1. Digital copier
At present, there are two types of copiers: digital copiers and analog copiers. The traditional analog copier is based on the electrostatic transfer principle, while the digital copier uses the laser transfer principle. Therefore, the digital copier has the advantages of high definition, one-time scanning and copying, powerful digital editing and paper binding functions. The digital copier integrates printing, fax and scanning and copying functions, which can save a lot of equipment investment in the printing workshop and make cost accounting more convenient.
At present, digital copiers have different grades. The price of entry-level products in A3 format is only 6,000 to 7,000 yuan, and high-end copiers of more than 100,000 yuan are also common in the market. The factors that cause this price difference are copying speed and copying intensity. The copying speed of low-end digital copiers is mostly below 20 pages/minute, while most high-end products can print 20 ~ 40 pages per minute, which is as fast as 100 pages/minute. In terms of copying strength, entry-level products are even worse, with a monthly printing volume of about 1 10,000 copies, and high-end products can reach tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. Entry-level products are much worse than high-end products in continuous copying ability. But for small typing and copying shops, the performance of entry-level products within 10,000 yuan can basically meet the needs of daily business. If the replication intensity is relatively high, you can also consider choosing products with a cost of more than 10,000 yuan. In addition to the speed and intensity of copying, the preheating time of the copier is also a very important factor, which is directly related to the efficiency of business processing. Some products take more than one minute to warm up, which is not suitable for printing shops. Another factor to consider is the cost of consumables for photocopiers. At present, the unit price of copying is relatively low, and the cost of consumables is directly related to the income of the printing shop. Therefore, we must carefully consider this aspect.
(1) Careful calculation-Sharp AR-28 18
Reference price: 7500 yuan
For printing shops like Along and Xiaoyu, which have limited funds and single passenger flow, it is wise to choose an entry-level digital copier, which can provide most of the functions of digital copiers, and the capital investment is relatively small, which greatly reduces the threshold for opening stores.
Sharp AR-28 18 is an entry-level digital copier with A3 format, but its performance is good. Its previous generation product, AR- 18 18, was once very popular in typing and copying shops. This product is compact, with an overall size of 590mm×577mm×470mm and a weight of only 3 1.3kg, which is very suitable for small typing and copying shops with little space. The machine adopts hot roller copying system and magnetic brush developing system. The copy resolution reaches 600dpi, the preheating time is 45 seconds, the copy speed is 18 sheets/minute, and the home page output time is 7.2 seconds, and 999 sheets can be copied continuously at most. This product adopts 1 250 paper tray and 100 manual bypass paper feeding system, which can copy A3 ~ A5 paper and provide 25% ~ 400% zoom copy function which is rare in entry-level products. In addition, the machine has USB 1. 1 and IEEE 1284 interfaces, which can be connected to a computer for A3 format laser printer and scanner. The printing speed can reach 12ppm(A4) and the printing resolution is 600dpi. In automatic exposure mode, its scan resolution is 600×300dpi, and its scan resolution is 600× 600 when scanning photos.
(2) Business-oriented, giving priority to efficiency-Ricoh Aficio 2022
Reference price: 16800 yuan
For print shops with large passenger flow and large printing volume, entry-level products can no longer meet the business needs. Xiao Zhang turned his attention to the mid-range products of more than 10,000 yuan. This kind of products are much higher than entry-level products in replication speed and intensity. For Xiao Zhang, a considerable part of his business comes from government agencies, and sometimes he needs to print a large number of documents and meeting materials centrally. Only products with better performance can meet the demand.
Ricoh Aficio2022 digital copier not only has the function of copying, but also has the functions of printing, faxing and scanning. With the optional network card, it can also realize network printing and network scanning functions. It has a very short warm-up start-up time of 15 seconds, and it only takes 10 seconds to recover from sleep energy-saving mode to work mode. Its copy speed is as high as 22 pages/minute, the first copy time is only 4.9 seconds, and the scaling copy ratio is 25% ~ 400%. The maximum gray scale is 256, the copying resolution is 600dpi, and the printing and scanning accuracy is 600dpi. By purchasing G3 interface card, it can also have super G3 fax function. Aficio2022 provides the copy function of A3 ~ A6 format paper. Two 500-sheet paper trays and 1 100 manual paper trays are standard, and you can also choose automatic reverse paper feeder, stapler and large-capacity paper tray, which can provide superior paper feeding and binding ability.
