8750 vs Designjet 30 printing costs

[JimSwift]

I am looking for print cost data for the Designjet 30 and 8750, to help me choose between these two. (Print cost is not the only factor, but I do not have much data on print costs)

One source suggests that the 8750 could be 50% more costly for colour, but comparable for b/w.

I have seen a figure of 1$ for a (test) 11x17 print on the D130. There was also another posting I saw that gave print cost details on Designjet printers, but I cannot find that reference now.

If anyone has any data on this topic or can point me to some place that has such data, that would be great.

Many thanks

Jim Swift

[AntonioDias]

On a cartridge ink volume basis the 8750 will cost twice a much to run as the DesignJet 30. Further taking into account that the 8750 has multi-tank cartridges and the DJ30 uses single tanks, I would not be surprised if the running cost of the 8750 is 3x or 4x the running cost of the DesignJet.