what is printing cost ? how many standard pages in Black and in color / catridge?
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It's horribly low. I don't have an exact number, but I do minimal printing and I feel as though I am changing the ink every day.
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I print 8X10 images on a regular basis and have averaged a cost of about $1.80 in ink per image. Your 4X6 print is about 1/4 that of a full page so a close est. would be about 45-50 cents worth of ink for each print.
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If you mainly print in black text, buy yourself a small Samsung or similar LASER printer. They cost around $60 and will print much faster and much cheaper than an ink-jet printer. The LASER per-page cost for text is about 1/10th to 1/20th of an ink-jet. One toner cartridge is good for 1000 or more pages. The Canon excels in the printing of color photographs or greeting cards. Running out of color and continuing to print may damage the printer. Another option is a Brother All-in-One LASER printer that also scans. It only prints in black or shades of grey, but scans color images. You should be able to find one for under $120 that would make a great partner to your iX6520 printer. If you mainly print in black text, buy yourself a small Samsung or similar LASER printer. They cost around $60 and will print much faster and much cheaper than an ink-jet printer. The LASER per-page cost for text is about 1/10th to 1/20th of an ink-jet. One toner cartridge is good for 1000 or more pages. The Canon excels in the printing of color photographs or greeting cards. Running out of color and continuing to print may damage the printer. Another option is a Brother All-in-One LASER printer that also scans. It only prints in black or shades of grey, but scans color images. You should... » Read More If you mainly print in black text, buy yourself a small Samsung or similar LASER printer. They cost around $60 and will print much faster and much cheaper than an ink-jet printer. The LASER per-page cost for text is about 1/10th to 1/20th of an ink-jet. One toner cartridge is good for 1000 or more pages. The Canon excels in the printing of color photographs or greeting cards. Running out of color and continuing to print may damage the printer. Another option is a Brother All-in-One LASER printer that also scans. It only prints in black or shades of grey, but scans color images. You should be able to find one for under $120 that would make a great partner to your iX6520 printer. « Show Less
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We buy the offbrand cartridges and probably pay only about $10 a year for ink. I home school four children and print everyday, usually on fast draft, which uses very little ink. I love our older version/similar Brother printer. And I love not having to mess with Cartridge World. Amazon delivers cheap cartridges to my door.
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it is about 1/3rd full maybe 200-400 pages. Im not sure my computer broke before i could use the printer so Im stuck with a printer but no computer. its all expensive ...
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Howdy Ram, The name brand black toner is around $90 on Amazon, and the color toners are $60 or so. I believe this one is like all other color laser printers, there's a low toner message for each cartridge and you'd replace them usually one at a time as they run out. Hope this helps.
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I don't remember how many pages it printed with the starter cartridges (I purchased this printer one year ago). But, I do remember that I printed the amount of pages as it supposed to be, 1000 pages to my best memory, not sure. Also, it is good to know that I don't purchase Xerox cartridges - they are too expensive. I use cartridges from LD company that are 5 times cheaper and work really well, except the black which is not as intense as from the genuine cartridge. If you are looking for printer of this class, I would definitely recommend this one. I love it.
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Very Expensive. Genuine HP Black cartridges retail for $84, HP Magenta/Cyan/Yellow are around $120 each. Total for all four is over $500. That said, the black cartridges are rated for 2,200 pages, while the colors are rated for 2,600 pages. You can usually get coupon codes for buying them directly from HP- you get 10% off if you sign up for their rewards program. If you search the web you can find coupon codes for 15-20% off. You can buy off-brand toner, but people get very mixed results depending on aftermarket company. The cost-per-page is comparable to other laser printers.
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Your question can't be answered. You have to know what page coverage is expected. Obviously a 100% printed page (full black) will take a lot more ink than a 1% covered page.
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It is rated at 21 pages for both Color & BW. I have never counted, but I'm sure BW is faster than that. I love this printer even though it has been discontinued. Bought a second, refurbished for an employee, it is just as good.
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Kodak 30. Black is approx. $13 and color, $20. They do sell a 30XL in each, but I have not found that they are worth the extra money. They don't seem to last any longer. This printer produces a good quality print, but frequently loses connectivity and goes through ink like it's water. The printer takes one black and one color cartridge. I'm not sure why the other person who answered said it takes 5.
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they have *more* ink than regular cartridges. some ink is used for startup, and after startup the remaining ink is the same as what you'd buy at the store -- 3000 black pages, 2500 CMY.
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Support small/family owned business and use a REPROGRAPHICS (aka, blueprint) shop! I own/operate one, and for us, to print 24x36 b&w; prints from PDF are $1.08/sheet.
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Black-and-white and color: up to 21 ppm, letter sizeReview printer specs at http://www.shopping.hp.com/shopping/pdf/cb494a.pdf
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I really couldn't tell you as I have only had to purchase it once so far since we've owned the printer, which has maybe been a year. It is for a 55 & older homeowner association, so there really isnt that much printing. The have started printing their monthly newsletter on in in the last 3-4 months so we'll see - I'm sure we'll have to replace it again soon. Sadly when I do so the last time I had to replace all 4 of the drums (color too) as I was unable, at that time, to buy just the black drum. We hardly use the color and so that really didnt make me or them too happy. Hope that helps some??
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Consumer Reports says that it costs 35 cents to print a 4 X 6, and $1.00 for an 8 X 10 on this printer, and 4 cents per page for text. So you can figure how much the ink tanks cost, and get a good idea of how long they'll last.
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Sorry i cant answer that, I do alot of printing in B&W; and some in color. I don't keep track