Do newer printers have substantially less page capacity per cartridge?

I'm shopping for a low cost, small printer for my daughter to use a
college. After looking at an HP and a Lexmark, it seems that the
cartridges they use have very little ink. The HP cartridge, for
example, has only 5 ml of ink in it.

I also own an older HP Deskjet 693C, and while the cartridges are about
the same price as the newer ones, they hold 40m.

Am I safe assuming that the HP 693C would print 8 times as many pages
per cartridge as the newer printers, or is there some change in ink
technology that makes this comparison incorrect?

Thanks for your help.

Terry

Terry Quinn wrote:
> I'm shopping for a low cost, small printer for my daughter to use a
> college. After looking at an HP and a Lexmark, it seems that the
> cartridges they use have very little ink. The HP cartridge, for
> example, has only 5 ml of ink in it.
>
> I also own an older HP Deskjet 693C, and while the cartridges are about
> the same price as the newer ones, they hold 40m.
>
> Am I safe assuming that the HP 693C would print 8 times as many pages
> per cartridge as the newer printers, or is there some change in ink
> technology that makes this comparison incorrect?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Terry

Look on the back of a paint can. It tells you the coverage for the
paint, usually 400 square feet per gallon. Ink works the same way. It
takes so much ink to print words and pictures. More ink paints more
pages. I love those 42ml. #45 HP carts. They last so long and can be
refilled with almost anything. A 5ml cart is hardly worth bringing
home. People need to research these things as you are doing before
getting sucked into a pretty machine. A college student is going to
print lots and waste lots of ink.

"Terry Quinn" <The_Quinns@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:1167336528.645288.156840@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> I'm shopping for a low cost, small printer for my daughter to use a
> college. After looking at an HP and a Lexmark, it seems that the
> cartridges they use have very little ink. The HP cartridge, for
> example, has only 5 ml of ink in it.
>
> I also own an older HP Deskjet 693C, and while the cartridges are about
> the same price as the newer ones, they hold 40m.
>
> Am I safe assuming that the HP 693C would print 8 times as many pages
> per cartridge as the newer printers, or is there some change in ink
> technology that makes this comparison incorrect?

The newer inks are more efficient, but it is more like a factor of 2-3X, not
8X. You can look at the page yield ratings of new HP printers at:
http://www.hp.com/pageyield/us/en/ The DeskJet 693 was rated at 720 pages
of black print. The printers with 5mL cartridges are rated at about 220
pages. Personally I would look for a printer that uses the 96/97 cartridges
such as the DeskJet 6940, see
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/e...f51-468001.html
This printer delivers 850 pages per black 96 cartridge, at a speed and
quality that far surpass the DJ 693.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

"Terry Quinn" <The_Quinns@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:1167336528.645288.156840@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> I'm shopping for a low cost, small printer for my daughter to use a
> college. After looking at an HP and a Lexmark, it seems that the
> cartridges they use have very little ink. The HP cartridge, for
> example, has only 5 ml of ink in it.
>
> I also own an older HP Deskjet 693C, and while the cartridges are about
> the same price as the newer ones, they hold 40m.
>
> Am I safe assuming that the HP 693C would print 8 times as many pages
> per cartridge as the newer printers, or is there some change in ink
> technology that makes this comparison incorrect?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Terry
>

I think if you ask the kids in college about printing you'll discover their
printers sit idle, stashed away somewhere under all their clothes. She
might need and appreciate a laser pen instead.
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