Office Equipment

One of the most common questions people ask when shopping for a printer is:

"Which printer has the cheapest ink?"

It's a simple question, but the answer isn't always straightforward. A printer with a low purchase price can sometimes end up costing far more over time if replacement ink or toner is expensive. On the other hand, a printer with a higher upfront cost may save you hundreds of dollars over its lifespan through lower operating costs.

Over the past 40 years at Strategic Technology Partners of Texas (STPT), we've learned that the cheapest printer isn't always the most affordable to own.

When evaluating printing costs, it's important to consider ink and toner costs, page yield, print volume, and printer type to determine your true cost of ownership.

This guide will help you understand what makes a printer affordable to operate and highlight some of the best printers with cheap ink and toner available in 2026.

Office productivity doesn’t just involve computers, software, or cloud storage. Documents are still a major part of how many businesses operate, and you need a printer to print them out.

And since documents are still such a critical part of business operations, why manage them with multiple devices when one machine can often do the job?

If you've been shopping for a printer for your business, school, healthcare practice, or organization, you've probably come across the terms all-in-one printer and multifunction printer (MFP). While these devices are extremely common, many buyers still aren’t sure what they do, how they differ from a standard printer, or whether they're worth the investment.

In this guide, we'll use our expertise on printers to explain exactly what an all-in-one printer is, how it works, who it's best for, and whether it's the right fit for your business.

Not every office needs color printing.

For example, legal teams, schools, finance departments, and healthcare organizations often print thousands of black-and-white pages every month, and they need a machine that can keep up without becoming a bottleneck.

The Lexmark MX953se is one such machine.

We’ve helped businesses choose both color and black and white office printers. While we work with Xerox and Lexmark solutions, this article is intended to help you decide whether the Lexmark MX953se monochrome A3 multifunction printer is the right fit for your workflow.

In this review, we’ll walk through the MX953se’s pros, cons, scanning capabilities, media handling, pricing considerations, and who will benefit most from it.

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If you’re looking to upgrade your printer because it’s too slow when multiple people print at once, your team needs to print bigger things, or something isn’t working anymore, a good place to start is by reading reviews.

In this review, we’ll take a closer look at the Lexmark CX951se.

We’ve reviewed printers for nearly 40 years and have helped thousands of businesses find the right one. And while we work closely with Xerox and Lexmark solutions, this review is meant to help you decide if the CX951se A3 color multifunction printer is the right fit for your office.

Read below to see a breakdown of the CX951se’s features, strengths, tradeoffs, cost considerations, and where it fits compared to other A3 devices.

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A lot of businesses don’t realize their printer is slowing them down until they try to do something slightly outside the norm.

If you plan to print a booklet or scan a large stack of double-sided documents and your printer is having trouble, it may be time to consider a change.

If you’re looking for a printer that can handle booklets, fast double-sided scanning, and produce high-quality presentations, the Lexmark CX950se is a worthy choice.

With 40 years of experience in the industry, we’re here to give you an honest review. While we work with Xerox and Lexmark solutions, this article is focused on helping you decide whether the Lexmark CX950se A3 color multifunction printer is the right fit for your office.

In this review, we’ll walk through its features, strengths, tradeoffs, cost considerations, and who will benefit most from it.

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