What is the difference between a copier and a printer? Many people think that copiers are printers, which are called different names for the same device. In fact, there are differences between them.
The printer, as its name implies, is a machine with printing as the main body. The printer has a copy function. The common A4 format is also called a multifunction machine. The multifunction machine is a combination of printing, copying, scanning and other functions. The printer usually adopts PCL or PS printing language. A normal printer or a printer-based multifunction machine has a general design life of about 100,000 pages, which is the design life of many mid-to-high-end products. Because when designing, the enterprise considers the application occasion of this kind of equipment, and estimate how much printing volume the customer may have a year. But the copier is different, the design life of the compound machine is very long, and the design life of high-end products is as high as millions of pages. But this also has a drawback, that is, for the sake of long life, it is necessary to use more durable materials to manufacture parts, resulting in very high overall equipment costs, and high costs are passed on to consumers. And unlike traditional printers and all-in-one companies, their printer sales are meager and consumables are huge profits. Traditional copiers are also very profitable.
In terms of design structure, ordinary A4 multifunction printers and all-in-ones, after printing, means that the all-in-one machine has processed all the steps, and the user can take away the content of printing or copying. But copiers are not like this. Almost all copiers have optional binding units. The function of the binding unit is to bind the printed content through an automatic stapler. The advanced binding unit can achieve many functions, not only can achieve multiple The binding position can also realize functions such as paper folding in sections and inserting thick pages into the document.
In terms of processing jobs and tasks, the printer itself is not large, so the entire circuit board area of the control circuit inside is also small. But this is not the case with copiers, because many copiers have many functions to consider when designing, so many of the circuit boards of copiers have a complete set of CPU, memory, hard disk and other components based on the RISC instruction set. In fact, it is a small computer. . Complete tedious tasks through super processing capabilities.
The main function of the copier is of course to copy. Nowadays, most of the copiers used for lease on the market are laser digital machines, which can also realize the printing function. The most standard printing function of the copier is GDI, PCL and PS. Generally, copiers run faster than printers, and the price of copiers is also more expensive than printers. The cost is that the service life of parts and the whole equipment is longer. Compared with printers, a copier uses 300,000 sheets of paper. Replace the main parts 3 times, and the printer needs to consume the life of 4 devices to reach this level. The number of toner cartridges that the printer needs to print is also huge. But if they are all A3 format laser printers, the price will be similar.
