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Express ink consumable costs ($10$12,500344) to operate printer services offered free to Chem majors over 1.5 years. Paper costs NOT included. |
Data and analysis
Page counts | Dates | Count of | Avg pages per months | At 1.53 cents/ page, | At 0.36 cents/ page, | Cost for both | Cost for |
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300,000 | May 2011 - Dec 2012 | 20 months | 15,000 pages /month | $5,800 | $1,080 |
| $6,880 n/a |
240,000 | Dec 2012 - Feb 2014 | 15 months | 16,000 pages/ month | $4,600 | $864 | $5,464 |
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Total: 540,000 | May 2011 - Feb 2014 | 35 months | 15,430 pages/ month | $10,569 | $1,944 |
| $12,344 |
Printer's initial cost, including 3 year warranty: $2,500Maintenance kit (
- Amortizing cost of printer over 540K pages printed comes to 0.46 cents per page.
Maintenance kits: $1,944
- 10 have been installed for the most recent 240,000 pages
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- , at $86.40 each: $864
- Thus estimate we 1.25 additional kits (~12.5 kits) for the first 300K pages printed: $1,080
Thus, $3$4,364444 spent so far on hardware, including maintenance kits.
Paper costs NOT included.
Usage Dec 2012 - Feb 2014
Ink Stick color | Use | 6 Sticks per package | Cost per package | Total costs |
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Cyan | 28 | 4.67 | $69.65 | $325.26 |
Magenta | 24 | 4.00 | $69.65 | $278.60 |
Yellow | 22 | 3.67 | $69.65 | $255.62 |
Black | 76 | 12.67 | $221.40 | $2,805.14 |
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| Total ink costs: | $3,665 |
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