In any office setting, it’s probably the technicians who are the most savvy when it comes to machine operations. Professionals and engineers are usually gifted in the theory part of things but a technician has the practical knowledge of the theory. This puts him ahead somehow, especially since theory depends on practical functions to produce output.
So the question of a technician saving money when buying a printer is almost like expecting moms to find the best bargains at flea markets. Since portable printers are the rage these days, a technician is best suited to find the best in the market in terms of resolution, quality and printout capacity. This directly relates to cost saving since the more papers a printer can churn out, the less printers one needs. High quality printouts also mean more clients for a printing business thereby making up for the cost of the printer. Therefore technicians stand to save more by buying potable printers such as the Canon Pixma iP100, which can hold up to 50 sheets of paper at once. Measuring only (2.4"x12.7"x7.2") this lightweight travel companion prints a total of 20 pages per minute for black and white and 14pages/min for color. It is PC and Mac compatible with a high resolution of 9600x2400 dpi.
Trust a technician to know where the cheapest, high-quality used printers are sold. In a technician's world, why get a new item when you can get a used one for half the price and still get good results? Perhaps the risky aspect of used products is the fear of getting a junkyard reject. Because technicians know machines from the inside out, they would easily spot a rip-off from a mile away. This leads them to purchase cheaper but high quality-printers with all the parts intact. This directly translates to cost saving. The world is increasingly getting mobile. Everything and everyone is constantly on the move and printers are also following suit. A technician traveling with his laptop would therefore know where to find a cheap but high-quality portable laptop printer.