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Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:07:19 -0400
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From: "James M. Atkinson" <jm..._at_tscm.com>
Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] {3433} Re: You Think A Gallon Of Gas Is Expensive?
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I refill my own cartridges for my large-scale plotters, and inkjets.
I buy the ink in quart sized bottles, and it costs me around $15 per
quart, and when I purchase more then 12 quarts of a time I can get it
for around $10 per quart.
Works out to be $40-$60 per gallon as a bulk purchase.
If the same ink was actually purchased already inside ink cartridges
(not stuff that I refilled) the cost would be about $6000-$7500 per
gallon for the large scale printers, or well over $8000 for the small
desktop inkjet printers.
Bulk feed conversions work well, but are prone to leak, so I prefer
to use high capacity cartridges, and just refill them until the heads
start to foul (at least 25-30+ refills). If I refill at the 25% point
instead of letting them go totally dry I get much better results (45+
refills), and if I use a filtered small gauge needle it makes a big
difference in keeping the heads from fouling (over 60 refills) as the
ink sold in bulk usually has solids in it that foul the cartridge nozzles.
-jma
At 08:44 PM 3/8/2009, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
>Be glad your car does not run on printer ink.
>It's said to be about $8000/gallon.
>
>
> > You Think A Gallon Of Gas Is Expensive?
> >
> > This is interesting, makes one think, and puts things in perspective:
> >
> > Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 .... $10.32 per gallon
> > Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ....$9.52 per gallon
> > Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ....$10.17 per gallon
> > Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 ....$10.00 per gallon
> > Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 .....$33.60 per gallon
> > Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 ...$178.13 per gallon
> > Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 ... $123.20 per gallon
> > Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 .. $25.42 per gallon
> > Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 ......... $84.48 per gallon
> > this is the REAL KICKER......
> > Evian water 9 oz for $1.49.... $21.19 per gallon.
> >
> >
> > $21.19 FOR WATER! ....and the buyers don't even know the source. But then
> > again Evian spelled backwards is "naive".
> >
> >
> > So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run
> > on water, Scope, or Whiteout, or God forbid, PEPTO BISMOL or
> > NYQUIL!!!!
> >
> > Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip to the pump...
> >
> >
> >
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> > James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803
> > Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467
> > 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Web: http://www.tscm.com/
> > Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 E-mail: mailto:jm..._at_tscm.com
> >
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> > No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the
> > enemy until it is ripe for execution. - Machiavelli, The Prince, 1521
> >
> >
> >
> > >
>
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