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News Release from: Konica Minolta Printing Solutions | Subject: Laser printers
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 November 2006
Mac Computer Users Do Not Use Laser
Printers
A new survey conducted by Konica Minolta Printing Solutions at Macexpo 2006 has found that Mac users rarely have problems with the day to day workings of the printers they use.
A new survey conducted by Konica Minolta Printing Solutions at Macexpo 2006 has found that Mac users rarely have problems with the day to day workings of the printers they use In addition, they are reported not see the cost of ink as a problem
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 18 Jan 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The survey of 100 Mac users, found that almost half of those surveyed said they chose Macs because they are easier to use.
Only one per cent of Mac users said that cost of ink was an issue and only two per cent said they had problems with paper jams.
The survey also offered some insight over why people choose Macs over PCs.
When asked why they had chosen to use a Mac over a PC, almost half (48 per cent) said that it was because Macs were easier to use and almost a third (32 per cent) claimed that it was due to Macs being more secure, with fewer viruses, said Konica Minolta.
According to the survey, four per cent said they preferred Macs because they revelled in their 'independence of Bill Gates'.
When discussing the type of printer used, 62 per cent of the Mac users surveyed said they used an inkjet printer.
Additional findings from the survey include that just over half (53 per cent) of workplaces run both Mac and Windows operating systems and that whilst a third (33 per cent) of respondents' work environments were exclusively Mac-based, only eight per cent were exclusively Windows-based.
Mac users are dedicated to their choice of hardware, with 67 per cent using Macs at home and for business.
The rest were divided between 15 per cent who used Macs at home only and 17 per cent who use Macs only at work.
Mark Lloyd, UK and Ireland managing director for Konica Minolta Printing Solutions, which has a support line for Mac users, said: "This survey offered us some great insight in to the Mac user community, which is an important part of our market.
I was surprised to hear how many Mac users rely on inkjets, seeing as it costs many times more to print a colour document using an inkjet than it does with a colour laser printer.".
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