However, many of them can only process reminder cards one sheet at a time. Some laser printers have a long cycle up time to print the first page. This can be an important factor if you are using a laser printer for printing customer receipts. We do recommend laser printers, but there are only a very few models that will work well in a practice management environment. Ink jet printers tend to be lighter duty machines and have a high cost per page.
Print speed varies widely from model to model.
Very few ink jet printers will print reminder cards unless you hand feed them one card at a time. Ink jet printers are generally not a good choice for practices with only one printer. Dot matrix printers form their print images on paper from the impact of pins which make dots. With more pins, higher quality is possible. These printers come in a wide range of speed and quality levels.