Jamie Honan wrote:
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 09:53:56PM +1000, Richard wrote:
So what did I end up buying, well after running the slide rule over
everything I ended up getting a Kyocera FS-820, the main reasons being
very low TCO compared to all the printers I looked into.
The two main factors were the up front price of only $320ex, and that I
don't have to change the drum for 100,000 pages (you just buy another
printer).
You don't buy the drum but you need toner after 6,000 pages.
Kyocera TK-110 cartridges seem to be $133....
Seems a TAD expensive, I wonder what a refiller would cost?
So about 4c per printed page for the first 100,000 pages if you don't
scratch the drum in the meantime.
round-up(100((capital is ($320+gst)/1**5) + (toner is $133/6**3) +
(paper is ~$5/500)) is 4c per page.
Which is normal range pricing to me.
With my lasers, Gestetner GLP800 & Scout, HP4v & HP5siMX, I have always
found that the refillers are light on toner than the brand cartridges,
but variations in print jobs made it difficult to work out who was the
best value.
One thing I did lean is that Kyocera has a duplexer for ~$700, so I will
not be paying $800-$1,200 to have the 300,000 page service on my HP5si
(we no longer need A3 duplex print).
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