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Our 2011 Cheapskate
Guide to New Printers shows you the latest cost-effective MFC
("multifunction") and printer inkjet and laser models, complete
with per-page operating costs for each model, using both original
manufacturer and alternative supplies. Printer and OEM cartridge prices are
taken from recent ads published by national retailers. See our article below
on "per page" and "page yield" calculations.
Canon PIXMA Wireless
Printer/Copier/Scanners 
Canon's PIXMA Wireless Multifunction [$99.95] prints, scans and
copies photos and documents. Print speeds range from up to 17 pages per
minute for color; up to 26 ppm for black.
The MP 620 and MP 620 B printers use one Canon PGI-220- 21 ml
black ($14.99) , and one each 10.5 ml CLI-221 Cyan/Magenta/Yellow and Black
ink cartridge ($12.99 each) for a total refill cost of $66.95. No page yield
statistics are provided by Canon USA or its resellers.
Vibrant Ink's ISO 9000 quality new manufactured compatible
VI-PGI 220 and VI-CLI-221 series cartridges [$6.99 for each VI-CLI-221series;
$7.99 for VI-PGI-220;$30.99 package of five (large and small black, one each
color)] lower the cost of a refill to $30.99 or 46% of the cost of Canon OEM.
Buy Supplies for the Canon PIXMA MP620 and MP620B
Multifunction Printers
Canon continues to expand its ImageClass line of monochrome
Laser Printer/Copier/Scanner/Fax machines. These MFCs produce high quality
printed documents quickly, efficiently and economically, with 35 page
automatic document feeders and 24 ppm speeds. The MF4350 D [Now $159. on
sale] and network ready MF4370DN use a single 2000 page yield (at 5%
coverage) Canon 104 laser toner cartridge [$79.99] for a cost per page of $.04.
Vibrant Ink's CT-C104 compatible toner cartridges [$39.99 at Vibrantink.com]
cuts the cost per page in half, to $.02 per page, without sacrificing print
quality.
Check CT-104 Toner Cartridges
for Canon MF4350D and MF4350DN
New Brother Multifunction Printers
Brother continues to expand its multifunction inkjet offerings
with the wireless Brother MFCJ270W Printer/Copier/Scanner/Fax [$59.99]. This
low priced MFC uses Brother's LC61 cartridges (450 pages black, 325 color),
[$22.99 black/$10.99 color] for a cost per four cartridge "set" of
$66.96. and a per page cost of about $.09.
Vibrant Ink's new IS 9001 certified generic compatible VI-B61
black, cyan, magenta and yellow ink cartridges cost $4.99 each [5 for $20],
for a cost per page of about $.045, half the cost of Brother OEM inks. Low
cost compatibles reduce the cost of running this inexpensive four-color MFC
to a range comparable to many black and white laser printers.
Buy cartridges for the Brother MFCJ270 Wireless
New HP LaserJet
Printers--Deal or Steal?
HPs small black and white laser printers provide crisp,
professional-quality, black and white text and monocolor prints. However, HP's
recent laser printers use toner cartridges with half the yield of cartridges
for earlier models, selling for about the same price. This doubles the
cost-per page.
The new HP Laserjet P1102W black and white printer [$149.99]
uses the CE285A toner cartridge (1600 pages)[$67.99 at hp.com], for a per
page cost of $.04.
Vibrant Ink's "Cartridge Technologies" brand CT-CE285A
compatible toner cartridge provides the same 1600 page yield for $47.99,
reducing the cost per page to $ .03. Save more by buying 3 or more cartridges
for $45.99. Add inexpensive Cartridge Technologies compatibles to your
printer gift to provide inexpensive black and white printing for the entire
year.
Buy Supplies for HP's LaserJet Pro M1212nf, M1312,
P1102, P1102W Printers
How do we calculate "page yield"?
Printing industry standards measure "page yield" of
printing cartridges using a "5% page coverage" standard. This is
the coverage used by a double spaced typed page. If you examine your printed
pages, you may find much higher print coverage than 5%. A solid black or
color area may be 100% page coverage - using 20 times as much ink as the
standard measure. Photographs use even more ink coverage. So, you may find
you need to replace your ink cartridges after only 5 or 10 large photographs.
Read on...
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