Ink cost for grand format UV printing machine

We often talk with our clients about ways to better understand the total cost of ownership on grand format printing equipment.
Ink is one of the biggest factors we run into when calculating the overall cost of UV grand format printer. While the price that someone will pay for a printer and ink depends on the printer model and sales negotiations, we also know that some inks are less stable than others, meaning some printers consume more ink than others. So how does ink stability affect your total costs?
INK CONSUMPTION CHANGES OVER TIME ON MOST PRINTERS
Let's start with the idea that some printers use 8 colors and printing at 600 dpi will give you adequate coverage with light smoothing. As the printer gets older, and it happens quickly, you have to print slower because the printheads and carriage have degraded over time due to the build quality. Now you have to print at 600 dpi with heavy smoothing.
More passes mean more ink usage. And next year you’ll have to go to 1000 dpi with heavy smoothing, putting down even more ink.

BEWARE OF EXTRA COLORS
Printers with 8 colors (CMYK, light cyan, light magenta, light yellow, and light black) are vehicles for manufacturers to sell more ink. With the advances in head technology today, you don’t actually need those extra colors, so you don’t waste transitional ink like light yellow and light black.
Even though one UV inkjet printer costs less at the time of purchase than another, you should not assume that it won’t cost you more over time.
More info:
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Company Name: Fei Yue Digital Technology Co.,LTD
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