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Re: K3 Inks

2006-01-28 by wwodets

Clayton-

My understanding is that the 2400 carts are about 11 ml; and the 4800 
110 ml carts are actually widely available (from IT supplies for one 
example) at $55.  So these figures shift the balance considerably.

Good wishes,
Walt

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@c...> wrote:
>
> Hello Sean,
> 
> >To try and save money on K3 inks I was considering buying 4800 
> >carts and taking the ink out and injecting them into MIS 2400 carts
> 
> I just did a calculation using Atlex prices (the lowest I know of).
> 
> Cart...Quan......Price...Cost/ml
> ---------------------------------
> 2400....15 ml...$ 11.20...$.75
> 4800...110 ml...$ 69.00...$.63
> 4800...220 ml...$112.00...$.51
> 
> With the 110ml cart the savings is .12/ml, or about 1.80 per 15ml 
cart
>  (-16%).
> 
> With the 220ml cart the savings is .24/ml, or about 3.60 per 15ml 
cart
> (-32%).
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.
>

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