| Ink Cartridge History, Progression? | |||||||||
| Take a look at how the cartridges and prices have changed in the past 3 years . . . | |||||||||
| 3 years ago the HP 45 was one of the most popular cartridges on the market, today it's the HP 21- compare page counts to price! | |||||||||
| Cartridge | Page Yields | Retail Price* | Price Per Page | Cartridge World Price | Price Per Page | Savings | Per Year** | ||
| HP 45 | 833 | $29.99 | 0.036 | $17.95 | 0.022 | 39% | $36.12 | ||
| HP 78 | 970 | $55.99 | 0.058 | $26.95 | 0.028 | 50% | $87.12 | ||
| HP 56 | 450 | $19.99 | 0.044 | $13.95 | 0.031 | 30% | $30.20 | ||
| HP 57 | 400 | $34.99 | 0.087 | $19.95 | 0.05 | 43% | $75.20 | ||
| HP 02 BL | 200 | $17.99 | 0.09 | $9.95 | 0.05 | 45% | $96.48 | ||
| HP 02 CLS | 200 | $9.99 X 3 = $29.97 | 0.15 | $6.95 X 3 = $20.85 | 0.1 | 33% | $109.44 | ||
| HP 94 | 450 | $19.99 | 0.044 | $12.95 | 0.029 | 34% | $42.24 | ||
| HP 95 | 260 | $21.24 | 0.082 | $15.95 | 0.061 | 26% | $31.74 | ||
| HP 27 | 220 | $17.99 | 0.082 | $10.95 | 0.05 | 39% | $77.44 | ||
| HP 28 | 190 | $22.49 | 0.118 | $15.95 | 0.084 | 29% | $71.94 | ||
| HP 21 | 150 | $15.99 | 0.11 | $8.95 | 0.06 | 46% | $112.64 | ||
| HP 22 | 140 | $17.99 | 0.13 | $10.95 | 0.08 | 38% | $112.64 | ||
| Notice the trends from the manufacturer - cartridges hold less - 81-86% less ink | |||||||||
| The good news? As the cartridges get smaller - refilling saves you more! | |||||||||
| Environmentally? Instead of using 3 cartridges each year, now you use about 16! | |||||||||
| Each cartridge takes oil to produce, typically produced overseas, hundreds of years to decompose! | |||||||||
| *Office Depot Published Price and Page Yields for Cartridges in current catalog | |||||||||
| ** Savings per year is based on an average of 200-220 pages printed per month and the number of cartridges | |||||||||
| needed throughout a year based on page yields/retail price/Cartridge World Price. | |||||||||