There are many types of photocopier available on the market today, all offering different features to the users. Al Raafah is able to supply any photocopier that a company requires, from an A4 desktop black and white photocopier right up to A3 heavy-duty, full-colour photocopiers with advanced finishing option.
Black and white (mono) photocopiers
Black and white photocopiers only use one toner colour – black (k). They produce monochrome photocopies, which is why they are called mono devices.
These photocopiers are made for office use, where colour is not essential. They come in a variety of capacities, from low to high volumes. Some models can copy / print as many as 150 pages per minute!
Colour photocopiers
Unlike mono photocopiers, colour photocopiers are able to produce coloured copies. This type of photocopier is also able to produce black and white copies too, making them incredibly versatile.
These photocopies use 4 toners – cyan (c), magenta (m), yellow (y) and black (k) some time referred to as CMYK printing. These photocopiers can produce a wide variety of colours on the CMYK spectrum.
Desktop photocopiers
These photocopiers do what they say on the tin – they are small enough to sit on a desktop and come with a whole host of additional features in one small box. Desktop photocopiers tend to be A4 only devices, as the mechanisms required to pass A3 paper through the photocopier would make the device to large and heavy to sit on a desk. Desktop photocopiers can be incredibly basic, or multifunctional. If you find that you need more paper capacity out of your desktop photocopier, many devices allow you to add additional paper trays, making them a floor-standing office photocopier device rather than desktop devices.
Office photocopiers
Office photocopiers are larger devices that are floor standing. These devices are able to deal with larger volumes than desktop photocopiers and can print at high speeds, whilst offering a range of different functions including: scanning, copying and faxing. If you choose advanced finished features your machine can also: sort, staple, hole punch and bind should you wish it to. Office photocopiers are designed to be used by larger work groups and as a shared device, can have print management software installed to manage users printing behaviour.
High volume photocopier
For businesses with large workforces, an office photocopier that prints at 20 to 30 pages per minute may not be sufficient. Instead, these companies may choose a high volume photocopier, which is capable of printing upwards of 50 pages per minute. High volume photocopiers are also ideal for use in reprographics departments, print or mailing rooms where they can be printing continuously all day. Some in-house marketing functions may also require a high volume photocopier to produce more advanced and impressive types of documents.