average cost for home printing
Paper. The average price for 20 lb printer paper seems to run between $4 and $6 dollars for average quality paper, so we will use $5 for 500 sheets-or a penny a page, for both inkjet and laser printers. This is the type of paper used to print text, or text with some basic business graphics.nk for the Deskjet costs $15 for the black 60 cartridge, with an estimated page yield of 200 pages. The tri-color cartridge is $20, and has an approximate yield of 165 pages. Cost per page of black text is $15.00/200: $.075, or 7.5 cents a page for text.