Cost Per Print Mono
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.
Description | Product Type | Mono cost per page | Monthly Cost | |
Brother HL-1000 | A4 | Mono Printer | 3.45p | £69.00 |
Brother HL-L2340dw | A4 | Mono Printer | 2.2p | £44.00 |
Brother HL-L2360dn | A4 | Mono Printer | 2.2p | £44.00 |
OKI B401dn | A4 | Mono Printer | 2.09p | £41.80 |
OKI B412dn | A4 | Mono Printer | 2.04p | £40.80 |
Brother HL-L5000D | A4 | Mono Printer | 1.85p | £36.90 |
Brother HL-L5100DN | A4 | Mono Printer | 1.85p | £36.90 |
OKI B410dn | A4 | Mono Printer | 1.58p | £31.60 |
OKI MB472 | A4 | Mono Multi-Function Printer | 1.31p | £26.36 |
Brother DCP-L5500DN | A4 | Mono Multi-Function Printer | 1.2p | £24.00 |
Brother MFC-L5700DN | A4 | Mono Multi-Function Printer | 1.2p | £24.00 |
OKI MB492 | A4 | Mono Multi-Function Printer | 1.04p | £20.85 |
OKI ES4132dn | A4 | Mono Multi-Function Printer | 0.44p | £8.80 |
OKI ES5162dnw | A4 | Mono Multi-Function Printer | 0.44p | £8.80 |
OKI ES7131dnw | A4 | Mono Printer | 0.26p | £5.20 |
OKI ES8140dn | A3 | Mono Printer | 0.54p | £10.80 |
OKI ES7170dn | A4 | Mono Multi-Function Printer | 0.26p | £5.20 |