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This page provides the recommended configurations for printers as determined by the Dean's IT Council and IS&T. In addition, we have an agreement with Hewlett Packard and Open Systems of Cleveland Inc. to purchase printers matching the listed configurations at significant discounts.
For help in determining which configuration will meet your needs, please contact your college technical support staff, or, if you do not have a college technical staff, contact the IS&T Call Center at 687-5050.
- Select the printer you wish to purchase from the recommended list below.
- The vendor contact information and product information needed to fill out your purchase requisition is located on the price sheet.
- If you need additional features such as extra paper trays or duplexing, contact the vendor for revised pricing.
- Follow the standard university purchasing procedure to submit your purchase requisition.
- The vendor typically has these printers in stock and should be able to fill your request within 1 week of his receiving it. Please allow time for internal university purchasing approvals.
- The vendor does not charge for delivery, so your price is as marked on the price sheet.
Open Systems of Cleveland Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Ohio Inter-University Council to provide HP Printers at the lowest general pricing available. The following Printers are recommended:
Personal (no network) - HP P2035
• Black: Up to 30 ppm • Resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi • Monthly volume: 25,000 pages
Small Work Group (networked) - HP P3005n
• Black: Up to 35 ppm • Resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi • Monthly volume: Up to 100,000 pages
Medium Work Group (networked) - HP P4015n
• Black: Up to 52 ppm • Resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi • Monthly volume: 225,000 pages
Large Work Group (networked) - HP 9050n
• Black: Up to 50 ppm • Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi [with HP FastRes 1200 and Resolution Enhancement technology (REt)] • Monthly volume: Up to 300,000 pages
Small Color (networked) - HP CP2025n
• Black: Up to 21 ppm • Color: Up to 21 ppm • Monthly volume: Up to 55,000 pages
Large Color (networked) - HP 4700
• Black: Up to 31 ppm • Color: Up to 31 ppm • Monthly volume: Up to 85000 pages
Open Systems of Cleveland Inc. is extending discount pricing to all CSU students, faculty and staff. The same printers listed above are available for personal purchase.
Inkjet Printing
Inkjet printers, while convenient, are not very cost effective. They come with a low price but consumables cost 5-10 times that of laser printing. Assuming a purchase price of $250 for an inkjet printer and comparing it against an $800 color laser printer, it takes approximately 6000 pages of printing to reach an equivalent price point. Most users will print at least that many pages in one year. Contrasted with a $400 black/white laser printer, it takes 2500 pages of printing to reach an equivalent price point.
Inkjet printers print their high color ppm in Draft mode. Normal or Best modes are typically 1/3 of the speed of the draft mode. When contrasted to the equivalent laser speeds, inkjet printers are very slow.
Duty ratings on a $250 inkjet printer tend to be 5000 pages per month while Laser printers are 10,000+ per month. Laser printers are built to manage larger quantities of print for longer periods of time.
Work Group Printing
Larger laser printers have a reduced cost per page and a much higher duty rating (1/2 the cost of smaller laser printers and 1/10 the cost of inkjet printers). If a larger printer can be purchased and shared between a group of people, printing costs can be reduced significantly.
Consider the following example:
5 people using personal laser printers
5 x $400 price for an HP 1300 = $2000
500 pages per month x 12 months x 5 users x .022 per page = $660
5 people sharing a work group laser printer
1 x $1000 for an HP 2300 = $1000
500 pages per month x 12 months x 5 users x .019 per page = $570
The cost of using personal laser printers is $2660 versus work group printing at $1570 – a significant cost savings. When larger numbers of users share larger printers, the cost savings become even more significant.
Last Updated 10/31/08
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