Re: ink consumption on the Z3100
Re: ink consumption on the Z3100
- Subject: Re: ink consumption on the Z3100
- From: neil_snape <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:30:30 +0100
- Thread-topic: ink consumption on the Z3100
Title: Re: ink consumption on the Z3100
I did the accounting on the Z3100 on the last 100’ roll including only image area with and without Gloss Enhancer and also roll feed Hahnemuhle PhotoRag.
With Gloss Enhancer the cost is a bit higher and the results prove the need though. So I would consider only figures with GE for photo substrates.
I get averages of 18.52 ml/m2 or 1.73 ml/sq. Ft.
Interpolated costs of ink assuming the bi-packs of ink are all the same for 2x 130 ml = $0.796 /sq. Ft. HP onsite store has listed them for $118. This will probably come down when more printers get online. Better resellers will have competitive offers yet give you the service and support that are a huge plus value for this equipment.
Or $6.63€ (Euro) /m2. = today’s rate converted to $8.61/m2.
These figures include all cleaning cycles but not calibrations. Calibrations are the covered surface of around A4 , or A3 for the built in profiles. The APS solution charts are more like an A2.
The figures for color and B&W printing are surprising close only less about 30% for quad tone B&W, and not a substantial difference without GE on Color.
It’s still mid grey that is most used, and GE of course depending on the mode used, off, economy which is all inked areas needing GE, except white, and whole page which covers the document set up size.
These numbers are on the latest firmware, so they could change with the next firmware as media set ups are still in progress of fine tuning.
I assume that a rip could have better UCR than the drivers yet compromising of course some of the photographic aspects of rich black rgb printing offers.
On this site http://canonipf5000.wikispaces.com/FAQ the figures for the Canon 5000 are less and the Epson slightly more but I’ll take your figures to be a very controlled long term calculation.
I’d like to know if the figures for the Canon are based solely on image surface or including white areas.
Neil Snape email@hidden http://www.neilsnape.com
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