-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday, 2008-10-22 at 06:12 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Wednesday 22 October 2008 02:42, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I just did a google search for CB540X and didn't find any. Maybe in this case there is only the 'A'.
Nor did I. Perhaps having four toner cartridges makes it impractical to design a unit of that size for dual-capacity cartridges.
They are certainly small. They contain the "cylinder" or "roller", I think they call it, so there can't be much more space for the toner itself; even though the printer is biggish for a home... but it is certainly as small as can be. It would have to be much bigger for a long duration toner, and using the same roller for a longer time makes sense for money. So... a bigger printer would print cheaper. I didn't know this.
I have seen a lower price for my toners, at 195€ the four, which would then be 0.195€ or 0.0975€ depending on the yield. I'm not sure if I did my numbers right, seems expensive...
I was surprised to see the range of prices for toner cartridges. Perhaps the cheap ones are after-market (I didn't pay close attention).
Maybe...
Even so, the colour cartridge for my printer was about 60€ and did not yield 100 pages. At that price, the toner is cheaper.
I'd be quite surprised to find a case where ink-jet cost-per-page was less than that of a laser printer, for a reasonable comparison (color vs. color, e.g.).
Time ago a B/W laser printer was very expensive, I couldn't afford one. Now this colour laser was expensive as my colour inkjet was about 10 years ago. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkj/RqsACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XkqgCgjUASK6LR7323HY/QGkDJHLud cbQAnjH5OCInV/lvCdmjLV6uxb8xKDn+ =KnLo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----