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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 10:06 PM
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Whats the average cost of a black ink page on a HP printer

anyone have any clue at all, just printed out so much info for someone like 400 pages.
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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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.08678924 cents in times new roman 12 font

are u asking how much to charge them
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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 11:12 PM
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whoa, thx for the info
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 12:35 AM
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FREE!!!


























If you work for HP :P
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 06:53 AM
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laser jet? inkjet?
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 07:20 AM
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Depends how much you pay for paper and ink. There's a lot of variabilities here. Some people cheap out on their printer supplies, some people don't.

I think with my HP LaserJet printer at home I get about 5000 sheets/printing cartridge (~$100 retail) and I buy the actual HP paper which is about $8/ream (500 sheets). You do the actual math.
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 09:13 AM
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.036 cents for Slimey
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 10:15 AM
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I bet you get more for white ink...racist bastards!
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 03:53 PM
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it all depends on the cartridge. the hp #45 cartridge gets 833 pages (quoted from hp) and costs 40$ CDN. that works out to .048$ per page. there are too many otehr inkjet cartridges to name, but it will be anywhere from .05-.1$ CDN. if you have a laser, there are too many to list and it will be around .02-.03 $ CDN a page.
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 03:58 PM
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If you have to ask, you probably can't afford it.

Seriously though, Ink jet or laser printer? That alone makes a hell of a lot of difference.

Not trying to hijack, but here is something of interest. I have my first "great" niece, and I have to admit, she is charming. She gets photographed more than the Resident of the united states. Dad has been bitching about the costs of repacing ink jet cartridges, so he bought a hypodermic color refill kit for about 25$, and asked me to try it for him (hey, he is 86!)

I was very skeptical about this, but followed the directions very closely, and it worked out quite well. We compared HP factory ink prints to the refil kit, and there was no difference as far as I am concerned, and in my job, I am very concerned about the qualities of color and gloss.

And with the amount of ink that is left, it looks like that $25 kit will replace about $400 to $600 in new cartridges.

My only regret? Not wearing the kit supplied plastic gloves.

My home needs are only for B&W, so I have a laser. But if I had to have color, refill is for me.
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 04:01 PM
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Sorry, should have included in the last post. Color computer printers are sold at a loss, because they make so much on replacement cartridges.

We did a study on this at work, and found out that ink jet printer ink costs the consumer someting like $10 per GRAM!
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 04:03 PM
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I work with a guy who just finds inkjet printers on sale/with rebates when his cartridges wear out. He always saves money.
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 07:16 PM
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.15 per page as no one included maintenance on the printer itself.

If you run it off a copier it gets really cheap as some people get toner and maintenance included with a lease, making it about 3cents per page...

Charge them a dollar a sheet.
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 07:23 PM
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worst thread evar.
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