Serious talk about inkjet printers. Inkjet printing ink consumption calculation
This article will primarily be of interest to beginners. After all, before starting any business, I want to know at least the approximate return on the new event.
Some people think that you can’t earn much from sublimation alone, but there are those who, on the contrary, see in this technology a storehouse of ideas and an unlimited source for making money.
There is no point in arguing about this. Moreover, the concept of “a lot of money” is different for everyone. Therefore, it is easier to identify guidelines, show opportunities, and then the person himself will figure out whether it is worth taking on this business or not.
To find out the potential profit, you need, first of all, to know the cost of our products. We will now deal with these calculations.
1. Let’s calculate how much it will cost us to make one mug:
a) We calculate the cost of the mug itself. Prices for them vary from supplier to supplier. I buy for 39 rubles and have not yet seen it cheaper. Therefore, we take the price of a mug for 39 rubles.
b) Now let’s calculate the cost of printing our template on a printer.
When a sheet of A4 is completely filled, 0.8 - 1.0 ml of ink is consumed. Let's take a maximum of 1 ml. The cost of ink, like mugs, again varies everywhere. I buy 1080 rubles for 250 ml of each color. You calculate according to your prices.
The cost of the sublimation paper that I use is 3.8 rubles per A4 sheet.
4.3 + 3.8 = 8.1 rubles – the cost of printing an A4 sheet when fully filled.
On one such sheet I place three templates per mug, measuring 20 x 9 cm, which means 8.1: 3 = 2.7 rubles - the cost of printing a template for one mug.
c) Instead of thermal tape, I also use strips of thermal transfer film for transfer, which I use several times, and therefore its cost becomes so insignificant that it can be neglected. But let's add 0.3 rubles per template to round up the amount.
All that remains is to sum up all the expenses:
39 + 2.7 + 0.3 = 42 rubles
This is the cost of our mug!
If you set the selling price at 250 rubles and, for example, left 30 rubles to the kindergarten, then your net profit will be:
250 – 42 – 30 = 178 rubles!
If you manage to sell 200 mugs a month (and believe me, this is not so difficult) and 35,600 rubles will be yours.
Of course, in addition to direct costs, such as mugs, paper, ink, there are also indirect ones - costs of electricity, wear and tear of equipment, possible defects during operation, and even refueling your car with gasoline for a trip to kindergarten– you will have to pay for all this out of your own pocket.
But even with these expenses, if you sell 200 mugs a month, you can earn more than $1,000.
The cost of a T-shirt is 140 - 190 rubles + 8.1 rubles for printing a picture in A4 format = rounded 150 - 200 rubles.
Not bad, considering that the selling price of a T-shirt ranges from 500 to 700 rubles.
3. We also consider making puzzles:
A4 blank costing 90 - 100 rubles + 8.1 rubles for printing a drawing = cost about 100 - 110 rubles.
The selling price for puzzles of this size is 350 rubles.
You may have to fork out more on packaging for puzzles, but you can shift this problem onto the shoulders of the buyer by including packaging in the final cost.
The main thing is that you must understand the principle of calculating the cost of your products and, based on it, set retail prices.
You haven’t forgotten - water doesn’t flow under a lying stone!
At inkjet printing ink is consumed in several ways. Most of the cartridge's ink is used to print documents, photographs, and other materials. However, some ink is inevitably consumed to maintain the print head; some ink remains; and part of it evaporates. This use of ink is, to one degree or another, typical for inkjet printers of all brands. The methods used to measure text and photo print yields do not take into account the ink usage described above and, therefore, actual yields may differ markedly from those stated (at: and Inkjet Photo Printer Media Consumption).HP designs inkjet printing systems to achieve greater cost-effectiveness per print while using a certain amount of ink to maintain the printing system itself, resulting in outstanding print quality throughout the life of the printer.
When printing, part of the ink is consumed to prepare the printer for operation.HP offers two main types of printheads for inkjet printers: a printhead built into the cartridge (integrated printhead - IPH) and a printhead with long term manual integrated into the printer and used with individual cartridges (IIC). When starting up and calibrating both IPH and IIC printers, some ink is consumed to ensure reliable operation printer and optimal print quality. IIC printers may use some ink to prepare the long life printhead for use by purging conservation fluid from the printhead and pumping ink through it. IIC printers may use more ink to prepare for printing than IPH printers due to additional startup procedures. When installing a replacement cartridge on an IIC or IPH printer, initializing the replacement cartridge requires some ink consumption.
