Posts Tagged ‘8860’

Some printer companies take a certain economic stance on pricing office machines: initial cost of the machine is cheap, cost of supplies is expensive.  Other companies take an opposite approach: initial cost of the machine is expensive, supplies cost is reasonable.

Would you be surprised that many office equipment purchasers fall for the cheap initial cost machine, only to regret it later?  The allure of the cheap printer is obvious, when comparing one machine to another using machine statistics alone.  Especially without considering supplies costs it seems like a no-brainer.  But like most siren songs, this one could end up ringing in your ears for quite some time.

A few office machines companies take interesting approaches to stay competitive.  Take Xerox for example.  Xerox offers 2 very similar machines, the Phaser 8560, and the 8860.  When compared side by side the 8560 appears to be the deal of the century.  Investigating deeper reveals the reasoning, Xerox needs to position itself to compete with both the cheap to purchase machines and the cheap to run machines.  No machine offers both.  The 8860 at a substantial initial cost reveals its savings in the form of dirt cheap ink.  So cheap in fact, that it can print full color for the cost of typical black & white.  It all comes down to a few things:

1) How much are you willing to pay to save?

2) How much do you print to justify the initial expense?

3) At what point will the initial cost of the machine essentially pay for itself in cost of ink savings?

4) Am I bright enough to figure all of this out?  Do I have the time to figure all of this out?

5) Maybe I should just call Doc Jams Printer Repair.