Major printing supplies and their purchase (1)

What kind of products in the IT industry can not reduce prices, can be separated from the "life" of the price and product cycle of the law and lone, computer accessories fell and then drop, and finally made a 10-block shipment, digital consumer products, mobile phones, MP3s and digital cameras are all over the sky.

But there is a commodity, there has never been too much price adjustment, but also with the technological innovation and make the price increase ... this kind of commodity is the printer consumables (original cartridges and toner cartridges). And in the consumables industry, businesses are generally very reluctant to refer to the price of consumables, in the words of the business: "A set of consumables for color laser printers is more expensive than the original printer."

At present, there are only a handful of printer manufacturers. In this market, they are far less competitive than the entire machine, notebook, digital, and accessories markets. The printing market and IT's other markets are a bit different. After the consumables are used up, if a machine still needs to operate normally, it must purchase consumables, which also leads printer suppliers to lose money to sell printers, and only make consumables profit. The situation.

In order to allow consumers to clearly understand the prices of consumables used by major printers and the price differences between them, today, the author will use the prices of common printers and consumables in the market. Listed and contrasted, I hope that careful consumers can know what to do.

HP common models consumables prices

The HP Deskjet 3748 is a low-end color inkjet printer introduced by HP today. The official reference price of the HP Deskjet 3748 is 399 yuan, and the HP Deskjet 3748 uses a cartridge model: HP 816 black cartridge, priced at 160 yuan; HP 817 color Ink cartridges, priced at 180 yuan. A total of 340 yuan two cartridges, HP's ink cartridges and printer heads are together.

Taking the HP Laserjet 1010, an HP monochrome laser printer, for example, the machine costs 1,440 yuan and the cartridge model HP Q2612A (2000 pages) costs 520 yuan. The price of cartridges accounts for one-third of the price of this machine. Which company does not change two or three times a year.

For color laser printers, taking the HP Color Laserjet 2550L as an example, the toner cartridge model is black Q3960A (5000 pages), priced at 750 yuan; cyan Q3961A (4000 pages), priced at 850 yuan; yellow Q3962A (4000 pages. ), The price of 850 yuan; magenta Q3963A (4000 pages), priced at 850 yuan; Q3964A imaging drums priced at 1550 yuan. A set of supplies down a total of 4850 yuan. However, the reference price given by this machine HP is 3990 yuan, and the lifespan of the three color cartridges that are equipped with the machine is 2000 pages.

The above is the price of the consumables used in the common models in HP's Class III printers.

EPSON common models consumables prices

Here are three representatives of Epson printer models, inkjet printer EPSON ME1, monochrome laser printer 6200L, color laser printer C1100.

Epson inkjet printer ME1 is the cheapest machine in the Epson inkjet printer, priced at 480 yuan, supplies models: T057 black ink cartridge 45 yuan, TO58 color ink cartridge 72 yuan, a total of 117 yuan, the print head and the machine is one The ink cartridge does not have a print head, but most people respond when the consumer buys: the ink cartridge capacity is too small.

Epson EPSON EP-6200L monochrome laser printer (one-year warranty) official reference price: 1480 yuan, while the required cartridge price 470 yuan.

Epson EPSON AculaserC1100 color laser printer, the official reference price: 3980 yuan. The toner powder separation consumables design, the use of consumables price: imaging drum 1980 yuan, black cartridge 660 yuan, color cartridge three (yellow, magenta, cyan) life of each color is 4000 pages, 930 yuan per color, supplies A total of 5430 yuan.

The above is the price of consumables for common models in the Epson Class III printers.

Canon Common Consumable Price

Here are three types of Canon printer consumables prices, three types of printers are color inkjet, black and white laser, color laser printers; find a representative model in each of the three categories. Color inkjet printer PIXMA ip 1000; black and white laser printer LBP-1120; color laser printer LBP-2410.

Color inkjet printer PIXMA ip 1000 market price: 400 yuan. Canon ink jet printer print head, body, ink cartridges are separated, Canon inkjet printer ip 1000 print head priced at 280 yuan, BCI-24 black ink cartridge 50 yuan, BCI-24 color ink cartridge 90 yuan. Under normal circumstances, the chance of the print head needing to be replaced is relatively small. The two ink cartridges total 140 yuan.

Black and white laser printer LBP-1120 market price: 1380 yuan. Consumables used by LBP-1120 Model: EP-22 cartridge, with a nominal service life of 2,500 pages (A4 format, 5% coverage) priced at $450.

Color laser printer LBP-2410 market price: 3600 yuan. LBP-2410 has 5 consumable parts: 1 cartridge (including photoconductor drum and waste toner box) and 4 toner cartridges. The price of a specific part should not differ much from other brands, totaling 4,100 yuan.

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