Some of the ink is used to maintain the print head and prevent it from cloggingOver time, the print head nozzles become clogged with microscopic dust particles or dried ink. The nozzles are kept clean through maintenance, which includes wiping the surface with a small rubber brush, blowing ink through the nozzles to remove foreign particles and prevent drying, and pumping with ink to clean the print head. To ensure that the printer can be used for both color and black-and-white printing at any time, the process of servicing the print head typically consumes ink from each cartridge, even if only black or only color ink is required to print a document.
Over time, microscopic air bubbles build up in the ink, which can collect in long life cycle (IIC) printheads and prevent the ink from flowing through. In some IIC printers, air bubbles may also form as a result of replacing the cartridge. Air bubbles can be removed by pumping them out of the print head. Removing air bubbles consumes some ink. On IIC systems, ink different colors can use the same print head. Replacing a single-color cartridge also uses up some ink from other color cartridges if they share the same printhead.
Time between print jobs affects ink remainingThe remaining ink available for printing depends on various factors, including how the printer is used and how the printing system uses ink to print and maintain reliable operation. In general, if you use your printer regularly, you will use less ink for maintenance. Compared to short intervals between print jobs, long intervals between prints require more intensive maintenance of the print head and nozzles. More intensive procedures require more ink. Maintenance procedures can also be caused by other circumstances, such as the amount of ink used when reinstalling a cartridge that has been stored for an extended period of time.
Residual inkAvoid leaking cartridges while still allowing ink to flow through the printer. A small amount of ink remains in a used cartridge. Just as it is impossible to squeeze out all the toothpaste, you cannot use all the ink contained in the cartridge. Additionally, when you replace a tri-color cartridge, some ink may remain because the different colors of ink were used in unequal proportions.
Some ink evaporates over timeOver time, the ink in the cartridges evaporates. As a result, the amount of ink available for use is reduced and chemical composition can change. Cartridges cannot be stored in completely sealed conditions due to differences in altitudes above sea level during transportation, as well as differences in storage and operation temperatures. HP cartridges are designed to perform reliably even after long pre-sale storage periods and for many months after they are installed in the printer.
Color ink can be used to print text or graphics in black and whiteSometimes, to improve print quality or improve printer reliability, color ink is used even when printing black-and-white text and graphics documents. Many HP printers use chemical reactions, which serve to improve the quality and durability of images for black-and-white text and graphic documents on plain paper. This is achieved by adding small amounts of colored ink to specific areas of black. Some dark images that appear black can be created by mixing black ink with color ink. When printing black-and-white images and photographs, by mixing colors and obtaining composite black, better and smoother transitions between halftones are obtained than when printing with black ink alone. In some inkjet printers Uses pigmented black ink that is not compatible with some inkjet photo papers. In this case, dark or black areas are created using colored ink. (The resource testing is carried out for all cartridges - black and color - installed in the printer. Additional information see at: Page yield for inkjet printing.
For users who only print with black ink (despite lower print quality), many HP printers offer a choice of additional features. For example, by setting the color in the driver, you can set the function to print using only black ink (the “print in grayscale using only black cartridge” option in the print settings). In addition, many IPH printers can operate in a "standby mode", which allows the user to continue printing with only the black cartridge if the color cartridge is not installed or has been removed from the printer. On HP IIC systems, all supplies must be installed for the printer to function .
Custom Settings (Print Modes)The user can also influence the amount of ink used when printing photos or documents. By selecting different print modes in the driver, you can change the amount of ink used. In general, all draft modes on plain paper produce lower print quality and use less ink than normal mode Print on plain paper by default.
ConclusionWhen printing, ink is used for various purposes, from preparing the printer for printing to actually printing documents, photographs and other similar materials. HP designs inkjet printing systems to achieve greater cost-efficiency on each print, while using a specified amount of ink to maintain the printing system itself, resulting in outstanding print quality throughout the life of the printer.
Inkjet printers are excellent printing devices that can be used in all areas of life. They do an excellent job of printing images, as well as various documents.
Unfortunately, printing costs on inkjet printers are very high due to expensive consumables, which are enough for a small number of images; of course, if you print documents, then the cartridge life may be enough for more long time, but still it will be very expensive pleasure. Employees of the company “Everything for the Printer” analyzed the ink consumption when printing images and text and this is what came out of it!
First of all, we printed 10 images on the most popular paper sizes, and as a result:
For printing photographs, A6 paper is mainly used, less often than A4, so you will use significantly more ink to print A4 images. Next we will look at how many images you can print using 100 ml. ink.
Based on previous calculations, we see the following figures:
A relatively small volume of ink will be enough for you to completely fill your photo album with excellent images, and the amount of money you spend depends on you, based on what consumables you choosed. If your choice fell on original products, then be prepared to spend a lot on small-capacity cartridges. If you use CISS or PZK, then the costs will be significantly lower, but you should take their choice more seriously. If you print significantly more, then you will be wondering how long the other volumes of ink will last.
