HP LaserJet Pro 3001dw Cost Per Page: A Family That Runs Leaner
The HP LaserJet Pro 3001dw is a mono laser printer that only prints, with auto-duplex and Wi-Fi built in, running at 35 ppm. It sells for $250 and costs $5.00 per 100 pages in black, a rate rooted in the HP-138X cartridge, which runs $150 for 3,000 pages.
Within HP's own mono laser line, the LaserJet M209dw undercuts it on both counts: $199 up front against the 3001dw's $250, and $4.37 against $5.00 per 100 pages, while matching its Wi-Fi, Ethernet and auto-duplex. The M209d drops the price further, to $159, but loses Wi-Fi and Ethernet along the way, at the same $4.37 per 100 pages running cost.
The 3001dw's $5.00 per 100 pages ties it with the HP LaserJet Pro MFP 3101fdw for 20th of 23 mono laser printers InkTax tracks, and 73rd of 97 across every type InkTax tracks. The 3101fdw itself adds copy, scan, fax and a touchscreen for $380.
Outside HP, the Canon imageCLASS MF264dw II beats it on both fronts as well: $229 to buy and $4.43 per 100 pages to run, adding copy, scan, fax and a touchscreen while matching its Wi-Fi and Ethernet.
The running-cost floor among mono laser printers belongs to the HP LaserJet Pro 4006dw, at $2.23 per 100 pages. It costs $400 up front and adds a touchscreen. It prints at 47 ppm.