PAGE YIELD & PERFORMANCE

Ever wondered what page yield actually means to you?

Whether you are buying a genuine, compatible, or remanufactured cartridge an

important consideration should always be how many pages can I print from the

cartridge.

Now Mr. Mc Scrooge would meticulously keep a record of each and every printed

page, and be contacting his solicitors for false advertising if the numbers of printed

pages was below the quoted quantity by the supplier.

But do you wonder why a T0621 compatible cartridge might last say only 6 weeks on

your Elson StylusC68 printer, after the previous one from the same supplier at the

same rated page yield lasted 3 months. “Something’s wrong with the cartridge” you

cry. But probably not.

Often the reason is due to varying levels of usage. For instance the cartridge

that lasted only 6 weeks might have had to produce the invitations to the annual

school fete, which you had volunteered to do as a member of the parents & citizens

committee of your local school. Also that invitation contained an image of last year’s

fete, along with attractions on the reverse side.

Another reason that the printer cartridge appears to expire before the quoted

number of pages is due to the page coverage. Page yields are based on the industry

standard of 5% page coverage, although page yield is different for every printer.

Thus there is no single page sample that would represent 5% page yield for all

machines.

In the above example of the Epson T0621 compatible cartridge, at ABC Print

Supplies we quote a yield of 450 pages (at 5% coverage). But if you were printing at

a page coverage of 10%, simple maths tells us that you will only achieve 225 pages,

and if you were printing multiple images, then perhaps you should order two or more

cartridges.