For example 250 ml. you will have enough for:
In turn, 1 l. each color of ink will allow you to print:
Let's move on to calculating ink consumption for printing text:
At 5% page coverage, 8 ml. You will have enough ink for 320 high-quality prints, so we can conclude that printing documents using an inkjet printer is very profitable, and you will also be able to print various illustrations as attachments to documents.
From the above it follows that an inkjet printer can also be used to print documents, since the results were beyond praise.
If you use an inkjet printer, then you will be wondering how much money you need to spend on 100ml., 250ml. and 1 l. original or alternative inks. Let's take an example of the cost of ink for the Epson Stylus Photo T50 printer.
Original cartridges:
Original consumables are expensive, and cartridges are produced in only small volumes, so they require frequent replacement.
100 ml. original ink of each color is approximately 14 sets of original cartridges. Which will cost you 39,480 rubles.
250 ml. original ink of each color is approximately 35 sets of original cartridges. Which will cost you 98,700 rubles.
1 l. original ink of each color is approximately 140 sets of original cartridges. Which will cost you 394,800 rubles.
Using CISS and PZK:
CISS and PZK use ink from alternative manufacturers. Print quality depends on the quality of the ink you choose. With these consumables, you save a huge amount of money, since you only pay for ink, and the containers do not require replacement and can be refilled an unlimited number of times.
One set of 100ml ink. will cost you 900 rubles. Compared to original cartridges, you save 43 times more money.
One set of 250 ml ink. will cost you 1680 rubles. Compared to original cartridges, you save 58 times more money.
One set of 1 liter ink. will cost you 4270 rubles. Compared to original cartridges, you save 92 times more money.
Based on all the calculations, you can decide which consumables will satisfy you from a technical and monetary point of view. Would you like to save money? Or will you continue to use original cartridges?
I would like to know the real and not calculated ink consumption on Epson printers.
Anyone who prints a lot, please tell me how many hundreds (thousands, millions) of sheets the ink is enough for when using CISS.
Write down what kind of ink you have, how much of it was in the original container and how long it lasted for you.
Not long ago I bought a printer (Epson SPR240), installed a CISS from resetters on it and my black ink was already gone so well, although I only printed 970 A4 pages.
I printed mostly text - in photo and text_and_pictures modes
The pump was turned off just a couple of days ago.
I use VVM E07-C\M\Y, E50-B ink
I raised the question because I am tormented by doubts that 15,000 pages of A4 text on 200 ml black ink is an unrealistic figure.
It will be good if we can squeeze out at least 10,000.
Do you print leaflets on an inkjet machine? :) An unaffordable luxury!
My observations: when using original cartridges and when printing full-color A4 photographs, after 20-40 sheets you will need to change some kind of cartridge. Or everything in old monoblock systems.
gopnicsdeath (Feb 8 2007, 04:10 PM) wrote:
Write down what kind of ink you have, how much of it was in the original container and how long it lasted for you.
Write down how many sheets of texts + photographs you managed to print.
If the pump is disabled, be sure to indicate this.
I've been printing for 4 years now on Epson C8... series. I print a lot, about 75-100 A4 sheets on each printer (I have 4 of them) daily. Driver settings best photo, matt paper. That is, the maximum ink consumption is obtained. WWM E-07 universal ink (the cheapest). At first I turned off the pump, but then gave up on this matter. Anyway, the printer does not last longer than six months! And all this time I was trying to calculate the ink consumption. Alas, the numbers turned out to be so floating that I finally gave up racking my brains. It all depends on the image that is printed. The darker the picture, the higher the ink consumption. Why do you even need to count expenses? That's what CISS is for!
| Message Posted 08 February 2007 - 17:07 Episode
terik (Feb 8 2007, 04:58 PM) wrote:
Anyway, the printer does not last longer than six months!
:o:D
2 gopnicsdeath
Resetters not only has a forum, but also a website (shop) where the question you raised is described in such detail that there is nothing to add.
| Message Posted 08 February 2007 - 17:40 gopnicsdeath
I know, but their information, as I understand it, is calculated based on the fact that 1 page of text is filled with 5% black, and most likely with the pump turned off. But I would like to see real numbers.
It is especially interesting how many texts can be printed.
(Of course, I understand - the texts are also different, but if a couple of people post their numbers here, then it will be at least roughly visible)
And I print everything I can get my hands on in good quality :)
Any amateur radio literature, for example.
Oh, another radio amateur! :)
I doubt that the ink consumption data is posted taking into account the pump being turned off.
