Amazon, which was founded by Jeff Bezos, was launched in 1995 as an online bookstore. After which it diversified its product line. It extended its offers to other products such as CD/DVDs, apparels, furniture and various electronic gadgets, including printers. So as an answer to the question: Yes, you can buy a travel printer at Amazon. If you are already decided on buying a travel printer at Amazon, then key in www.amazon.com in the address tab of your browser and wait for the homepage of Amazon to load.
If this is your first time accessing this website, you will notice the top of the page a search box. Now, ideally, we could just put in there “travel printer” and expect to have all travel printers thrown at you on the results page. But because of Amazon’s diverse products, there are some products that will be included in the results that are unrelated to our search. In order to avoid this scenario, click on “All Departments” to show a list of departments. For now, choose “Electronics” since printers are under this category. Actually, printers may fall into other categories as well, but for this article, let us use electronics.
Type in “travel printer” on the search box and click “Go”. You will expect the result to have a large array of printers of different models from different brands. The first printer that comes up on the list doesn’t always have to be the one you’ll buy. You can go through the list of printers to see which one will suit your needs. In order to do this, right-click on the results you find interesting. Open them in a new window or tab. This makes it convenient for you to look at different printers at the same time so you can compare them side by side.
Upon loading of the page with the product you selected, you will notice at the top, the name of the product and right below it, the price and rating of the product. Amazon is kind enough to let online shoppers know the important details firsthand, the price and ratings. You should pay close attention to these ratings since it will probably tell you how good the product is. If you see five stars then you are sure of getting a very good product.
Let’s break it down further. If you know exactly what you need out of a travel printer, just below the name of the product is a link “More about the product”. This will provide more details regarding the product. If you are more comfortable seeing figures, you can click on “See more technical details” and you will be redirected to a page containing all the technical specifications of the product. If you did not find the one you want, you can always choose other search keywords, such as “mobile printer” or “portable printer”. Different manufacturers use different terminologies to represent their products so you need to be aware of this.
If you’re satisfied with your search, just click “add to shopping cart” and just follow instructions to proceed to checkout and payment, or you could stay longer and shop for more things that you might need for the printer, such as ink cartridges or cases. After all, Amazon sells a tone of stuff aside from travel printers.
This printer was released at an estimated price of $120. You however can get it these days for as low as $60. Some customers were even lucky enough to get it at 50$. Having a $50 laser printer, which is able to print professional quality, is not such a bad idea.
I think the main selling point for this printer is its compact size. Though I do not own one myself, in a personal home office, one could surely use the extra space. With its size, you can easily fit one on your desk beside your personal computer.
Now as for the other points, this printer is able to print at a fast pace of 23 pages per minute. Now this is not the fastest speed in the market. But at a price of $60, who can complain about that? At this price, you can get printouts of professional quality having a resolution as high as 2400 x 600 dots per inch.
This printer is economical in a way because by providing a paper tray that can stack 250 pages of paper, it can save you some time of running back and forth the store for more paper. If unless you are printing more than 250 pages at one time then I would suggest you should stock up. Its tray is designed to accommodate the following paper sizes: Letter, Legal, Executive, A4, A5, A6, B5, and B6. The Manual feed tray however is able to extend its use for Custom Size Envelopes (3.0-8.5″ (w), 4.57-14″ (l)). Aside from plain ordinary paper, it is also able to print on bonds, labels, and transparencies.
It has been labeled as “Personal Compact Printer” not just because of its size, but because it is very easy to set up. With USB as its primary interface, it makes it even easier for non-techies to set up. If your lucky Microsoft may have already made it easier for us by providing the drivers needed making the Brother HL-2140 plug-and-playable. It is already compatible with Windows 7 so no need to worry if you have already upgraded your operating system.
So, what do you get for $60 to $120? Inside this package, you will get a Starter Toner Cartridge, which is good for printing up to 1000 pages, give, or take. DR360 Drum Unit, which allows up to 12,000 pages. It also includes a disk, which holds the Printer Drivers and User’s Manual, basically, everything you need for the installation. Then you will have the AC Power Cord and lastly the Quick Setup Guide. Unfortunately, the package does not come with a USB cable, which most customers expect since its main interface is via USB. So one word of advice for those who plan to purchase, buy a cable. This little printer comes in the size of 18.7”x 17.9” x 14.2” which weighs around 15 lbs.
Many customers who have bought this are very much satisfied with their purchase (except those that needed a laptop printer). At this price, some are even giving this printer as a gift to their loved ones. Again, for a price of $60, printing professional quality pages at 23 pages per minute and saving you time and space, who can complain?