Here is some information about the prices of different laser and inkjet printers, their cost per page and what to expect that when planning your budget.
The price of a typical inkjet printer will be between $ 40 to $ 150 Photo-printing inkjet printers will start from $ 200. You will also find a few high-performance inkjet printer models in the $ 300 - $ 1000 price range. In general, inkjet printers are cheaper than laser printers but as inkjet cartridges need frequent replacement, laserPrinters may be less costly in the long run.
Laser printers are often much more expensive compared to buying inkjet printers. Monochrome laser printers start at around $ 200 and can go up to $ 2000 and color laser printers start at $ 1,000 and can top up to $ 5500th Workgroup laser printers start at $ 400 (for monochrome).
The MFD's (Multifunction Devices) cost between $ 100 to $ 800 and vary portable laser printer prices between $ 200 to $ 350.
Most printers do notcome with a printer cable that connects the printer to the computer. Include printer cable cost in your budget as well.
One of the key factors that are buying a printer, the cost per page as you need to buy regular ink cartridges for your printer. In general, the cost of laser printers are "must be used per page is lower than inkjet printers (even with monochrome lasers) as ink cartridges for inkjet printers require more frequent replacement.
Typical cost of ink cartridge replacementfor inexpensive inkjet printers varies between $ 20 to $ 50, and between $ 20 to $ 75 for high-end inkjet printers. So the cost per page will generally be lower with the expensive printers as they are not bigger ink cartridges to keep the required frequent replacement. Before buying a printer, you should calculate the printing cost per page by dividing the ink cartridge price by the yield. Yield is the number of pages that are printed with a specific ink cartridge or toner. For example, ifthe price of an ink cartridge is $ 33.99 and its yield is 800 pages, then its cost per page is $ 33.99/800) = $ 0.042 (4.2 cents per page.