HP OfficeJet Pro 9135e Ink Cost Per Page And Cost To Run Compared
The HP OfficeJet Pro 9135e is an inkjet all-in-one — print, copy, scan and fax, with a touchscreen — that sells for $430. It costs $3.80 per 100 pages to run in black and $15.25 in color, with the black figure set by its HP-936E-BK cartridge, $95 for a 2,500-page yield. That black rate ties for 1st among the 31 inkjet printers InkTax tracks, a mark two other models match.
Step down within HP's OfficeJet Pro line to the 8135e and the price falls to $230, with black running cost still $3.80 per 100 pages, though color climbs to $16.54 against $15.25. Move further down to HP's Envy Inspire 7255e and 7955e, priced at $200 and $250; running costs jump to $10.50 per 100 pages in black and $27.12 in color, and both lack fax and Ethernet, features the 9135e keeps.
The nearest rival from another brand, Epson's Expression Premium XP-7100, sells for $250 and costs $5.72 per 100 pages in black and $15.87 in color — pricier than the 9135e on both — while offering print, copy and scan but no fax, and topping out at 15.8 ppm against the HP's 25 ppm.
Canon's MAXIFY MB2720 holds the color running-cost floor among the inkjet printers InkTax tracks, at $13.16 per 100 pages against the HP's $15.25, and sells for $216 against the HP's $430. Its own black rate, $4.17 per 100 pages, runs higher than the 9135e's $3.80.
For a reader who prints color constantly, Canon's tank-based PIXMA G3270 undercuts every rate here — $0.38 per 100 pages in black, $0.97 in color, refilled from bottles rather than cartridges — at $249 up front. It drops fax, duplex, touchscreen and Ethernet, and is far slower, at 11 ppm against the HP's 25 ppm.