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Configuration (7.00)
 The HP3600n has four toner cartridges—cyan, magenta, yellow, and black—utilizing HP’s ColorSphere ink technology. According to HP’s promotional materials, the toner particles are perfectly spherical, which creates brighter and sharper prints.
Value (7.50)
HP’s Supplies Status Page (see below) gives an estimated output volume of 4,000 sheets per color cartridge, which costs $129.99 on HP’s website, and 6,000 sheets per black cartridge, which costs $132.99. With a paper price of 9 cents a sheet for the Staples 100 percent recycled paper we use for testing, our calculated total cost per sheet for black documents was 11 cents per sheet and for color documents was 12 cents. These prices are cheaper than a close competitor, the Lexmark C532n, which costs 12 cents for black text per page and 14 cents per page for color toner.
Toner Management (8.00)
Toner management tools are only accessible via the unit’s menu, under the main Information option. The Supplies Status menu item lists whether each cartridge is OK or low. More information can be found on the Supplies Status Page, which can be printed out from the Information menu. This lists the estimated percentage of toner remaining in each cartridge, the number of pages printed, and the estimated number of pages remaining for each cartridge.
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