If you want to find out how much your printing costs are, you can calculate them using the usual parameters and maybe even save money.
Calculate printing costs for your home or business printer
Before you buy a new printer for your company or home office, it makes sense to determine the printing costs and compare them depending on the device. The price of the toner is particularly important.
- The printing costs consist of the purchase price for the printer, the electricity costs, paper costs and the costs for toner cartridges or ink cartridges.
- You can ignore electricity costs when calculating printing costs, as a printer with a consumption of 5 watts costs about three cents per day, even at peak operation.
- The range of printer paper depends on the quality and quantity. Buy larger stacks of copy paper to save a little. You can expect to pay 1.4 cents per sheet.
- The most important factor in calculating your printing costs is the cartridges you need for your model, as these need to be replaced regularly and cost the most money. Find out in advance what the print range of the cartridges for your printer is, this can vary between 0.4 and 2 cents per page.
- Finally, add up all the costs to determine the total expense for your printer and regular printing.
Reduce printing costs: 5 tips for lower expenses
With a few tips you can save money on printing.
- Stiftung Warentest has tested third-party cartridges several times. If you use these instead of the original, you can save up to 80 percent.
- Using different economical fonts will also help you reduce your expenses.
- Classic: Save paper by printing double-sided.
- Instead of buying ink and toner in your local store, you can save up to 80 percent at online stores.
- To get the most out of your price, you can refill your printer cartridge yourself.
Calculate printing costs for larger projects
For booklets, flyers, T-shirts and all imaginable printed items you can make a calculation on the Wir-Machen-Druck website.
- Here you will receive a calculation of the amount you have to expect. As long as you do not enter any personal data, this is free of charge.
- For large projects, you can save a lot of money with online printers and calculate the exact costs in advance.