Adding a lot of extra features can quickly jack up the price of your copier, so don't get carried away. Focus on features that really save time and money. If you usually copy one-page documents, for instance, you probably don't need a sorter. But if you copy lots of long documents, an automatic feeder eliminates the tedious task of feeding in one page at a time. Be sure you won't have to ship your copier back to the manufacturer if repairs are needed.
Most reputable companies guarantee on-site repair service within a few days.
The auto-start feature lets you program in the first copy job while the copier is warming up, after which the first job starts automatically. With the use of color in business documents on the rise, Hewlett-Packard's new 155 hit the scene at the right time. You get all the benefits of a digital machine through a microprocessor that automatically sizes the image and scans it digitally, then sharpens the image and adjusts colors. Minolta's EP1030 warms up in less than nine seconds. The single-sheet bypass feeder lets you copy up to 50 sheets automatically without a sorter.