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Matthew McDonald wrote:
> 
> loon wrote:

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> >
> > I'd supply our own paper and, of course, we would pay a negotiable
> > amount per page for use of the printer. Considering most laser
> > printers operate at around 10 - 20 cents per page, an appropriate
> > price may be upwards of 60 cents per page. As I said, it would be
> > negotiable and may depend on the size of the print runs. (Right now I
> > have a job where I'll need to print about 30 copies of 10 colour pages
> > from CorelDraw.)
> 
> You are joking aren't you about the cost per page?. The cost per page
> on a Mono Laser is 2.5 to 30c a page. The cost on a colour laser
> printer is MUCH higher then that, from $2 to $10 a page depending on
> model and coverage. Plus you have to use SPECIAL paper on most models.
> 
> So most people are going to want to make a profit etc especially as
> they're laid out $5000 to $25000 on a colour laser, plus the high
> running costs etc. You'll be looking at least $5 a page.

My local bureau bottoms out at $2.40 (inc tax) an A4 page on a Canon CLC
800, but that's 100 copies and above. I would assume this to be his
marginal cost. However I'd also guess that the CLCs are one of the
cheaper colour units to run.

My $2.40's worth.

Russell.
 
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