Depending on the amount and style of printing you plan on doing, when purchasing a printer, you should consider one with multiple paper trays.

Some offices or home offices may need to frequently switch from letter to legal-size printing. Others often may print shipping labels or business cards. And, many offices have pre-printed stationary paper they use for some printouts. Having multiple trays means you don't have to either manually feed a stack of labels through the printer nor switch out paper types. This can save you time, frustration, and money:

* Manual feeding, especially for large print jobs, requires you to waste time standing next to the printer and continue to feed it paper. This is especially irksome if the printer is a network printer away from your office.

* Manual feeding increases the chance of frustrating paper jams.

* If you constantly replace paper in a tray, this increases the chances of causing creases that ruin the paper, costing you money.

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