Cost per Square Foot

[cssamerican]

What is the ink cost on a 260 latex machine? How does this compare to eco-solvent machines like the Mimaki JV33, Mutoh Valuejet, Epson, or a Roland?

 

[Gino]

Welcome from PA..............

 

[ChicagoGraphics]

About a buck 2.98 a sq. in

 

[ddarlak]

both awesome and acceptable answers....

 

[OldPaint]

start with the price of a cart of ink, put it in the machine, keep track of how many feet the machine prints when its empty)))))divide that into the cost of the cart. walla........................note: not all machines or carts will give you the same answer)))))))

 

[player]

$40 per hour.

 

[Gino]

$40 per hour.

Well, may wonders never cease....??

I thought you didn't play this game ??
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[SignManiac]

Don't forget, thin ink covers more s.f. than thick ink...

 

[cssamerican]

While the sarcasm is funny it isn't what I am looking for...I know every design uses a different amount of ink and it is impossible to give an exact price but averages are okay especially how the HP relates to the others. I was looking for something like: a full color design is usually somewhere between .40 to .50 a square, or it's about 50% higher than solvent machines. Just some general idea is what I was after. I thought I would get an honest answer here as oppose to asking the HP salesman

 

[Biker Scout]

Fine... it's going to run you between .26¢ - .32¢ per sq. ft. (Don't forget to add in the additional draw from your power meter because of the extra heat the machine needs to cure the inks)

To cover 1 sq ft it takes anywhere between 0.9ml – 1.5ml of ink. So, figure that out based on average cost of cartridge per ml.

 

[HulkSmash]

Fine... it's going to run you between .16¢ - .22¢ per sq. ft. (Don't forget to add in the additional draw from your power meter because of the extra heat the machine needs to cure the inks)

more like 30c a square.

i don't care what HP tells you it's basically the same as solvents in terms of cost.

 

[Biker Scout]

Fixed

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

We are averaging, $0.18/sq ft for ink, $0.12/sq ft for heads (This is a high average), and $0.17/sq ft for cleaning kits (changing the container every cycles).

We factor on $0.47/sq ft for 8 - 10 pass standard ink coverage.

 

[Khalil Raime]

We are averaging, $0.18/sq ft for ink, $0.12/sq ft for heads (This is a high average), and $0.17/sq ft for cleaning kits (changing the container every cycles).

We factor on $0.47/sq ft for 8 - 10 pass standard ink coverage.

Hello

Wow that is kind of high!!! Do you know if that applies to the 850 w are considering one or the vutek r3225. Any thoughts?

regards

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

The industrial machines are completely different... they don't use the cleaning cartridges and heads like the l series and their inks are cheaper due to quantity.