Epson Expression Photo XP-8800 Ink Cost Per Page: Top of Its Class on Color, Bottom Third on Black Across All Types
The Epson Expression Photo XP-8800 is an inkjet printer that prints, copies and scans, with a touchscreen, automatic duplexing and Wi-Fi. It sells for $330. Running it costs $4.40 per 100 pages in black and $13.54 in color. The black figure comes from Epson's EP-340XL-BK cartridge, $22 for a rated 500 pages.
Among the 31 inkjet printers InkTax tracks, the Canon MAXIFY MB2720 is the cheapest to run: $216, with black at $4.17 and color at $13.16 against the XP-8800's $4.40 and $13.54, both per 100 pages. It adds fax and Ethernet, both absent here, and its 24 ppm far outpaces the XP-8800's 9.5 ppm. That leaves the XP-8800 2nd of 31 inkjets on color cost per page, just behind the MB2720's running-cost floor.
The Canon PIXMA G3270 is a tank printer that refills from bottles rather than cartridges. It sells for $249 and runs at $0.38 in black and $0.97 in color per 100 pages, a fraction of the XP-8800's running costs — though it drops automatic duplexing and the touchscreen the XP-8800 has.
Within Epson's own lineup, the WF-3820 sells for $200. It gains fax and a wired Ethernet port, neither present on the XP-8800, while copy, scan and duplex carry over unchanged. Its black cost of $4.36 sits close to what the XP-8800 charges, but its color cost of $14.45 runs higher.
The HP LaserJet Pro 4006dw, a mono laser that prints only, sells for $400 and runs at $2.23 in black per 100 pages — beneath the XP-8800's cost — and prints at 47 ppm. Across every type of printer InkTax tracks, the XP-8800 ranks 71st of 97 on black-and-white cost per page, bottom third overall, yet ranks 10th of 31 among inkjets on the same metric, within the top third of that class.