Printer cost calculator

The sticker price is only half the story. Pick a printer to load its real price and cost per page, then set how much you print to see the total cost of owning it over one, two, three and five years.

Printer
Pages per month
1.1¢per black & white page

About $39 a year in ink or toner at 3,600 pages/year, on top of the $680 printer.

Time ownedPrinterInk/tonerTotal
After 1 year$680$39$719
After 2 years$680$78$758
After 3 years$680$117$797
After 5 years$680$195$875

Total cost = purchase price + pages printed × cost per page. It does not include electricity, paper or periodic parts (drums, maintenance kits). Prices are live and can change.