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| reply to cheap_joe Re: Suggest old LASER PRINTER with low operating cost
MSRP of the LaserJet 4L in 1993: $650
If you take into account CPI and inflation, you would need to fork out roughly $950 for the $650 you paid in 1993.
Let's say you want to spend $500 today for a printer. The LaserJet P3005 has an MSRP of $549. Using MSRP figures for the appropriate HP toner cartridge, it costs $0.022 per page.
If you're buying the same class of printer that you did 10-15 years ago, the cost per page should be the same if not lower. The $100-200 laser printers certainly have a higher TCO, but that's to be expected. |