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I'm only familiar with how deprecation works in Gernany, but here, deducting that 10,000$ printer in one go would not fly. Since the reduced profit would also reduce your tax burden.
Here in Estonia you can claim all the VAT back at once if it was a one-off purchase rather than a lease so you get a bunch of money back, but you don't get taxed on your profit anyway, so it's up to you how you want to depreciate it, within reason. But dividends you're allowed to pay are based on last year's profit - and as such, by depreciating over a longer period, you don't diminish your dividends as much (but you're diminishing them for a longer time). Dividends are great to pay out because they only incur income tax, not social tax.
Probably most people would depreciate that fancy printer over 5-10 years if it's expected to last 10.