For selected laser models, why does HP offer different cartridges with different yields for the same printer?

Question

Options

• ASome countries have minimum amounts of pages to be printed from one cartridge, so different
• BDifferent purchasing powers across the globe require cartridge pricings and yields to be more
• CStatistical variation during production results in different filling levels for the toner, so HP classifies
• DCustomer needs and printing behaviours are different, so different yields meet these specific

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  8% (3)
• C
  18% (7)
• D
  72% (28)

Explanation

HP offers different cartridge yields for the same printer because customers have genuinely different printing needs - a small home user printing occasionally needs a standard-yield cartridge, while a high-volume office user benefits from a high-yield cartridge that costs less per page. Option D is correct because yield differentiation is a deliberate product strategy to match customer usage patterns, not a technical or regulatory necessity.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is fabricated - no such minimum-page-per-cartridge regulations exist in any major market.
• B conflates pricing strategy with yield strategy; HP may adjust pricing regionally, but yield differences exist even within the same country/market.
• C describes a manufacturing defect scenario - toner fill variation is controlled in production and would not result in HP classifying and selling cartridges at different yields as a feature.

Memory tip: Think "yield = usage fit." HP isn't reacting to laws (A), currency (B), or factory mistakes (C) - it's proactively matching the product to the customer's print volume, which is a classic market segmentation strategy.

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