Estimating The Total Cost Of Ownership

摘要

Although a laser printer's price is obviously a major factor when deciding which model to buy, it shouldn't be your only cost consideration. Almost all the printers in this group test come with starter toner cartridges. This means that you often, but not always, get a relatively small amount of toner included with the printer. Once this starter toner runs out, you'll need to open your wallet again.rnThe Phaser 6125, for example, costs just ￡125, but Xerox supplies starter toner cartridges that it estimates will print just 500 pages. Lexmark's C543dn, on the other hand, costs nearly ￡300, but you get high-yield cartridges included in the price that are estimated to print 2,500 pages in black and white and 2,000 colour ones. Take a look at the features table on page 89 to see how much starter toner you get with each printer.