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SP300 Genuine Ink printing costs
OK I’m still using the genuine ink in my SP300 and I’m not thinking of going over to bulk feed at the moment but my question is average printing costs
Say I’m printing 1ft of vinyl at 760mm wide then what is the rough cost…. full ink coverage and high res image printed
Trying to work out what it’s costing me on jobs so I know what kinda mark up i’m actually getting
I’ve been told different figures from different suppliers but hey it’s not like we can trust them :lol1:
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4 Replies
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John,
If I remember correctly an SP-300 will print 75 metres of material on a set of inks, although that is full coverage I can’t remember what the print setting was. In SignLab there are 4 settings – draft, standard, fine and best. I think that would have been for the standard setting, best obviously uses more.
Not a lot of help but it’s a start. -
Depends, if you are talking just ink cost or media as well, power and depreciation on machine and wear and tear, I would think the ink is the least cost overall
Ian -
in your case John, you need to be charging at least £30/sq mtr minimum for anything u are trying to do, the printer should never really go over £10 per sq mtr in consumable costs
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I did work it a while ago, well a few years ago actually 🙂
It worked out a roughly £4.50 sqr meter, Uniform Cadet using solvent inks, this included waste.
I use a bulk system on mine and it is a lot cheaper but you have to be using it regularly.
I don’t think you can get the Roland inks in bulk so you’ll have to swap over to some other brand.Steve
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