At a local Business Breakfast
Club we were asked for a quotation for a small colour
multi-function machine.
We recommended a
Canon product for around £200.00 + vat.
At the next weeks
meeting the customer produced a Dell flyer with a
similar product listed for £97.00 + vat and asked us why
we where so expensive.
We
asked the client for a rough estimate of his usage
(total number of items printed, copied and faxes
received) in one month, he conservatively estimated his
use as 500 documents (a ream of paper) per month. When
we calculated his monthly usage times the cost of ink
cartridges plus the cost of the equipment. The Canon
will cost him £1245.80 over the next 3 years, the Dell
would have cost £2937.60 over 3 years
| |
Canon MP780 as recommended by DOS |
Dell Multi-function |
| |
Cartridge £ |
Yield |
£/Page |
Cartridge £ |
Yield |
£/Page |
| 1 Ream of
copier paper |
£3.00 |
500 |
0.6 |
3.00 |
500 |
0.6p |
| Black Ink
Cartridge |
£6.97 |
440 |
1.58p |
£13.50 |
200 |
6.75p |
| Cyan Ink
Cartridge |
£5.32 |
440 |
1.21p |
£16.00 |
190 |
8.42p |
| Magenta Ink
Cartridge |
£5.32 |
440 |
1.21p |
| Yellow Ink
Cartridge |
£5.32 |
440 |
1.21p |
| Cost per
page |
|
|
5.8p |
|
|
15.77p |
| Monthly
Cost |
|
500 |
29.05 |
|
500 |
£78.85 |
| Monthly
cost x 36 months |
£29.05 |
36 |
£1045.80 |
£78.85 |
36 |
£2838.60 |
| Plus
0riginal Cost |
£200 |
|
£200.00 |
£99 |
|
£99.00 |
| Total Cost of ownership
over 3 years |
|
|
£1245.80 |
|
|
£2937.00 |
The client
will save £1691.20
over 3 years
|
|
