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Steve, I remember talking to the sales rep about that printer at the Mobility conference. It is so new I don't think anyone has any non-sales information on it. If it does what it says, then it looks like a great option. I would also check with The Top Floor, or other vendors about printer service contract solutions. I am on a Xerox one and I just pay a flat fee per-print (similar to copier contracts), and when I need toner they just send me a new one, at no cost. At FHU we standardized on the Xerox 6500 Color laser series (we already had some when I came on board). I have them set so that by default they print in B/W and if someone wants color they need to go into the properties and manually change the setting before they print. *Bjorn Behrendt M.Ed ~ Never Stop Learning* * [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> | (802) 772-0003* * Google Apps For Education Certified Trainer & Administrator * *My Sites* ~ Edlisten.com ~ Educational Podcast ~ AskBj.net ~ Online Training and Ed Tech Resources ~ VTed.org ~ Vermont's Personal Learning Network gClassFolders <https://sites.google.com/a/askbj.net/edlisten-resources/my-resources/gclassfolders>~ Create Google folders for your class. On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Steve Ligett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks for all your replies. I will do what I can to reduce color > printing, and turn off the ability to print multiple copies on the > printers, excepting the copier. I should note that the inkjet printer I am > looking at uses ink that costs about 1.25 cents per page for b/w, and 6.5 > cents per page for color. (At market pricing for the cartridges and the 5% > coverage standard. The black cartridge is rated for 9200 pages -- it's not > the same thing as a desktop printer cartridge.) > > Oh, and I'll show all teachers how to scan to email - then they could > share the scanned document rather than print copies for all. > > steve > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Steve Ligett <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Hi - I'm looking at my supplies budget for next year. Yikes. It's large, >> and it's largely toner for laser printers. (Paper is in another >> budget.) Ok, we need to reduce printing. But I also want to reduce the >> price per page. We're using 3rd party toner for all but one of our >> printers. I could go to self-refill to trim that cost. Anyone doing that? >> >> Or I could try inkjet. HP has inkjets with "page-wide" heads that they >> say are fast, as good as laser, and less expensive per page. Anyone using >> those? >> >> How are you reducing your supplies costs? >> >> thanks, >> steve >> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Search <http://list.uvm.edu/archives/school-it.html> the SCHOOL-IT Archive > > Manage <http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SCHOOL-IT&A=1> your > Subscription to SCHOOL-IT >