I just recently retired a printer. It was an HP 2025dn Color LaserJet I bought
in 2010. I replaced it with an HP OfficeJet 8620 I
bought at Costco for $169.99 (with tax).
It's my first inkjet in a long… long time. Since 2004 I have bought two HP color
LaserJet printers for my home office.
These costs a lot of money back in the day but their costs/page over
time was lower and I like to save money in the long run. I believe the new inkjet is actually going
to be cheaper per page then the current offerings out there for good Color
LaserJet printers.
For those geeks who keep track out there I wanted to share
my data from my last two Color LaserJet Printers.
HP 2550n
Purchase: 8/20/2004
Retired: 8/01/2010
Price: $699.96
Total Cost with Ink: $1,219.19
Final $/pg $0.16
($/pg does not include paper costs)
Details:
Desc
|
Date
|
Cost
|
Printer
|
8/20/2004
|
$
699.97
|
Ink (4)
|
4/26/2007
|
$
329.75
|
Ink (4) + Drum
|
2/12/2009
|
$
189.47
|
$ 1,219.19
|
Date
|
Days Used
|
Pages Printed
|
Total
Cost
|
Cost/pg
|
1/2/2006
|
500
|
602
|
$
699.97
|
$
1.16
|
11/9/2006
|
811
|
2747
|
$
699.97
|
$
0.25
|
3/10/2007
|
932
|
3273
|
$
699.97
|
$
0.21
|
4/25/2007
|
978
|
3676
|
$
699.97
|
$
0.19
|
5/26/2007
|
1009
|
3787
|
$
1,029.72
|
$
0.27
|
1/21/2009
|
1615
|
7239
|
$
1,029.72
|
$
0.14
|
2/12/2009
|
1637
|
7397
|
$
1,219.19
|
$
0.16
|
8/1/2010
|
2172
|
7397
|
$
1,219.19
|
$
0.16
|
HP 2025dn
Purchase: 8/01/2010
Retired: 2/05/2015
Price: $399.99
Total Cost with Ink: $867.74
Final $/pg $0.10
($/pg does not include paper costs)
Details:
Desc
|
Date
|
Cost
|
Printer
|
8/1/2010
|
$
399.99
|
Ink (3) Color ones
|
8/15/2012
|
$
359.50
|
Ink (Black)
|
5/7/2013
|
$
108.25
|
$ 867.74
|
Date
|
Days Used
|
Pages Printed
|
Total Cost
|
Cost/pg
|
8/14/2012
|
744
|
3644
|
$
399.99
|
$
0.11
|
8/15/2012
|
745
|
3644
|
$
759.49
|
$
0.21
|
9/24/2012
|
785
|
3685
|
$
759.49
|
$
0.21
|
12/4/2012
|
856
|
4297
|
$
759.49
|
$
0.18
|
12/20/2012
|
872
|
4552
|
$
759.49
|
$
0.17
|
3/15/2013
|
957
|
5398
|
$
759.49
|
$
0.14
|
4/24/2013
|
997
|
5628
|
$
759.49
|
$
0.13
|
5/7/2013
|
1010
|
5681
|
$
867.74
|
$
0.15
|
1/1/2014
|
1249
|
7220
|
$
867.74
|
$
0.12
|
4/14/2014
|
1352
|
7882
|
$
867.74
|
$
0.11
|
2/5/2015
|
1649
|
8933
|
$
867.74
|
$ 0.10
|
HP 8620 Inkjet
Everything in yellow is my predictions for the future J
Purchase: 2/02/2015
Retired: 5/10/2020
Price: $169.99
Total Cost with Ink: $1,161.99
Final $/pg $0.10
($/pg does not include paper costs)
Details:
Desc
|
Date
|
Cost
|
Printer
|
2/2/2015
|
$
169.99
|
Ink 950/951XL
|
7/1/2015
|
$
124.00
|
Ink 950/951XL
|
4/1/2016
|
$
124.00
|
Ink 950/951XL
|
12/7/2016
|
$
124.00
|
Ink 950/951XL
|
8/14/2017
|
$
124.00
|
Ink 950/951XL
|
4/21/2018
|
$
124.00
|
Ink 950/951XL
|
12/27/2018
|
$
124.00
|
Ink 950/951XL
|
9/3/2019
|
$
124.00
|
Ink 950/951XL
|
5/10/2020
|
$
124.00
|
$ 1,161.99
|
Date
|
Days Used
|
Pages Printed
|
Total Cost
|
Cost/pg
|
7/1/2015
|
149
|
850
|
$
294.99
|
$
0.35
|
4/1/2016
|
424
|
2350
|
$
419.99
|
$
0.18
|
12/7/2016
|
674
|
3850
|
$
544.99
|
$
0.14
|
8/14/2017
|
924
|
5350
|
$
669.99
|
$
0.13
|
4/21/2018
|
1174
|
6850
|
$
794.99
|
$
0.12
|
12/27/2018
|
1424
|
8350
|
$
919.99
|
$
0.11
|
9/3/2019
|
1674
|
9850
|
$ 1,044.99
|
$
0.11
|
5/10/2020
|
1924
|
11350
|
$ 1,169.99
|
$
0.10
|
The ink Cartridges that come with it are only good for about
700 pages. New XL ink is good for about
1,500.
It took 4,300 pages before I was down to $0.18/page on my
last printer. I think this one will do
it in 2,350.
I'll post again on this in a year or two to see if my
predictions hold true.
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