectives needing to show video proof to their clients without taking and installing the software on your clients computer.

Includes:

* Wireless Remote Control.
* SD Card Reader With USB Cable And Software
* 64mb or 128mb SD Card
* Complete Easy To Understand Instruction Book And Camera Software
* Everything You Need To Plug The Unit in and Start Using Instantly.

Don’t make your surveillance tasks any more complicated then they need to be! Ask for the new line of hidden cameras that feature built-in motion-activated digital video recording capability!