The familiar shape: print, copy, scan, often fax, fed by cartridges. Cheap to buy and the most expensive class here to run, because the cartridge is a plastic assembly with a chip and a print head as well as ink.
Printers
11
Brands
3
Price range
~$79–$299
Mono page
3.8¢–15¢
Cost to own · 5,000 pages
HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e~$533
~$229 printer + ~$304 supplies
HP OfficeJet Pro 9135e~$583
~$279 printer + ~$304 supplies
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4820~$518
~$199 printer + ~$319 supplies
Canon PIXMA TR8620a~$691
~$199 printer + ~$492 supplies
Canon PIXMA TS9520a~$791
~$299 printer + ~$492 supplies
HP OfficeJet Pro 8135e~$686
~$179 printer + ~$507 supplies
purchase priceink or toner. An estimate: purchase price plus 5,000 pages at each printer’s computed cost per page, assuming 4 mono pages for every colour page. Printers whose consumable price we could not source are left out.
