Gas Prices not so bad when you look at printer ink.

[false_Aesthetic]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/03/30/gas-price-comparison.html

"Oh, and don't think of printing this article and putting it on the fridge. Printer ink is a whopping $1,750 per litre."

My own quick calculations give me the following:

We get our 4800 inks for about $72 for 220ml which is about 32 cents/ml or ~ $1216/Gal.
Epson "78" ink cartridges contain about 7.4ml of ink and run about $15 ($2.03/ml). This is about $7,703/Gal!!!


What I'm getting from this data is that I need to convert my Matrix into a printer. I'd probably have to talk to Roy Harrington about a name-change for the rip. Maybe OcTaneRip :D

[Vaughn]

What kind of mileage does your printer get? Measured in square miles of paper per gallon of ink, I suppose...:cool:

[BrianShaw]

I seem to remember similar analysis back when gas soared to 2 bucks per gallon!

[E. von Hoegh]

Don't complain. $5763 per litre.

http://www.amazon.com/MOEBIUS-NATURAL-WATCH-OIL-8000/dp/B003JIIMA0

[Bill Burk]

It's not the gas that's expensive. It's the container.

[Michael Graves]

That's like saying, "I didn't notice my headache so much after I blew my foot off with a 12-gauge."

[Lenny Eiger]

We get our 4800 inks for about $72 for 220ml which is about 32 cents/ml or ~ $1216/Gal.
Epson "78" ink cartridges contain about 7.4ml of ink and run about $15 ($2.03/ml). This is about $7,703/Gal!!!


I buy my ink from Cone (inkjetmall.com). I get it by the liter, at $150-$200 per liter, depending on what you are buying. Once you get past the purchase of a set of refillable carts, you're home free.

I hope that helps a little...

Lenny

[Michael Cienfuegos]

I have flet for a long time that they could give away their best printers for what they get in ink. :(

[Mark Stahlke]

I have flet for a long time that they could give away their best printers for what they get in ink. :(They do give away their printers.
Here is a list of the consumables for my Canon iPF6100:
$79.00 x 12 ink tanks
$685.00 x 2 print heads
$70.00 maintenance cartridge
$2388.00 total

That's very close to the price of the printer with a rebate.

[cdholden]

They do give away their printers.
Here is a list of the consumables for my Canon iPF6100:
$79.00 x 12 ink tanks
$685.00 x 2 print heads
$70.00 maintenance cartridge
$2388.00 total

That's very close to the price of the printer with a rebate.

When you buy a new printer, is all of that included or are these consumables a required separate purchase?

[Mark Stahlke]

When you buy a new printer, is all of that included or are these consumables a required separate purchase?
All the consumables are included except that Canon ships the printer with 90ml ink tanks. The replacements are 130ml. You don't get full ink tanks with a new printer. And, by the way, it takes about 1/3 to 1/2 of the starter ink tanks just to charge the ink lines and print heads.

[cdholden]

I recently bought a Canon MP495 (scanner/printer) for use on various job sites. The fine print on the box also said something to the effect that the ink cartridges supplied are not full when shipped.
At least there's some consistency between their high end and low end printers. :)

[jfdupuis]

People like to complain about gaz price, but they happily buy bottled water, which is more expensive and alternatively available for free.

[J. Fada]

I don't understand why so many people feel the need to buy a printer and jerk around with it. Just pay someone who knows what they are doing to print it for you. It is far less expensive and the quality is better too.

Inkjet printers are one of the biggest ripoffs of all the equipment we use to make photographs.

[Mark Stahlke]

I don't understand why so many people feel the need to buy a printer and jerk around with it.It's probably the same reason so many people feel the need to build a darkroom and "jerk around" with chemicals.


Inkjet printers are one of the biggest ripoffs of all the equipment we use to make photographs.It's hard to argue with that. The inkjet printer business model isn't customer friendly.

[Ken Allen]

Here's a different perspective. When you go into business and print with ink and paper all day, ink is a relatively small expense. If you printed professionally and watched the numbers it's likely you would see that for every $1 you make you spend $0.02-$0.03 on ink, $0.15-$0.20 on high quality papers, $0.30-$0.40 on labor, $0.02 on packaging, and the remaining covers your expenses.

My bet is if you multiply the time you spend making a print by minimum wage, that amount would be much greater than what you spend on ink.

[Jim Jones]

This amateur agrees with Ken. The ink for a 10x14 print costs nearly one dollar. If the Epson 3800 failed totally, initial cost, maintenance, and depreciation for its lifetime would be even less. Premium paper costs over a dollar. A window mat and mount board total $8. A 16x20 frame with glass and foamcore backing costs $20. That's around $30 for the photo ready to hang, with less than a dollar of that in ink.

[Steve Smith]

People like to complain about gaz price.

Mainly Americans who have some of the cheapest in the world! About half the price I pay in England.


but they happily buy bottled water, which is more expensive and alternatively available for free.

Crazy isn't it? They will be selling bottled air next.


Steve.

[John Rodriguez]

Mainly Americans who have some of the cheapest in the world! About half the price I pay in England.



Crazy isn't it? They will be selling bottled air next.


Steve.

They already did that. We had an "oxygen bar" craze here a few years ago.