At Nectar we pride ourselves in finding the correct tool for every job: this includes printers. Some printers appear to be less expensive than others, but that is often without taking the running costs into account.
At Nectar we have produced a simple Printer Guide that compares the cost of printing on a selection of printers. This takes into account the costs of routine consumables and is revealing for anyone who prints more than a very few pages a day.
We have our favourite models, selected for a good balance of economy and reliability; but we will willingly supply and configure any printer or plotter for any conceivable job, whether it's printing barcodes on tiny sticky labels or elephants on giant sheets of plastic fill.