HP reduces toner yield

June 24, 2019

HP has issued a statement advising resellers that they are reducing the yield on selected “A” range laser toner cartridges.

According to the statement HP is striving to deliver competitive pricing for their managed print services and high usage customers. However, they are introducing changes to the yield on selected “A” cartridges to deliver “reasonable yields”. HP “X” cartridges will remain the same.

The cartridges in question are in the table below and the impacted yields are in red.

Cartridge SKU	SEL	Original Yield (Bk/Col)	Updated Yield (Bk/Col)	Yield Change
CF400A-403A	21A	1500 / 1400	1420 / 1330	5%
CF280A	80A	2700	2560	5%
CF287A	87A	9000	8550	5%
CF210A	131A	1600 / 1800	1520 / 1800	5%
CF410A	305A	2200 / 2600	2090 / 2600	5%
CF380A		2400 / 2700	2280 / 2700	5%

 

No mention of pricing was contained in the statement, but dealers expect the prices of “A” cartridges to remain the same. In effect increasing the cost for lower volume users.

Editors Opinion: The thinking around the world is to reduce the amount of plastics that are produced. Reducing toner content by 5 percent effectively means that HP will need to increase production of “A” cartridges by 5 percent. Not exactly sustainability in action.

Categories : World Focus

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