I understand that ink jet printers are available for a fairly small investment, sometimes as low as $200. Why, then, would a laser cartridge be a better purchase?
Though an average ink jet printer can cost as little as $200 new compared to a new laser printer on sale for $700, (refurbished laser printers with full warrantees cost as little as $300), ink jet cartridges come as high as $45 a piece and only print around 500 pages each. Whereas the laser printer’s toner cartridges can be easily recycled, cost about $50, and print between 4,000 and 10,000 copies per cartridge. Printing cost is as low as 1/3 of one cent per page saving thousands of dollars in the cost of operation without producing any environmental cartridge waste.
