Epson 4800: How Much Ink for a Standard Print?

I am thinking about buying an Epson 4800 printer and am aware of

some of the costs. Printer $2000, inks $700 for a set of 110 mL

cartridges. I calculate that at 16"x24", the paper for each print

should cost $1 each. HOWEVER, I am completely in the dark with

respect to how much ink will be consumed for such a print. Does

anyone have any knowledge of roughly what volume of ink will be

expended per print? Thanks!

Not specific to the 4800, ink usage in printers varies wildly from print to print. In my R2400,

which is pretty much the smaller version of the 4800, my cyan and black cartridges seem to

run out the fastest. I've gotten about 30-40 11x14 or 13x19 prints out of a set.

Not a scientific answer, but with my 2200, i can print ruffly 40 11x14, 1440 PPI Hispeed....so

i assume, since on the 2200 its a 4ml cartridge (25 times smaller than the 110ml) i should be

able to print, let say 25x more 11x14 print on my 4800....it come around to 2000 print? not

sure if its possible!....i let you know.

Sorry, i made a mistake, it come close to a 1000 print...sorry for the miscalculation : )

Anyway since i sell my print like hot cake at 35$ each, times 1000.....its pretty good money!

if everithing is well calculated.

Another correction! I made a mistake, the ink in the 2200 printer is 13ml, not 4ml....so lets

recalculate! 13 ml on a 2200 give me 40 print 11x14. 110 ml on a 4800 should then give me

10x more....around 400 i think.

Here's how I calculate the cost of a print using 220ml Epson 4000 inks. This is based on Epson's price per inks on their website. <p>

At $112.00 per 220ml cartridge - 112/220= .51.<br />

8x10= 80*.51= $41.00<br />

16x20= 320*.51= $163.00<br />

18x24= 432*.51= $220.00<p>

Add in your labor/editing cost and you'll have the price for an unframed image. If the cost of inks go down, past the savings on to your customers.<p>

Or you can go to the following link and figure out <a href= "http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/4000-cost.shtml" target= "new">Tracking the Cost of Printing with an Epson 4000

</a><p>

Hope this helps,<p>

Gregg