Exact Photo Service purchased a new color printer at the beginning of Year 1 for $39,380. The printer is expected to have a four-year useful life and a $3,700 salvage value. The expected print production is estimated at $1,773,600 pages. Actual print production for the four years was as follows: Year 1 553,100
Year 2 479,600
Year 3 376,400
Year 4 393,500
Total 1,802,600
The printer was sold at the end of Year 4 for $3,950.
Required
a. Compute the depreciation expense for each of the four years, using double-declining-balance depreciation.
b. Compute the depreciation expense for each of the four years, using units-of-production depreciation.
c. Calculate the amount of gain or loss from the sate of the asset under each of the depreciation methods.