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  Working out the costs on Mimaki Rasterlink

  Posted by Benjamin Hall on 12 January 2017 at 18:22

  Hi,

  I have been told that the Roland rip program tells you how much ink be used on each print (beforehand), is there any advice for Mimaki users?

  I use Rasterlink Pro5SG and I can only see the ink being used after a print.

  Would be really helpful if anyone knows how to predict how much ink will be used or how much its costs to print on these machines?

  I have a Mimaki CJV 30.

  Thanks in advance.

  Martin Lemiesz replied 8 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  David Hammond

  Member

  12 January 2017 at 19:40

  Print a 500x500mm square of registration black, see how much ink it says it’s used, multiply by 4 there’s an approximate cost per Sq/m.

  It will vary from profile to profile, but in the grand scheme of things ink cost will be negligible.

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  Benjamin Hall

  Member

  13 January 2017 at 10:42

  Good idea, cheers

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  Martin Lemiesz

  Member

  14 January 2017 at 21:05

  Price of ink divided by ml to work ouy price per ml then check how many ml used in rasterlink times price per ml = ink cost for the job

  Example £80 per 440cart 80/440=0.18p
  Ink used on the job for example 23ml x 0.18 = 4.14
  You could print 1x1m image and use above to figure out how much it cosy you to print 1m2

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