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>Everyone keeps crying about the price of oil per barrel. Has anyone calculated
>the price of OEM ink "per barrel"? Close to a million dollars? Can someone
>do the math here. I can't, it's too early in the morning. Anyway, my cyan just
>flashed that it's low. Time to buy a new printer!
Nah, only low end lexmarks cost a million dollars/barrel, and even then
it's only the color ink that costs that much. We are talking about a
product that sells for thousands of dollars a gallon, where $2000 is
the bottom of the barrel so to speak, $5000 is somewhat average, and
$10,000/gal is spendy.
What is the volume of liquid an oil barrel? Is it 42gal or 55gal? I
think it's 42gal or 158.984 liters.
Burt pointed out I was wrong on the BCI-6 volume. I thought 15ml, he
says 14ml.
-USD-
Canon BCI-6 158,984 ml ($11.50/14ml) = $130,594
Canon BCI-3e 158,984 ml ($13.00/25ml) = $82,671.68
Epson T048x20 color (not black) 158,984 ml ($11.50/13ml) =$140,117.77
epson T048120 black (yes black) 158,984 ml ($17.00/14ml) =$193,052.00
Lexmark 10N0016 (#16) black 158,984 ml ($33.00/16ml) = $398,169.75
Lexmark 10N0026 (#26) color 158,984 ml ($35.00/*5ml) = $1,112,888.00
*15.5ml total volume for 3 colors for the high yield color #25 cart.
So... we now know the price of ink per barrel costs more than cars.
The cost may or may not be equal to a house depending on your market.
>Everyone keeps crying about the price of oil per barrel. Has anyone calculated
>the price of OEM ink "per barrel"? Close to a million dollars? Can someone
>do the math here. I can't, it's too early in the morning. Anyway, my cyan just
>flashed that it's low. Time to buy a new printer!
Nah, only low end lexmarks cost a million dollars/barrel, and even then
it's only the color ink that costs that much. We are talking about a
product that sells for thousands of dollars a gallon, where $2000 is
the bottom of the barrel so to speak, $5000 is somewhat average, and
$10,000/gal is spendy.
What is the volume of liquid an oil barrel? Is it 42gal or 55gal? I
think it's 42gal or 158.984 liters.
Burt pointed out I was wrong on the BCI-6 volume. I thought 15ml, he
says 14ml.
-USD-
Canon BCI-6 158,984 ml ($11.50/14ml) = $130,594
Canon BCI-3e 158,984 ml ($13.00/25ml) = $82,671.68
Epson T048x20 color (not black) 158,984 ml ($11.50/13ml) =$140,117.77
epson T048120 black (yes black) 158,984 ml ($17.00/14ml) =$193,052.00
Lexmark 10N0016 (#16) black 158,984 ml ($33.00/16ml) = $398,169.75
Lexmark 10N0026 (#26) color 158,984 ml ($35.00/*5ml) = $1,112,888.00
*15.5ml total volume for 3 colors for the high yield color #25 cart.
So... we now know the price of ink per barrel costs more than cars.
The cost may or may not be equal to a house depending on your market.