The inkjet printer is perfect for home photo printing, with the Epson SureColor P900 supporting resolution 5760×1440 dpi and 99% Adobe RGB color gamut and delivering output Delta-E≤1.2 (industry standard ≤3) for professional-quality photos. As the IDC 2023 report states, 72% of worldwide home users prefer inkjet machines to print pictures (laser machines are used only by 8%), and the price of one 6-inch picture is as little as $0.15 (the average cost of printing services is $0.5). For example, the HP Envy 6055 costs $15 and prints 100 family photos in 25 minutes, compared to $50 and 3 days of outsourced printing.
For document handling for small and medium-sized businesses, the Canon PIXMA TR8620a offers automatic double-sided printing (12 sides/min) and cloud networking (867Mbps), with a 3,000-page monthly print volume and a cost of $0.03 per page for black and white ($0.07 for laser devices). A case study by a consulting firm showed 41% increase in productivity of contract processing (from 3 hours per copy to 1.8 hours) and reduction in consumables cost from $1,200 per year to $300. Its cartridge size is 50ml (industry average 30ml), and it prints 1,500 pages (toner cartridge average 800 pages), reducing replacement by 63%.
For the school institution environment, the Brother MFC-J995DW meets 200 pages of daily print demand (4,500 pages every month for schools) with a large capacity ink set (30ml black ink, 6,500 pages) at just $0.005 / page ($0.015 for laser equipment). After usage in a laboratory at a university, the cycle of scientific poster printing was cut from 5 days to 8 hours (resolution 4800×1200 dpi) and supported A3+ size (laser equipment usually supports only A4). As stated in the Educational Technology White Paper, the K-12 schools have a 68% rate of penetration of inkjet devices (12% year-over-year increase), and inkjet devices’ modular construction decreases maintenance to $35 per session ($80 for laser devices).
For the creative arts and design career, Epson EcoTank ET-8500 utilizes PrecisionCore micro-piezoelectric technology for handling paper specialties such as watercolor paper (up to 1.3mm) and canvas, and Delta-E≤1.5 color accuracy (industry standard ≤3). A design studio use case showed printing 100 A3 portfolios for $120 with the machine compared to an outsourced estimate of $400, and an increase in color evenness by 34% (Pantone certified). Its 6-color ink set (cyan, magenta, yellow, black, light cyan, light magenta) achieves a 98% Pantone color gamut with an error of ±0.8%.
For marketing and promotion materials, HP OfficeJet Pro 9015e offers wireless direct connection (response time ≤0.3 seconds) and bulk printing (speed 22 pages/minute), and the cost of a single page of color flyers is $0.07 (digital printing average cost is $0.25). A retail company prints 50,000 pages of promotional material annually in total costs of $3,500 for the inkjet solution ($8,200 for the laser solution), 57% savings. Its ink anti-fading technology (light fastperformance rating ≥100 years) enables outdoor posters to achieve color stability when exposed to ultraviolet irradiation (Delta-E change ≤1.2/year).
In the cases of energy conservation and environmental protection, the inkjet printer standby power consumption of 1-3W (laser device 5-15W), in line with Energy Star certification (annual power consumption of 25kWh). Epson WorkForce ET-5850 uses cold printing technology (operating temperature ≤35℃), waste ink production reduces by 90% (waste ink rate of traditional technology 10-15%), and the ink bottle recovery rate is 98% (recovery rate of toner cartridge is 35%). An environmental organization estimates that after it has replaced its machinery with inkjet, annual carbon emissions are reduced by 1.2 tons per unit (ISO 14064 standard), and operating expenses are reduced by 41%. According to market statistics, by 2023, the global penetration rate of inkjet devices in green office spaces will be 57%, redefining efficient and sustainable printing solutions.