What the ink on that print actually costs.
Per channel, with purge counted, and an honest answer to the question every UV owner asks second: how many of these before the first cartridge runs dry?
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Print size
Ink on this print
$0.09
0.286 mL · about 2m 54s on the machineOn the work0.256 mLPurge & priming0.031 mLPrints per set926
Ink only. The blank, the machine time, your labor and your margin are the rest of the price — the estimator adds those.
Where the ink goes
Prices are per millilitre. Change one and it saves to this printer.
whiteflood0.096 mL$0.03
cyan0.027 mL$0.01
magenta0.020 mL$0.01
yellow0.013 mL$0.00
black0.003 mL$0.00
glossflood0.096 mL$0.03
Set your real ink prices
Stock figure: a 600 mL set at $179.94 works out at $0.2999 per mL. Yours will differ.
What this assumes
- ·gloss empties first — at 100 mL a cartridge, that is 926 prints.
- ·Channels drain very unevenly here — buy the limiting color on its own rather than a whole set.
- ·Quality "standard" — ink × 1, 6 passes
- ·Purge and priming add 12%