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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!newsbastard.radio.cz!news.radio.cz!CESspool!eerie.fr!news.apfel.de!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-xfer.mccc.edu!news-xfer.netaxs.com!newsin.iconnet.net!news.rochester.ican.net!macwhiz From: macwhiz@phoebe.accinet.net (Rob Levandowski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.misc,comp.sys.xerox,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.windows.x.apps Subject: Re: Print Costs??? Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 14:34:39 -0400 Organization: ACC iNet (from ACC Long Distance) Lines: 26 Message-ID: <macwhiz-ya023680001004971434390001@news.accinet.net> References: <Magpeye-0904972036070001@10.0.2.15> NNTP-Posting-Host: acc-roch-207.acccorp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.3.6 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.sgi.misc:29857 comp.sys.xerox:1857 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2964 comp.windows.x.apps:13533 In article <Magpeye-0904972036070001@10.0.2.15>, Magpeye@ripco.com (Magpeye) wrote: > wondering if ANYONE had any information on the cost per page of printing > on>a desktop laser printing device such as an HP 5si or like... > The information seems to be extremely hard to find. > > Besides this!!! > Well I would find out how much a HP 5si laser cartridge costs, find out how > many sheets of paper it will print on using average toner coverage. Add in > the cost of the paper, then divide by the total number of sheets. > Please help if you have any ideas!!! > > I have been trying to find any info on this subject for quite a long time!!! > Anything would be helpful! There's not much difference in the costs of most modern monochrome laser printers. They all generally fall out in the 2 to 3 cent per page range. You don't start seeing dramatic differences until you start with color laser printers, whose consumables are much less a commodity item. -- Robert Levandowski Internet Systems Analyst ACC iNet / ACC Long Distance Corp. robl@phoebe.accinet.net