Just ran out of ink, and my father wanted to get new ink; I stopped him, telling him that maybe a cheap B&W laser printer is better. It's a twice-the-price investment, but we get a toner (rather than a frigging ink cartridge!!!), a new and faster, more practicle printer and higher quality productivness.
I've held my printing needs due to our current printer's immense ink-wasting, but toner has that as less of an issue (more ink, cheaper).
I asked the most honest computer-technician in Jerusalem, and he told me to get the HP LaserJet 1010, since we don't need colour. The price of that will be around 550 (up to 700) NIS, versus a 200 NIS ink cartridge. Seems like a worthwhile deal.
The toner there should last for 1000 pages, and a new one will be around 250 NIS. The only question is how much [i]should[/] a regular B&W ink-cartridge for the HP DeskJet 845C last for: 150, 250 pages? I have no idea and I found no info on the HP site (yet).
[ March 15, 2005, 12:35 PM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Deskjet 845c: black: Average cartridge yield: 603 pages (black) • Note: *Based on 5% coverage
color: Average cartridge yield: 410 pages (color) • Note: *Based on 15% coverage
Most review sites show the Laserjet 1000 series costing 3.5 cents per page (US), with most inkjets upwards of 10 cents per page.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
According to this, the cartridge lasts 603 pages.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Based on your numbers, the break-even point is about 6700 pages:
0+6700*(200/603)=2222.22 550+6700*(250/1000) = 2225
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Well, 603 is definitely not what our last cartridge printed. It did maybe 250. 603... Sounds fantastic, but improbable. HP states that toner should be 2,000 pages...
[ March 15, 2005, 11:30 AM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Look at the numbers...they use 5% coverage as a guideline. Most folks are covering more than that per page, so real results vary. It just gives a baseline for comparison. Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
The toner is rated at 2,000 pages per cartridge, not 1,000. with the new numbers, they become equal at around 2700 pages - much better case to be made. That's about 5 and a half reams of paper.
If coverage is usually doubled, then that would cut this in half.
[ March 15, 2005, 11:37 AM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
It still means you get more b&w prints for less money in the long term.
-Trevor
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Now it's up to my father. I'm sick of stupid InkShite. (Excuse my vulgarity.)
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