2. Printer
Although digital copiers can also provide printing functions, laser printers and color inkjet printers are still indispensable equipment for typing and copying shops. Digital copiers can be used as A3 laser printers, but a large number of A4 files and laser business cards still need to be output by laser printers, because laser printers are more convenient to operate and save electricity. Color inkjet printers can provide color printing functions that the first two devices do not have. It is suggested to choose an inkjet printer with powerful scanning function to make up for the lack of scanning function of digital copier and save storefront space.
(1) laser printer
Hp laser printer 10 10
Reference price: 1599 yuan
The laser printer can be A4 format, and the cost of consumables and after-sales service should be considered. HP LaserJet 10 10 sells a lot in China, and consumables and accessories are easy to buy, especially the 26 12A compatible toner cartridge of Laserjet10, which can greatly reduce the use cost.
The printer has a printing resolution of 600dpi and a printing speed of 12ppm. It adopts USB2.0 high-speed interface and 8MB memory design, so that the output time of its homepage can be controlled within 10 second. The monthly printing capacity of this printer is 5000 pages, which can meet the needs of printing documents and business cards in general typing and copying shops. It is small in size and can be easily placed and moved on the desktop. In addition, the structure design of double-layer folding carton is adopted, which not only saves space, but also provides convenience for using various media.
(2) Color inkjet integrated machine
Epson stylus photo RX5 10
Reference price: 2480 yuan
The all-in-one color inkjet printer is used to output color manuscripts, business cards and photos, and also provides color scanning function. In addition, using its color printing function, it can also carry out a variety of extended services. The color inkjet printer should consider the printing effect, the cost of consumables and the scanning function. The printing part should have 6-color printing function to output impeccable color photos; Its scanning function must reach the level of mainstream scanners, and it is best to have negative scanning function, so as to save the cost of buying another scanner. Epson Stylus Photo RX5 10 integrates many functions such as picture scanning, film scanning, six-color photo printing and color copying. Besides outputting color documents and business cards, you can also output high-quality color photos, which can easily expand the business scope of the printing shop. It uses a 6-color split ink cartridge with a printing resolution of 5760× 1440dpi, a printing speed of 17ppm (black and white)/16ppm (color), and a scanning optical resolution of 2400×4800dpi. It adopts a through-scan film holder, which can continuously scan 6 sheets of 65438. The machine is also equipped with a 7-in 1 card reader, which supports direct card printing. At present, the market price of this machine is about 2480 yuan. In addition, if there are not many photo printing services, or users have low requirements for photos, you can also choose 4-color printing of Epson stylus photos RX430 or ME 100, which is cheaper.
3. Computers and other equipment
Of course, typing and copying shops also need computers and other auxiliary equipment. Let's take a look at the knowledge of buying other equipment.
(1) computer
Typing and copying shops don't have high requirements for computers. They can do DIY or use existing computers, as long as they can run mainstream Office software such as Windows XP and Office smoothly. If you want to buy a brand-new computer, you can assemble an integrated motherboard, 17 inch flat screen display, P4 Celeron processor above 2.0GHZ, integrated graphics card, network card, sound card, 256MB memory and 40GB hard disk. Such a brand-new computer should be below 2500 yuan.
(2) Card cutting machine
Business cards are also an important business of printing houses. Now that we have laser and color inkjet printers, it is natural to print ordinary black and white laser business cards and color business cards. At this time, we only need to add a business card cutting machine. There are two kinds of card cutting machines: manual card cutting machine and electric card cutting machine. The price of manual card cutting machine is about 180 yuan, and that of electric card cutting machine is about 520 yuan, which can make business cards, conference cards, passes and other cards.
(3) Plastic sealing machine
Plastic sealing machine is used for plastic sealing of business cards, photos and document covers. Print shops usually use models that can seal A4-sized photos in plastic. Prices generally range from 200 yuan to 300 yuan. You can choose famous brands, such as ICO, Yongzheng and Yida. For detailed usage, please refer to the article "Making money, having fun and starting a business" in Computer News.
(4) Other equipment
If the business volume of business cards is large, you can consider buying a business card offset press. Depending on the printing capacity, the price of this kind of equipment is about 3000 yuan to 7000 yuan. Printing a large number of business cards with a business card offset press can greatly save printing costs.
If you need to make a PVC card certificate, you can also buy a PVC card certificate machine. PVC card machine can print characters and images on PVC cards, which is beautiful and durable. Its manufacturing process is not complicated. Images and characters are printed on PVC substrate by color inkjet printer, and then several layers of PVC materials are laminated together by card machine (laminator), and finally they are stamped and formed. The price of this equipment is above 1000 yuan, and usually comes with business card printing software.
Now let's look at the input and income of the typing and copying shop.
