Six to ten inks, including greys and a photo black, so tonal transitions are smooth and black-and-white prints come out neutral rather than tinted. Page yields mostly do not apply here; the meaningful figure is cost per print.
Printers
5
Brands
2
Price range
~$599–$849
Mono page
0.30¢–0.30¢
Cost to own · 5,000 pages
Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8500~$622
~$599 printer + ~$23 supplies
Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550~$822
~$799 printer + ~$23 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.
