The Cost Difference

A monochrome page costs 3-7 KZT. A color page costs 20-50 KZT, because four toners and four times as many consumable components are involved.

The Hidden Trap

In a color device, toner is consumed even on nearly all-black documents: black is often "mixed in" from color components. A logo in the letterhead turns every document into a color print job.

How to Determine If You Need Color

  • Check the quarterly counter report: how many pages are actually in color.
  • If it's under 10%, a color device for the whole office won't pay off.
  • Optimal setup: monochrome MFPs per department plus one shared color device for everyone.

An Essential Setting

Set black-and-white printing as the default mode in the driver. Employees print in color "because that's the default," not because color is actually needed — this one setting alone cuts costs by tens of percent.