1. Investment plan
For college students Along and Xiaoyu, we designed an investment plan A, which has low investment, low risk and short payback period, and is suitable for college students to work and study. Scheme B is aimed at the social crowd like Xiao Zhang, with more investment, but wider business scope and better business adaptability, which is suitable for long-term operation.
2. Benefit analysis
Due to the variety of services provided by typing and copying shops, only the basic copying and printing services of typing and copying shops are measured and analyzed here.
(1) Cost of paper, toner cartridge and toner.
The same copy paper can be used to copy printing paper in a printing shop, mainly 8 copies of paper, the price is about 500 pages 18 yuan, and the cost of a single copy is 0.036 yuan.
The cost of consumables such as toner, toner cartridge, photosensitive drum and carrier used by Ricoh and Sharp is not much different. If depreciation is not considered, only the cost of toner is calculated, which is about 0.02 yuan per sheet.
HP LaserJet 10 10 laser printer has a monthly printing capacity of 5,000 sheets. Its Q26 12A original integrated selenium drum 460 yuan, with 2000 printed pages and a cost of 0.23 yuan per page; The price of compatible toner cartridges with the same printing quantity is 250 yuan, and the cost per sheet is 0. 125 yuan.
(2) Income
The monthly maximum copy volume of Sharp AR-28 18 exceeds 10000, and the monthly turnover of full-load work can reach 4,000 yuan according to the charge for each 0.4 yuan.
The number of copies of Ricoh Aficio2022 is calculated as 654.38+500,000 copies per month. If 0.4 yuan is collected on average, the monthly turnover can reach 6000 yuan.
The printing business is calculated at 4000 sheets per month. If 0.5 yuan is charged for each piece on average, the monthly turnover can reach 2000 yuan.
Excluding equipment depreciation, personnel salaries, electricity charges, rent and other expenses, the gross profit of Scheme A is 4,796 yuan per month, and Scheme B is 66 16 yuan. In fact, the prices of copying and printing vary greatly from place to place, and the price factor must also be considered when calculating income. In addition, the depreciation cost of equipment is also relatively large. Of course, this is only the income from basic business, plus business expansion such as business cards, text entry, business card printing and binding. It should be said that typing and copying shops still have considerable income. As long as the operators are careful, open up financial resources and operate flexibly, the "money way" of typing and copying shops is still good.
Xiao Zhang's own typing and copying shop opened, and his shop is next to an office. Business is not bad after opening, especially printing, photocopying and business card business is very hot. However, after a period of time, Xiao Zhang found that the income was not as good as expected. Through analysis, Xiao Zhang found the crux of the problem, mainly the excessive consumption of consumables. On the one hand, the reason for the large consumption of consumables is the lack of experience in opening a store for the first time, on the other hand, the consumption of selenium drums is the main reason. Xiao Zhang calculated an account. The price of the original toner cartridge he used was 480 yuan, and the printing volume was only about 3,000. If the monthly printing volume is 10000, the cost of the toner cartridge will be more than 1000, even exceeding the salary of the typist. To reduce the cost, it seems that we can only find a way on the selenium drum.
At present, there are three kinds of toner cartridges on the market: original toner cartridges, universal toner cartridges and regenerated toner cartridges. The original toner cartridge has the best printing effect, lower failure rate and more secure life, but its procurement cost is higher. Universal toner cartridges, also known as compatible toner cartridges, are compatible products introduced by third-party manufacturers. Generally speaking, compatible toner cartridges are also produced by well-known manufacturers. Although their printing effect is slightly different from that of the original toner cartridges, they are generally good and can meet most application requirements. More importantly, their prices are usually 30% ~ 60% lower than the original products. Its service life is also guaranteed, and some are even higher than the original selenium drum. Recycled toner cartridges are made by recycling the original toner cartridges that have used up toner and refilling them with toner. Its price is attractive, but the quality is uneven. If it is an original toner cartridge that has been used only once, its regenerated condition is basically acceptable, but the regenerated toner cartridge that has been used for more than two cycles is in poor condition. In addition, although some powerful manufacturers mainly use recycled materials for production, they have optimized the materials and used some brand-new materials in the production process. Because of the strict quality control system, the quality of their products is also relatively reliable. This product is usually called environmental protection selenium drum. It should be said that this product is between compatible toner cartridges and regenerated toner cartridges, and the quality is mostly trustworthy. If you don't pay special attention to printing quality and print a large amount, it is a good choice to use a compatible toner cartridge, which can greatly reduce the printing cost. If the printing volume is not large and the price is sensitive, you may wish to choose regenerated toner cartridges, but you must choose reputable merchants to buy them.