Roughly estimate this: when printing text, the paper is assumed to fill the paper with ink at 5%.
When completely filled with different colors of ink (photo) - 100%.
A simple arithmetic operation in this case will show that 100% is 20 times greater than 5%.
All you have to do is use your brains and a calculator with a slide rule to calculate how much area on your prints is occupied by full fill and how much by text. :)
Now about the main thing: The point is not in CISS. The dog is with her! The point is in alternative (cheaper) inks. Of course, installing CISS also involves less losses. There is nothing to hope for when turning off the pump - the main savings in case of installing a CISS is the ABSENCE OF A GUARANTEED INK REMAINS IN THE CARTRIDGE (at least 25-30%) provided by the printer manufacturer in order to avoid problems.
Some will hang themselves for five percent. And here - 25 in the trash when replacing a branded cartridge!
Not everything is so rosy. Some users are highly recommended NOT TO BE INTERFERRED with alternatives. Well, like, not fate.
“I’m unlucky in death. I’ll be lucky in love!” (c)
There is nothing to hope for when turning off the pump - the main savings in the case of installing a CISS is the ABSENCE OF A GUARANTEED INK REMAINDER IN THE CARTRIDGE (at least 25 -30%)
Maybe the authority of YuKhi will reach the brains of the pump switches? ;)
| Message Posted 08 February 2007 - 23:21 protz
Anyway, the printer does not last longer than six months
:o
I doubt
100 sheets a day and for half a year?
Let's count: :)
100 sheets per day x 365 days = 36,500 sheets. - if all year
100 sheets x 210 days = 21000 - if the printer is used in the office.
In this case, you need to take into account what is being printed - A4 photo or text... However... The printer will not last even a year with such a load in any case;) There are laser printers for such purposes;)
Episode (Feb 8 2007, 05:06 PM) wrote:
2 gopnicsdeath
Resetters not only has a forum, but also a website (shop) where the question you raised is described in such detail that there is nothing to add.
I'll deviate a little from the topic.
We read what is written on the CISS box:
"Printing 1 A4 photo consumes approximately 1-1.5 ml of ink."
at the same time, it also says “high-quality ink costs between 50-100 dollars per liter.” In total, it turns out that it costs from 5 to 15 cents per A4 sheet.
And accordingly, in the photo 10*15 - from 1.25 to 3.75 cents. Which at the current exchange rate is from 35 kopecks. up to 1 rub.
We read further: “if when printing with original ink the cost of a print is 70-90 kopecks, then when using CISS + non-original inks it is only 4-5 kopecks!”
Question. Even we're talking about about Ukrainian kopecks, then IMHO the numbers still don’t match;)
protz (Feb 9 2007, 12:21 AM) wrote:
100 sheets a day and for half a year?
with such a load it should work for 30 years
If you print texts in black, it is quite possible. But in my case, full-color images are printed at maximum settings and speeds (best photo, matt paper, high speed). The printing speed of C84, C86 and C87 in such modes is 6 minutes A4 sheet. Accordingly, 100 sheets is 10 hours of continuous printing. Media density 250-300g. Unfortunately, it is mainly the printer mechanics that cannot withstand such conditions. I'm not saying that the printer is dying for good; it can still be used for printing texts. The quality of full-color printing drops and neither lubrication, nor cleaning, nor head calibration helps!
| Message Posted 09 February 2007 - 15:27 gopnicsdeath
I printed 1,100 A4 pages of text with a small amount of graphics on my printer.
As a result, there was 150 ml of black ink left, 180 ml of all the others (yesterday I filled the Pro containers to capacity, there was no more ink left in the jars)
My pump was turned on.
It turns out that 50 ml of black ink and 20 ml of color ink were used for 1,000 pages of text (with the pump turned on)
So 1 ml of black is enough for about 10 A4 pages
Probably in my case, half of all the ink used was consumed by the pump.
After this, I think there is no need to doubt the need to turn off the pump.
From here it is clear that the stated figure of 15,000 pages of text is unrealistic.
Unless you take a liter of black ones :)
After simple calculations, it turns out that approximately 4,000 A4 pages of text can be printed, or up to 8,000 if the pump is turned off.
Now I will conduct another experiment, see how long 50 ml of ink will last, but with the pump turned off, I will turn it on only if cleaning is really needed.
