-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Content-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.00.0810221134270.23941@nimrodel.valinor> On Tuesday, 2008-10-21 at 17:34 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
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.
I had no idea, but I see no mention of that refered to my printer. What it said somewhere when I bought it was that the included cartridges were "complimentary".
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).
I just did a google search for CB540X and didn't find any. Maybe in this case there is only the 'A'.
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.
That's much lower than what I get, but I assume yours is B/W only. 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... Even so, the colour cartridge for my printer was about 60€ and did not yield 100 pages. At that price, the toner is cheaper. Ha! I'll write this on a postit. Next time I print a page, I'll look at it before sending... >:-} - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkj+9Z8ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VKWQCeO9YOFEVO/70AIGa0D/AQVi7c +M0An3f9lAd2j+NYn0cyCAWfD22pOMV9 =nWW+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----