Tips: Add powder to toner cartridge.
We know that the integrated toner cartridge does not allow users to add toner by themselves, and the toner cartridge will be scrapped when it is used up. In fact, most other parts of this toner cartridge are still intact. Usually, a new toner cartridge can be filled with toner several times before it reaches its service life. Therefore, by adding toner to the toner box, the printing cost of the laser printer can also be greatly reduced.
Buy compatible toner cartridges.
Many people like to confuse compatible toner cartridges with recycled toner cartridges, because many manufacturers of recycled toner cartridges also have their own brands, even under the banner of compatible toner cartridges. At present, a considerable number of domestic manufacturers of compatible printing consumables are engaged in the business of recycling toner cartridges, and there are not many manufacturers with real production capacity, which has caused confusion in the current compatible toner cartridge market and affected the image of compatible toner cartridges in the eyes of users. In fact, as long as you look for the products of those powerful regular manufacturers, compatible selenium drums can still be purchased with confidence. Here are some compatible toner cartridge manufacturers to recommend to you.
Product recommendation
1.7 or above
At present, there are 14 models of compatible toner cartridges, including color toner cartridges, mainly for HP, Canon and some Epson models. These selenium drums are produced with brand-new accessories, and the printing quantity is the same as the original model. Its price is about 30% ~ 70% of the original product, and its cost performance is very outstanding.
Tel: 020-82253777-1182.
2. Gezhige
Ge Zhige (G&; G) The brand is well-known in the general consumables market, and it is considered as an old brand. At present, Geiger has more than 20 models of compatible toner cartridges, mainly aimed at laser printers of brands such as HP, Canon, Samsung, Lenovo and Brother. In order to ensure the printing quality, Gege's universal toner cartridges are all imported from abroad, and the long-life photosensitive drum core is adopted, so that the printing life of the toner cartridges is extended by 30% ~ 40%, and the photosensitive effect is good and the coating is wear-resistant. Using low melting point carbon powder, it is easy to fix firmly and has high friction charge, which fully ensures the blackness of printed matter, improves the resolution, makes the pictures and texts clearer and the printing effect more realistic. It can be said that Nastar is a very powerful manufacturer in the field of compatible toner cartridges.
Tel: 0756-8539 1 15.
3. Tianwei
Tianwei has been familiar to us since the acupuncture era, and its market share in domestic general consumables is also relatively high. Tianwei's consumable products have more than 65,438+0,000 varieties. At present, Tianwei has formed a full range of laser consumables, including laser printers (monochrome/color printing), copiers, fax machines and all-in-one machines. Its environmentally-friendly toner cartridge products have more than 60 varieties in three series: Canon, Hewlett-Packard and Panasonic, and widely support laser printing products from manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard, Canon, Apple, Lexmark, Panasonic and IBM. The toner used in Tianwei environmental protection toner cartridge adopts exclusive formula. On the basis of maintaining the advantages of the original toner cartridge, the printing output of the new toner cartridge can be increased by 15% ~ 20% compared with the original toner cartridge, and the printing life, blackness and resolution can reach or even exceed the original product.
Tel: 0756-8674 180
4. Xitong (CTC)
Zhuhai Xitong's products include toner cartridges, toner, ink cartridges, ink and brand-new toner cartridges compatible with HP, Canon, Epson, Xerox and Brother printers. At present, its consumables are gradually popularized in the domestic market, with good quality and favorable price. The price of its toner cartridge is only half that of the original toner cartridge, which is quite cost-effective and worthy of attention.
Tel: 8008307376
Other famous brands:
In addition to the above compatible consumables manufacturers, there are also a number of reliable general consumables manufacturers such as Ziguang, and the quality of their selenium drum products is also guaranteed. In fact, in the field of general consumables, there is a relatively small gap in print quality between the compatible toner cartridges used for black and white binding and the original toner cartridges. For most users, life is the most important factor. Usually, the printing life of newly produced compatible toner cartridges is relatively guaranteed, most of which are not inferior to the original products, and some products even exceed the standard slightly. The environmental protection selenium drum mainly produced by recycled materials mainly depends on the quality control level of manufacturers, and usually the product life of large manufacturers is more guaranteed. Another advantage of choosing compatible toner cartridges is that there are fewer counterfeit products. Because the price of compatible toner cartridges is relatively low and the profit margin is low, counterfeiters rarely get their hands on the field of compatible toner cartridges, and the risk of buying brand-name compatible toner cartridges is relatively low. If you don't have strict requirements on printing quality, you might as well choose a compatible toner cartridge, which can save a lot of money.