Discussion Ink consumption sublimation

[500orange]

Hey all,

I am interested to know what are you ink consumptions per m2/square foot for sublimation.
All dealers are telling me I should calculate 15ml/m2 but after some calculations we are really using 1-1.5ml/m2 with Epson f6300 and 2ml/m2 with Mutoh XPJ 1642.
Ink limit is set to 200-220%, depending on the product/profile.

I am not sure whether I am making a calculation error or that is a reality.

 

[500orange]

Is nobody calculating the ink consumptions and willing to share?

 

[hybriddesign]

We used to calculate it but it always seemed a lost cause as ink cost is relatively low and we'd loose a lot of ink in ink bags that had chips that errored out and issues like that. It also seemed like the dealer estimates were pretty far off as well.

 

[500orange]

Do you remember what your calculations were? It makes sense to account for lost ink as well.
If consumption is 15ml/m2 then cost, at least for our margins, is significant. If it is really 1-2ml/m2 then I agree, cost is nothing.

 

[hybriddesign]

It's been to long to look for the spreadsheets but I think it was $0.15-.25 per square foot. It's hard though as a lot of times we're printing transfers for apparel and the majority of the paper is white space. That's why in the end we just stopped. It's a different story if you're doing displays as that stuff is usually big blocks of color. We print a lot of towels and it was helpful for that but some designs are just so much more saturated than others that it really throws things off. Sorry, wish I could help more. I think that some rips will do the calculations for you.