Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!gillies From: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted Subject: Re: Deskwriter, Where? $$$ ? (SUMMARY) Message-ID: Date: 27 Dec 90 02:34:17 GMT References: <39626@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 10 One of the messages indicated $13.95 + $15 for every 500 pages printed, this is a per-page cost of approximately 6 cents. Another message indicated $5.35 + $15, for a per-page cost of about 4 cents. How does this compare with a low-end laser printer (such as GCC or HP PLP II)? Where is the breakpoint, when you could have saved money buying a laser printer instead of a deskwriter? What if you want to print 30,000 pages. At 6c/page, this would cost $1800. If you did it on a laser printer at 3c/page, this would cost $900, and you could afford to pay $900 + $670 = $1570 for the laserprinter.