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The Cost of Printing Explained

Change, development and progress have not left inkjet and laser printing technology untouched. Home and office printing has become much more varied and sophisticated than before, while high quality color laser printers and color inkjet printers have dropped in price. In the mid-1990s, a color laser printer cost over $10,000.00. But recently, some color laser printers from HP, Okidata, Lexmark and other manufacturers have dropped below $500.00 and even substantially below.

Though printers themselves cost dramatically less, consumables and supplies prices are about the same as a decade ago and often more. Therefore operating expenses make up a dramatically higher percentage of total printing costs. Keeping this truth in mind is important when selecting a printer.

For example, consider the HP Color Laserjet 4600 and 4650 series color laser printers. The black toner cartridge retails for around $150.00 and each of the color toner cartridges (cyan, magenta and yellow), for $200.00 or more. An OPC (Organic Photo-Conductor) drum is built into each cartridge. Hence there is no separate OPC drum unit, though there is a user-replaceable image fuser kit. We will focus on just the color toner cartridges as they are most frequently replaced and directly affect total printing costs.

The black C9720A HP toner cartridge is rated for an average yield of 9000 pages (8 ½" by 11") at 5% density. The color toner cartridges are each rated for 8000 pages at 5% density. At an average print density of 5% per color, the average cost of toner per page would be around 9 cents if you use only OEM HP toner cartridges. Note that an average page of text equals about 5% density, so if you are printing lots of photos or graphics, the cost per page could increase dramatically.

If you refill your C9720A, C9721A, C9722A and C9723A toner cartridges with our color toners, designed specifically for use with the HP CLJ 4600 / 4650 toner cartridges, you can save dramatically over the cost of new OEM cartridges. At an average print density of 5% per color, the average cost of toner per page is reduced to only 2 cents per page.

There is a hidden cost to the OPC drum cylinder in these cartridges and drum cylinders do not last indefinitely. Frugal consumers can replace the drum cylinder themselves and further extend the life of their cartridges. Various small replacement parts are equally available. Some users may not want to disassemble their cartridges to replace the internal parts, and may simply buy a remanufactured cartridge when needed.

In summary, even factoring in the consumables, color laser printing can be made affordable for every one. User can choose from a wide range of color laser printers currently on the market, e.g. Okidata, Konica-Minolta, HP, Lexmark and Xerox that offer a selection of choices in price range, paper handling, print speed and other features. We support most of them and will continue to add new ones and strive to aid our customers and substantially reduce their printing costs.

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