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One of the most cost effective printers, when looking purely at the cost of genuine ink cartridges is the HP Officejet Pro 8500A.

I was checking the ink cartridge cost per sheet for 16 Printers today, and saw a really big difference in the ink costs, based on quoted page yield, and the cost of original cartridges at a local shop.

The HP Officejet Pro 8500 came out best with the following cost per 100 pages.

$2.41 HP940XL Black
$2.71 HP940XL Cyan
$2.71 HP940XL Magenta
$2.71 HP940XL Yellow

This printer is however, not one of the cheaper ones. The HP website quotes A$499 as the RRP, but it is available for between $327 and $377 locally.

As a comparison, the most expensive of the 16 printers was another HP, the Deskjet D2050, with costs per 100 pages of:

$12.11 HP61 Black
$16.36 HP61 Colour

The brands I checked were from the four major manufacturers, Brother, Canon, HP and Epson.

These were the Printers, together with the cost of printing 100 pages. (25 of each colour for the 4 cartridge models, and 50 of each with the 2 colour cartridges)

$ 2.64 HP Officejet Pro 8500A
$ 2.93 HP Officejet 6500A
$ 3.51 Epson Artisan 835
$ 4.29 Epson Stylus NX420
$ 4.46 Epson Workforce 625
$ 4.46 Epson Workforce 840
$ 4.67 Brother MFC-6490CW
$ 5.02 Canon MG6150
$ 5.59 Epson Stylus NX125
$ 5.65 HP Photosmart B110A
$ 5.65 HP Photosmart C310A
$ 5.92 Brother DCP-J715W
$10.77 Canon MX360
$12.08 Canon MP270
$14.17 HP Officejet 4500
$14.23 HP Deskjet D2050

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