We open any price list on the Internet and estimate:
Initial data:
a) Photo printing paper Lomond 0102035 (10x15cm, 230gsm, 50l., glossy) - 64 rub.
b) Photo printing paper Lomond 0102034 (10x15cm, 230g/sq.m, 50l., matte) - 44 rub.
c) Photo printing paper Lomond 0102082 (10x15cm, 230gsm, 500l., glossy) - 412 rub.
d) Photo printing paper Lomond 0102084 (10x15cm, 230gsm, 500l., matte) - 326 rub.
e) Set of original cartridges C13T048140BA for Epson Stylus Photo R200 - RUB 1,340.
e) Set of compatible cartridges for Epson Stylus Photo R200 (13 ml.) - 6x132=792 rub.
g) Set of CISS or refillable cartridges for EPSON Stylus Photo R200/R220 - 1050 RUR.
h) InkTec ink set for CISS (125 ml.) for EPSON Stylus Photo R200/R220 - 6x100=600 rub.
The resource of the cartridges (we will assume that they are consumed equally) is 430 pages of A4 format at 5% filling, i.e. 86 pages of A4 format at 25% coverage, i.e. 86 photos 10x15 (or 86/4=21.5 A4 sheets with 100% filling, since an A4 sheet is 4 10x15 photos when printed without borders).
Ink resource for CISS 125 ml. - 826 photos 10x15 (86x125:13).
It turns out:
1) with a set of original cartridges:
d+a = 15.58+1.28 = 16.86 rub. for 1 print
d+b = 15.58+0.88 = 16.46 rub. for 1 print
d+v = 15.58+0.83 = 16.41 rub. for 1 print
d+g = 15.58+0.65 = 16.23 rub. for 1 print
in the photo lab they charge 4 rubles. per print 10x15
2) with a set of compatible cartridges:
e+a = 9.21+1.28 = 10.49 rub. for 1 print
e+b = 9.21+0.88 = 10.09 rub. for 1 print
e+b = 9.21+0.83 = 10.04 rub. for 1 print
e+g = 9.21+0.65 = 9.86 rub. for 1 print
3) with a set of CISS (first 800 photos):
f+h+a = 1.27+0.73+1.28 = 3.28 rub. for 1 print
f+h+a = 1.27+0.73+0.88 = 2.88 rub. for 1 print
f+h+a = 1.27+0.73+0.83 = 2.83 rub. for 1 print
g+h+a = 1.27+0.73+0.65 = 2.65 rub. for 1 print
4) with a set of CISS (all subsequent photos):
z+a = 0.73+1.28 = 2.01 rub. for 1 print
z+a = 0.73+0.88 = 1.61 rub. for 1 print
z+a = 0.73+0.83 = 1.56 rubles. for 1 print
z+a = 0.73+0.65 = 1.38 rub. for 1 print
Is the difference between 16.46 and 2.88 noticeable?
Roughly speaking, when printing 6 thousand photographs (and for home + family + friends this is through the roof, enough for 4-5 years) you will spend 98,760 rubles. for paper and original cartridges, or 10,709 rubles. on paper and CISS. The difference is 88 pieces - consider a good computer + 24" monitor as a gift!
These are the maximum costs, because In my calculations, the print took 100% of each of the 6 colors, but in reality there will be a maximum of 20-40% of each color, i.e. the cost of a print is still two times cheaper.
Often, novice users of Epson printing devices ask the question of how much ink a particular printer model uses for a certain print format.
The answer to this question is very simple; fortunately (or not), Epson does not spoil us with any delights in image rasterization technology. And for the past ten years, the average ink consumption has been about 1 ml. for a high-quality A4 print. Those. For a 10*15cm photo, ink consumption will be about 0.25ml.
Is this a lot or not? Let's make a simple calculation for the most popular photo format, the price of 70 ml of original ink for the Epson l805 printer for the period of 2017 is 950 rubles. By simple calculations we find that the print size is 10*15cm. the cost of ink will be almost 3.4 rubles.
Unfortunately, the consumption is not limited to this; it is necessary to increase cleaning during long periods of downtime. Ink spilling over the edges of photo paper when printing without borders. These ink losses are individual and cannot be calculated. In worst cases, the cost increases by another 30 percent.
You should remember a simple truth, the most unprofitable mode for printing on inkjet printers is daily printing of a piece of text or one photo. At the same time, more ink is spent to get the printer into operating mode than to print one copy.
DCTec offers ink for the Eson L805 printer and other printers from the “print factory” series at prices significantly lower than the original.
EverNew 510601 lightfast ink series - the lightfastness of this ink is comparable to the original. The cost of a set of 420 ml (6*70ml) is 1400 rubles. This means the cost of one photo will be 83 kopecks.
The cost of printing with original ink is about 3.4 rubles. per print size 10*15cm (excluding paper cost).
The cost of ink can be reduced by at least 4 times when using compatible DCTec inks.
Sincerely, site team
