When companies say... (Printers)

[Comp625]

When companies say 400 pages for 5% density (for the printer's ink yield)...how much exactly is 5%? I want to get a Canon i470d for its photo capabilities and the yield (according to PCWorld) sounds great (Black 350 - 400 pages, Color 400 - 450 pages -- both on 5% density). 5% sounds very small....

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: Comp625
When companies say 400 pages for 5% density (for the printer's ink yield)...how much exactly is 5%? I want to get a Canon i470d for its photo capabilities and the yield (according to PCWorld) sounds great (Black 350 - 400 pages, Color 400 - 450 pages -- both on 5% density). 5% sounds very small....

Five percent is about a page of text, double spaced. Figure a 8x10 would be about 80% coverage.. That's just me guessing.. I'm sure a geek here could do the exact math.. I have a hangover right now so I won't .. Here's - 8x12=96 sq. inches... 8x10=80... So that's.. sh1t.. headache.. do your own math!

 

[TheCorm]

25 - 28 pages innit?

 

[Comp625]

Still confused...bump?

 

[zsouthboy]

marketing.

printing color photos, you MIGHT get 50 pages.. MIGHT.

for text, its accurate, more or less.

 

[xXgambitXx]

"freedoms" is right. 5% is about a page of double spaced text. It's not very useful when figuring color amount though because photos are solid for the most part. The 5% page of text thing was told to me by a Hewlett Packard Rep.

 

[vegetation]

Careful on color ink especially when powering on/off the printer as most go into a cleaning cycle upon startup. This wastes ink even further.

 

[Viper GTS]

5% is roughly a 3/4 page business letter, with a small graphic in the corner (company logo, etc).

I have a document at work that is an example of 5% coverage, I can send it to you if you'd like.

Viper GTS