Printing Costs

[TravelingDoc2]

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I was wondering how much it costs to print per page in color at your school?

Learned last semester that the fastest and best way I learn is by printing and writing on PPTs. However, this is expensive I went through $150 for printing last semester. This semester looks so much more packed, I really don't want to shell out another $150+.

In my undergrad it was .02 and at my DO school its .10 . I know it seems like nothing compared to that ridiculous tuition bill I will be paying soon but was just wondering.

 

[jonb12997]

I make that in an hour and a half moonlighting as an attending.... If that's what you need to do to learn the info and pass and become a doctor then print away.

 

[chizledfrmstone]

Buy a color laser printer.

10 cents seems to be the standard rate at most printing places.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Buy a color laser printer.

10 cents seems to be the standard rate at most printing places.

How much does it cost to print 100 page or so?

 

[costales]

You really have to print everything in color? (Printing is free at TCOM if it's a standard size.)

 

[chizledfrmstone]

How much does it cost to print 100 page or so?

The b/w laser printer I bought at home cost me $80. The starter toner usually does 500pgs I buy third party cartridges on sale for $10-12 (I get up to 1,500-1,800 on high yield toner carts). For me they are good enough that I don't see any reason to spend $50 on OEM toner. I buy a ream of 500 pg 20lb paper for $1 on sale at a local Fry's Electronics.

$80+12+1 = $93

That's 4-5 cents per page for b/w for the first 2,000 pages (starter toner + buying one for $12) due to including the cost of the printer but for the next 1,500 it's like <1 cent per page. After 9-10,000 pages the thing that holds the toner cartridge needs to be replaced but I've never had a printer THAT long. At 10,000 pages it's probably cheaper to toss the printer and get a new one.

Unfortunately color laser printers aren't as cheap as I thought. The cheapest 4-5 star ones I can find are $220-260. Color toners cost anywhere from $35-80 (third party) and print 2,200-2,500 pages. I don't think OP will be able to get 500pg ream of 20lb paper for $1 (more like $5-6) unless they live near a Fry's Electronics.

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How the heck were you paying 2 cents per page? I have never seen that cheap for color printing...

 

[IslandStyle808]

I was wondering how much it costs to print per page in color at your school?

Learned last semester that the fastest and best way I learn is by printing and writing on PPTs. However, this is expensive I went through $150 for printing last semester. This semester looks so much more packed, I really don't want to shell out another $150+.

In my undergrad it was .02 and at my DO school its .10 . I know it seems like nothing compared to that ridiculous tuition bill I will be paying soon but was just wondering.

Damn 0.02 cents, my undergrad charges 0.11. And the bigger kicker is that at my state MD school printing is free!

I feel robbed all right.

 

[FutureInternist]

A whole slide per page....in colour?
People like you is why my school stopped the free printing we got the 1st 2 semesters 🙂
Everyone learns differently but you should try to mimic exam conditions i.e. reading off of computer screens & absorbing info
Plus you can take notes on each side in PPT (under the comment section)
You don't want to be lugging 5000 pages around the time of exams

 

[TravelingDoc2]

A whole slide per page....in colour?
People like you is why my school stopped the free printing we got the 1st 2 semesters 🙂
Everyone learns differently but you should try to mimic exam conditions i.e. reading off of computer screens & absorbing info
Plus you can take notes on each side in PPT (under the comment section)
You don't want to be lugging 5000 pages around the time of exams

Typically I print 4 slides per page and in picture heavy classes like histology 6 per slide.

I do fine with exams on computers but the best way I can memorize stuff is from paper and writing. Its getting me A's so I don't think I will stop it. I guess most everyone is in the same boat for printing costs.

 

[MackandBlues]

You really have to print everything in color? (Printing is free at TCOM if it's a standard size.)

Not anymore 🙁 $0.05 a page now for black and white

 

[costales]

Not anymore 🙁 $0.05 a page now for black and white

Dang. There was a problem of people hogging the machines and printing out thousand-page pdfs. I guess the management got tired of chasing them down.

 

[AM508]

If memory serves me correctly (I usually print at home), it is free for black and white and 10 cents for color here.

 

[darknecrosforte]

Hory shet, my undergrad charges $.10 bw and $.75 color using crappy paper. FML California

 

[cabinbuilder]

Where I went to school the local office max gave the med students a discount and you could print everything there.

 

[ortnakas]

The b/w laser printer I bought at home cost me $80. The starter toner usually does 500pgs I buy third party cartridges on sale for $10-12 (I get up to 1,500-1,800 on high yield toner carts). For me they are good enough that I don't see any reason to spend $50 on OEM toner. I buy a ream of 500 pg 20lb paper for $1 on sale at a local Fry's Electronics.

$80+12+1 = $93

That's 4-5 cents per page for b/w for the first 2,000 pages (starter toner + buying one for $12) due to including the cost of the printer but for the next 1,500 it's like <1 cent per page. After 9-10,000 pages the thing that holds the toner cartridge needs to be replaced but I've never had a printer THAT long. At 10,000 pages it's probably cheaper to toss the printer and get a new one.

This is the best option.

I honestly have printed <10 pages second year, but printed, in color, a lot first year (thanks, histo). I bought a $30 non-laser color printer at walmart, printed slides 4-6/page, and it got the job done. Ink refills for the printer cost more the printer itself.