02-16-2007, 01:02 AM
[quote jdc]have you priced toner carts yet?
http://www.office.xerox.com/printers/col...-enus.html
Retail price $777.96 for a full set of the high-capacity cartridges. If you get 6000 out of them, that's 13 cents/print.
That doesn't take into account the cost of the fuser and the transfer belt assemblies, which don't have specific lives but which nonetheless will need infrequent replacement. In fact, you may never need to replace those, depending on how you use the printer. The cost of those assemblies is not yet available, probably because no one should need them yet.
OK, a thought: how does the 13 cents for a full page print compare to an inkjet? It seems to me that the only thing an inkjet has going for it is that the carts are relatively inexpensive, which means you can buy a set for $20 to $50 instead of $800. This allows you the option of having a VERY infrequently used printer and paying as you go, rather than investing in something like this. But those inkjets can dry out and leave you to go buy a new one, or a cartridge could go bad on the shelf whereas that's not going to happen with the laser cartridge.
http://www.office.xerox.com/printers/col...-enus.html
Retail price $777.96 for a full set of the high-capacity cartridges. If you get 6000 out of them, that's 13 cents/print.
That doesn't take into account the cost of the fuser and the transfer belt assemblies, which don't have specific lives but which nonetheless will need infrequent replacement. In fact, you may never need to replace those, depending on how you use the printer. The cost of those assemblies is not yet available, probably because no one should need them yet.
OK, a thought: how does the 13 cents for a full page print compare to an inkjet? It seems to me that the only thing an inkjet has going for it is that the carts are relatively inexpensive, which means you can buy a set for $20 to $50 instead of $800. This allows you the option of having a VERY infrequently used printer and paying as you go, rather than investing in something like this. But those inkjets can dry out and leave you to go buy a new one, or a cartridge could go bad on the shelf whereas that's not going to happen with the laser cartridge.