Express consumable costs ($12,344) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
300,000 |
May 2011 - Dec 2012 |
20 months |
15,000 pages /month |
$5,800 |
$1,080 |
$6,880 |
240,000 |
Dec 2012 - Feb 2014 |
15 months |
16,000 pages/ month |
$4,600 |
$864 |
$5,464 |
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: $2,500
- 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, at $86.40 each: $864
- Thus estimate we 1.25 additional kits (~12.5 kits) for the first 300K pages printed: $1,080
Thus, $4,444 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
$3,665 for 240,000 pages =. $1.53 cents per page, average.
Paper cost estimates
0.5 cents/ page for Staples® Copy Paper, LETTER-Size, 92/104 US/Euro Brightness, 20 lb., 8 1/2" x 11", 5,000 Sheets/Ct (if $28.77 for 5000 sheets).
1.03 cents / page for Staples® 30% Recycled Copy Paper, LETTER-size, 92/104 US/Euro Brightness, 20 lb., 8 1/2"H x 11"W, 5,000 Sheets/Ct ($51.59 for 5000 sheets)
- Contains at least 10% post-consumer recycled content
0.067 cents/ Staples® 100% Recycled Copy Paper, LETTER-size, 92/104 US/Euro Brightness, 20 lb., 8 1/2"H x 11"W, 5,000 Sheets/Ct ($33.43 for 5000 sheets)