Comments on: What 5 Percent Coverage Page Looks Like http://blog.tonercartridgedepot.com/2008/01/17/what-5-percent-coverage-page-looks-like/ Get to know printer industry news, articles and announces at Toner Cartridge Depot Official Blog Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:47:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Sense http://blog.tonercartridgedepot.com/2008/01/17/what-5-percent-coverage-page-looks-like/#comment-9749 Sense Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:30:35 +0000 http://blog.tonercartridgedepot.com/2008/01/17/what-5-percent-coverage-page-looks-like/#comment-9749 Lord Printman, above me, said: "The reason why 5% is used as a standard is so that it is easily comparable and easy to calculate on the spot." And by your own admission, a full page of text is really around 12% coverage. If the whole reason for using 5% is make calculations easier, then why the hell haven't they used an almost full page, say hmmm, 10% (wow, what a nice number to deal with). Lord Printman, above me, said:

“The reason why 5% is used as a standard is so that it is easily comparable and easy to calculate on the spot.”

And by your own admission, a full page of text is really around 12% coverage.

If the whole reason for using 5% is make calculations easier, then why the hell haven’t they used an almost full page, say hmmm, 10% (wow, what a nice number to deal with).

]]> By: Greg http://blog.tonercartridgedepot.com/2008/01/17/what-5-percent-coverage-page-looks-like/#comment-8304 Greg Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:07:00 +0000 http://blog.tonercartridgedepot.com/2008/01/17/what-5-percent-coverage-page-looks-like/#comment-8304 I would expect 5% coverage to mean that 5% of the paper is covered with ink or toner. It looks like it is closer to being 1% of the paper covered when they claim 5% coverage. I would expect 5% coverage to mean that 5% of the paper is covered with ink or toner. It looks like it is closer to being 1% of the paper covered when they claim 5% coverage.

]]> By: Lord Printman http://blog.tonercartridgedepot.com/2008/01/17/what-5-percent-coverage-page-looks-like/#comment-7245 Lord Printman Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:39:55 +0000 http://blog.tonercartridgedepot.com/2008/01/17/what-5-percent-coverage-page-looks-like/#comment-7245 That is NOT what 5% looks like. That is much more like 2%, which means the "full page" of text yields to be approximately 12% coverage. The reason why 5% is used as a standard is so that it is easily comparable and easy to calculate on the spot. It may be misleading to people who do not know anything about printers/printing, but it can be easily researched from the product's webpages. At say, 5000 pages at 5% coverage, and you know you're going to bringing primarily printing pages wtih about 12% coverage, you can easily do the maths in your head (12/5=2.4, thus 5000->~2000 pages). Whereas, if they were to calculate the "more standard" page size, you'd have numbers at like 1300 at 30% coverage, and in my opinion calculating for 12% is slightly more of a challenge for most people to do on the spot while browsing for printers in a store. An improvement would be to list different coverage percentages and corresponding uses for those percentages. Eg full page text xxxx 12% w/ standard font, xxxx lecture slides with pictures 30%, xxxx full page picture 80%, etc. Just be sure to do your research so that you understand the information provided by the manufacturers and you'll have no trouble choosing a printer. That is NOT what 5% looks like. That is much more like 2%, which means the “full page” of text yields to be approximately 12% coverage. The reason why 5% is used as a standard is so that it is easily comparable and easy to calculate on the spot.

It may be misleading to people who do not know anything about printers/printing, but it can be easily researched from the
product’s webpages.

At say, 5000 pages at 5% coverage, and you know you’re going to bringing primarily printing pages wtih about 12% coverage, you can easily do the maths in your head (12/5=2.4, thus 5000->~2000 pages). Whereas, if they were to calculate the “more standard” page size, you’d have numbers at like 1300 at 30% coverage, and in my opinion calculating for 12% is slightly more of a challenge for most people to do on the spot while browsing for printers in a store.

An improvement would be to list different coverage percentages and corresponding uses for those percentages. Eg full page text xxxx 12% w/ standard font, xxxx lecture slides with pictures 30%, xxxx full page picture 80%, etc.

Just be sure to do your research so that you understand the information provided by the manufacturers and you’ll have no trouble choosing a printer.

]]> By: Young Kim http://blog.tonercartridgedepot.com/2008/01/17/what-5-percent-coverage-page-looks-like/#comment-570 Young Kim Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:00:26 +0000 http://blog.tonercartridgedepot.com/2008/01/17/what-5-percent-coverage-page-looks-like/#comment-570 I appreciate the information here. I was shopping for laser toner and they kept saying 5% xxxx pages, and I had no clue what that 5% meant and I automatically assumed it to be sort of inferior because it was a LOW number. Well, I guess if it's measured as 5%, it's a little disadvantage for users and sellers are over-representing their products because we rarely fill up the pages just 5%, for me it's more like 10-15%. Anyways Thank you so much! I appreciate the information here.
I was shopping for laser toner and they kept saying 5% xxxx pages, and I had no clue what that 5% meant and I automatically assumed it to be sort of inferior because it was a LOW number.

Well, I guess if it’s measured as 5%, it’s a little disadvantage for users and sellers are over-representing their products because we rarely fill up the pages just 5%, for me it’s more like 10-15%.

Anyways Thank you so much!

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