Printer.com
provides fast and easy cost comparisons not only for printers, but also
the cartridges that accompany them. This is particularly compelling
because it’s often easy to neglect the cost of ink cartridges when
evaluating different printer options. Utilizing factors such as average
pages printed per week, color and size, Printer.com provides different
printer options, estimated costs of printer cartridges and links to
authorized online merchants. Retailers then compete on price and
service to provide consumers with the best deal for the user’s
needs.”When shopping for printers, consumers tend to look at the price
tag in front of them without accounting for other variables that
accumulate during a printer’s life, such as cartridges,” said Bob Crum,
director of U.S. Operations for Printer.com. “Today’s printers are now
averaging five year lifecycles, which could mean people may ultimately
be wasting money and not even know it because they haven’t factored in
the lifetime costs of running a printer.”
Printer.com will also help
reduce environmental waste and the adverse affects caused by the excess
disposal of used printers and cartridges. On average, one printer
cartridge takes more than 400 years to decompose and with hundreds of
millions of them being disposed of each year, the toll on the
environment is extensive.”By helping people make educated decisions, we
believe Printer.com will aid in reducing e-waste caused by people
choosing a printer not properly suited for their operations,” Crum
said. “When people make informed choices based on their daily printing
needs, they will cut down on the number of cartridges used in the long
run.”In addition to providing cost comparisons for new printers and
cartridges, Printer.com services will help consumers and businesses to
evaluate options for purchasing replacement cartridges, as well as
product lifecycle recommendations to determine if it’s time to replace
an old printer.