Toshiba e-Studio Erasable Toner 4508LP Questions

I've got the yield of the blue toner @21,500 pages.  Can anyone supply me with the cost of the blue toner.  This is erasable blue toner.

Ok, I was told today that there is no MSRP for the toner, however I was able to get dealer cost and confirmation that the stated yield is 21,500 pages.   

I'm going to double the price for the MSRP, thus the cost would or should be in the area of $187 per cartridge.  Which means based on 5% coverage the cost per page for toner only is .00869

I also needed to do some research on paper cost.  I'm going figure in 35.00 per case since the erasable system should be placed in colleges, universities, K12 and maybe some government.  At 35 per case with 5,000 sheets the cost for paper is .007 per sheet.

Here's another question.  When using the erasing mode does that count as a click?

1).  The new e4508LP uses the heat of the fuser to decolorize the blue toner to clear.  The seperate RD30 erasing device is still available and presents a few advantages. 

2). The MSRP does not include the seperate RD30 erasing device nor is it needed.

3). Not yet available.

4). Not yet available but probably.

5). Not yet available.

6). Regular 20 lb bond paper works fine.  28 lb bond paper will produce a better erase.

7). 45 cpm is the speed of black only. 35 cpm is the speed of the erase function as extra heat needs to penetrate the sheet of paper to get a good quality erase.

thank you!!  So, I guess the erasing will count as a click.  Thoughts?

I do not know yet.  The product is not yet released in my area until mid August.

There is an all inclusive cpc charge for the Erasable Blue toner.  The cost per copy analysis suggests that if on a 60 month lease you do not expect the the customer to erase more than 210,000 pages (3,500 pages per month) you can forget the parts cost and charge the same cpc as for Black at around $0.010 per page with a decent profit.

There is no charge other than the users effort to recycle pages printed with erasable blue.

If a sheet of paper costs $0.010 and Erasable Blue costs $0.010 you can make the case that printing in Erasable Blue is free due to the paper savings.  Actually if you were to reuse the same piece of paper three times, it saves your company even more to print in Erasable Blue.  Not to mention the reduction in CO2 and water by not using virgin paper all of the time.

It is possible with the built in reporting features of the copier, that a real Eco warrior could track the recycle usage (or lack there of) of fellow employees and send friendly reminders to congratulate or modify their behavior.

SSG, ty for this. In order to erase the blue toner, does the device count a click for that? 

There is no charge to erase pages.  A 3rd paper drawer would probably be useful.  Letter/ Legal/ Erasable.

The number of erased pages are recorded and displayed in the useful Paper Re-use Report which describes sheets of paper saved, CO2 saved and money saved.

The Eco-MFP can erase pages at 17.5 sheets per minute.