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Re: [Digital BW] Cost per print? using Epson1160 and MIS inks

2002-02-09 by Jerry Olson

That's with the expensive cone ink. its much cheaper with other inksets.

Jerry


John Labovitz wrote:
> 
> On 2/8/02 3:52 PM, "kalahari_98" <kalahari69@...> wrote:
> 
> > I can not find any information on how much ink is used on an 8x10 print.
> >
> > Can anyone help me with an estimated cost?
> 
> Quite a while ago, I'd found an estimate on the Piezography/inkjetmall.com
> site that claimed $0.50 per 8x10.  Oddly, that page is no longer there --
> but Google still has it in its cache.  Here's what it used to say:
> 
> > 860 / 1160 cartridges when used with Piezography*BW software produce @35 8" x
> > 10" prints before the gray cartridge is spent. The black cartridge will be
> > spent at a ratio of about 1 black to every 3 grays. The cost per 8"x10" may be
> > calculated to approx. $1.75 each. The cost per print is significantly lowered
> > by using the CIS system to about .50\ufffd.
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:OR1tPMVCPiEC:www.inkjetmall.com/store/p
> iezographyBW-cis.html+piezography+cost+8+10&hl=en
> 
> ^^^that's the URL that I got the cached copy from (you'll probably have to
> edit it, since Yahoo will screw up the formatting).
> 
> Anyway, I've used this fifty-cent estimate as a working cost.
> 
> Anyone else have estimates?
> 
> john
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