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Lowast cost printer to operate
What all-in-one printer has the lowest operating costs when ink costs
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Jack Black wrote: What all-in-one printer has the lowest operating costs when ink costs and production is considered? Thanks Canon |
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"Jack Black" wrote in message
... What all-in-one printer has the lowest operating costs when ink costs and production is considered? To give any reasonable answer will require more information: 1. What are you printing - B&W only, color, photo's? 2. How many pages printed per day? A printer designed for high usage may cost 2-3x more to operate at a low duty cycle due to servicing overhead. Regards, Bob Headrick |
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Bob Headrick wrote: "Jack Black" wrote in message ... What all-in-one printer has the lowest operating costs when ink costs and production is considered? To give any reasonable answer will require more information: 1. What are you printing - B&W only, color, photo's? 2. How many pages printed per day? A printer designed for high usage may cost 2-3x more to operate at a low duty cycle due to servicing overhead. Regards, Bob Headrick I said Canon. The HP employee has a different opinion. And if you need tech support it is a no brainer. |
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"Stryker" wrote in message
... OMG... I hate to admit it... but I agree with measekite on this one... Canon seems to be the most economical printer of the bunch... with Epson at second... followed by HP and Lexmark. The question, asked without any detail is something like asking "What car gets better mileage" and having someone answer "Ford is better than Chevy". the reality is that there are hundreds of different printer models, some made for low volume, others designed for moderate or high volumes. In inkjets, a printer that has fixed printheads will tend to do more servicing than one with disposable heads, perhaps running a cleaning cycle every 1-4 days whether the printer is used or not. If you print once a week this may be a poor choice, if you print 10 pages a day it may be OK for you. If you only need B&W a laser printer will most likely be a better choice for total cost of ownership unless your usage is very low. There are HP printers with very low cost per page (for example the Business Inkjet, which has a cost per page typically better than color laser printers) or very low purchase price, with a typically higher operating cost per page. If the OP is looking for an informed decision he should look at printer yields and cartridge costs and consider how the printer will be used and what printing requirements he needs. Page yields (using the ISO standard measurement methods) for HP printers can be found at: http://h10060.www1.hp.com/pageyield/...reg_R1002_USEN Anyone that answers the original question with a simple "A is better than B is better than C and D" does not understand even the first order factors that affect printing costs. - Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging |
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And canon is even more economical if you don't use their $3000 a gallon ink!
**** update on the dollar store ink..... Still using it and still happy with it! I did have a problem with some super super glossy paper (that's right measelnitwit, I don't use canon's overpriced paper either) the ink did not adhere well. Tried dad's gunuine canon ink on the same paper with the same results! So I concede some cheap paper will cause problems. SOME. I have other non canon paper that is simply beautiful with my non canon ink. I will put my photo prints next to anyone's genuine canon paper and ink and mine will sell just as well. "Stryker" wrote in message ... "measekite" wrote in message ... Bob Headrick wrote: "Jack Black" wrote in message ... What all-in-one printer has the lowest operating costs when ink costs and production is considered? To give any reasonable answer will require more information: 1. What are you printing - B&W only, color, photo's? 2. How many pages printed per day? A printer designed for high usage may cost 2-3x more to operate at a low duty cycle due to servicing overhead. Regards, Bob Headrick I said Canon. The HP employee has a different opinion. And if you need tech support it is a no brainer. OMG... I hate to admit it... but I agree with measekite on this one... Canon seems to be the most economical printer of the bunch... with Epson at second... followed by HP and Lexmark. Stryker |
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Stryker wrote: "measekite" wrote in message ... Bob Headrick wrote: "Jack Black" wrote in message ... What all-in-one printer has the lowest operating costs when ink costs and production is considered? To give any reasonable answer will require more information: 1. What are you printing - B&W only, color, photo's? 2. How many pages printed per day? A printer designed for high usage may cost 2-3x more to operate at a low duty cycle due to servicing overhead. Regards, Bob Headrick I said Canon. The HP employee has a different opinion. And if you need tech support it is a no brainer. OMG... I hate to admit it... but I agree with measekite on this one... Canon seems to be the most economical printer of the bunch... with Epson at second... followed by HP and Lexmark. Stryker The only correction I have on this is that lexmark is not considered a printer. |
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glathrem wrote: And canon is even more economical if you don't use their $3000 a gallon ink! Dumb Dee Dumb Dumb. If you do not use Canon ink it is no longer a designed Canon printer. **** update on the dollar store ink..... Still using it and still happy with it! And what is a pig happy in. I did have a problem with some super super glossy paper (that's right measelnitwit, I don't use canon's overpriced paper either) the ink did not adhere well. Tried dad's gunuine canon ink on the same paper with the same results! So I concede some cheap paper will cause problems. SOME. I have other non canon paper that is simply beautiful with my non canon ink. I will put my photo prints next to anyone's genuine canon paper and ink and mine will sell just as well. "Stryker" wrote in message ... "measekite" wrote in message ... Bob Headrick wrote: "Jack Black" wrote in message ... What all-in-one printer has the lowest operating costs when ink costs and production is considered? To give any reasonable answer will require more information: 1. What are you printing - B&W only, color, photo's? 2. How many pages printed per day? A printer designed for high usage may cost 2-3x more to operate at a low duty cycle due to servicing overhead. Regards, Bob Headrick I said Canon. The HP employee has a different opinion. And if you need tech support it is a no brainer. OMG... I hate to admit it... but I agree with measekite on this one... Canon seems to be the most economical printer of the bunch... with Epson at second... followed by HP and Lexmark. Stryker |
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