Comparative Test HP Officejet Pro 8500 vs.Samsung CLX-3175FW: Costs Of Consumables
Exchange of cartridges is easy with both AIOs. In addition, Samsungs printer needs exchange of waste-toner container and imaging drum after a certain number of prints. Exchange is easy as well.
Consumables: HP
The preceeding cartridges (Nr. 88
) contain dye-ink. The most recent follow-up cartridges Nr. 940 are filled with pigmented ink. They only fit into two printers (AIO Officejet Pro 8500 and printer Officejet Pro 8000).
HPs Officejet solely requires four ink-cartridges (88,50 Euros altogether). The print heads (two) are supposed to last a printer`s life.
HP delivers it´s AIO with ink cartridges with low yield. You can buy the three cartridges with colors in an XL version only (high yield). The black cartridge is available with low and high yield (XL).
Ink cartridges No. 940: Four with high yield (XL). Print heads are numbered 940 as well and are supposed to last a printer´s life.
| HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless AIO: Ink cartridges | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Price (MSRP, appr.) | Yield acc. to (ISO 24712) | In scope of delivery | |
| Black C4902AE (small) | 940 | 22,50 Euros | 1.000 pages | yes |
| Black C4906AE XL | 940XL | 30,00 Euros | 2.200 pages | no |
| Cyan C4907AE XL | 940XL | 19,50 Euros | 1.400 pages | no |
| Magenta C4908AE XL | 940XL | 19,50 Euros | 1.400 pages | no |
| Yellow C4909AE XL | 940XL | 19,50 Euros | 1.400 pages | no |
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Consumables: Samsung
Samsung had small toner-kegs before in preceeding printers, and has returned to normal toner-cartridges now. Waste toner container and imaging drum are new, as well. They only can be used for the new series CLX-3170/3175 models and printer CLP-310/315.
Consumables which have to be exchanged are
- Ink cartridges (185 Euros)
- Waste toner container (10 Euros)
- Imaging drum (136 Euros)
All prices are MSRP, approximate.
| Samsung CLX-3175FW: Consumables | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Price (MSRP, appr.) | Yield (acc. to ISO 24712) | |
| Toner cartridge black CLT-K4092S | CLT-K4092S | 50 Euros | 1.500 pages |
| Toner cartridges cyan, magenta, yellow (CLT-C4092S CLT-M4092S CLT-Y4092S) | CLT-C4092SCLT-M4092SCLT-Y4092S | 45 Euros each | 1.000 pages each |
| Imaging drum CLT-R409/SEE | CLT-R409 | 136 Euros | 6.000 pages color, 24.000 pages B/W |
| Waste toner container CLT-W409 | CLT-W409 | 10 Euros | 2.500 pages color, 10.000 pages B/W |
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