Are you planning to buy inkjet printers, are you comparing laser inkjet printers and ink inkjet printers? Understanding the difference between the two? Is wondering which one to buy? Next, please come with Foshan Fulan Laser to understand the difference between these two inkjet printers. I believe that through the following description, you will know whether to choose a laser inkjet printer or an ink inkjet printer.

1. Initial cost

Ink inkjet printer: the one-time purchase price is low, and the later use cost is high (for example: ink consumables are a long-term use cost, frequent failures, repair costs and maintenance costs are not cheap).

Laser printer: The one-time purchase price is higher, and its later use cost is lower.

2. Operating costs

Ink inkjet printer: inkjet printer consumes a large amount of special inks and solvents, and consumes a large amount of consumables. In addition, the replacement of nozzles and other accessories is costly, requiring specialized maintenance personnel, and unplanned shutdown of production, resulting in indirect losses.

Laser printer: The operating cost is extremely low, and the equipment can be operated without maintenance for a long time without consumables.

3. Running time

Ink jet coding: The ink jet printer is affected by the working environment and changes in temperature and humidity, and it is easy to cause blockage of the ink path and nozzles. The failure rate is high and the service life of the equipment is short.

Laser coding: stable and continuous production can be realized for 24 hours. The laser marking machines produced by Foshan Fulan Laser Technology Co., Ltd. are classified according to lasers. There are fiber laser marking machines (the service life can be as long as 10W hours), and the green laser marking machine (usable for 2 to 5 years) , UV laser marking machine (usable for 3 to 10 years), oxygen dioxide laser marking machine (laser metal tube can be used for 5 to 10 years, glass tube can be used for 3 to 9 months) and MOPA laser marking Machine (usable for 15-20 years). The service life of the laser has expired. Replace with a new laser and the laser marking machine can continue to be used.

4. Marking speed

Ink coding: manual or mechanical operation can be used to mark one or more lines of characters, relatively slow, and only online coding can be used.

Laser coding: using computer integrated intelligent operation, can realize automatic feeding, automatic identification and positioning, automatic marking, etc., the marking speed is super fast; it can work in static and high-speed flow state of the production line.

5. Marking effect

Ink coding: The mark is clear but low in accuracy, can be altered, will fade after a long time or touch, and the anti-counterfeiting effect is limited.

Laser coding: ultra-clear marking, high precision, non-modifiable, permanent, and excellent anti-counterfeiting effect.

6. Flexibility

Laser printer: It can print any content, and the printed content can be edited and modified immediately. The serial code, batch number, barcode, two-dimensional code, etc. can be automatically skipped. The number of printing lines and font size are not limited.

Ink inkjet printer: can print bar codes, batch numbers and simple patterns, etc., and the number of printing lines and font size are limited.

7. Stability

Laser printer: stable and reliable performance, can work continuously 24 hours a day. The maintenance-free time is more than 20,000 hours.

Ink inkjet printer: The performance is basically stable, but the failure rate is relatively high. The nozzle will be blocked due to changes in environmental temperature, humidity and dust. The maintenance workload is large and is greatly affected by the environment.

8. Data processing capabilities

Laser printer: The control host directly uses an industrial computer, which has powerful data processing capabilities and can be connected to all anti-counterfeiting data systems to meet multi-level anti-counterfeiting needs.

Ink inkjet printer: It is controlled by a single-chip microcomputer, with limited data processing capacity and few anti-counterfeiting functions.

9. Operation and use

Laser printer: Intuitive Windows software, display interface with high resolution and clear picture. Make the establishment and editing of printed information convenient and quick.

Ink inkjet printer: simple display interface, low resolution. It can only perform simple editing processing on the printed information, and is generally used as a production date printing device.

10. Environmental protection and safety

Laser printer: It does not produce any substances harmful to the environment and human body, and produces surface nicks on the objects to be printed. It is an environmentally friendly high-tech product. However, some materials will produce smoke during laser marking, which can generally be handled by a smoke exhaust system.

Ink inkjet printer: Ink and solvent are highly volatile substances, which will produce more chemical toxic residues and pollute the environment. In addition, the chemical composition and smell of inks and solvents are completely possible to penetrate into the marked objects, which are gradually replaced products internationally.

As the saying goes: the best is the one that suits you. It's not that you choose which equipment is good, but which is more suitable for your needs.