How much will the printer cost to run?

• Toner yields depend on the amount of print on each printed document.
• The Printer industry measures toner yields, assuming 5% of the surface area of a sheet of A4 paper will be covered in print, see example opposite.
• The page yield noted on a toner cartridge package are based on this ISO standard.
• Industry research shows a coverage of 4% to 5% is the average for a black-and-white printed page.

The table below shows the running cost of toner, for a client who is producing 2,000 Black prints (equivalent to 4 reams of paper).  Column 5 shows the total cost of toner for the month.