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[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 21 October 2008 17:15, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On Tuesday, 2008-10-21 at 16:40 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > Price per page is much better for laser printing. You can find both
> > manufacturer official quotes on these numbers as well as end-user
> > experiences on various on-line consumer ratings sites, including
> > Amazon.com.
> >
> > ...
>
> I bought one recently, a cp1515n. I thought that the estimate was
> about 1000 pages per toner cartridge, and it uses four (BW 64€, the 3
> colours 59€ each; the printer was 234€ (all without taxes), so the
> toner is as expensive as a new printer).
>
> But when I looked at the HP supplies page, it now says "2000 pages",
> so I'm confused. I don't know if they have changed the numbers, or
> the cartridges that came with the printer are half-loaded
> (complimentary).

Note that for many HP printers there are two toner cartridges available, 
one with considerably higher capacity.

For my LaserJet P2015, the toner cartridge model numbers are Q7553A and 
Q7553X (I think the A/X distinction is typical for the low/high 
capacity variants).

My printer's current status page says I have printed 3251 pages with the 
current toner cartridge (with 1% toner remaining), which is the one 
that came with the printer, so I cannot assign a price to it, as such. 
A quick check on the Internet shows prices for this part from $33 to 
$102 (!). Amazon.com sells them for $75. The Q7553X I bought from them 
as a replacement cost $129. It'll be quite a while before I know how 
many pages that one yields.

At the current Amazon price, the 3300 pages (estimated total) I got from 
the Q7553A yields a per-page price of 2.25¢ (U.S.).


> So, at 1000 pages, each page would cost 0.241€, and half that  at
> 2000 pages.
>
> ...


Randall Schulz
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