P X R S E R I E S
Ink and Makeup Ink Consumption
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Ink and makeup ink consumption
Calculating examples (Rough indication)
Ink quantity used by printing
×
×
×
Mean ink volume
1 ink drop
Mean dot number
1 character
Number of characters
1 print object
=
Production number
1 month
…
Makeup ink consumption
by vaporization
×
×
×
Mean vaporizing volume
of makeup ink
1 hour
Operating hours
1 day
Operating days
1 month
=
…………………
Ink quantity for periodic
replacement
×
=
Operation hours / day
…………
Ink quantity per replacement
(cm
3
/replacement)
[Note]
●
Above calculations are an estimate based on ambient temperature of 20
°
C
●
Ink quantity for periodic replacement is a case when the operating hours is more than 200 hours.
★
In case the operating hour is less than 200 hours, please use following formula to calculate the ink quantity for periodic replacement.
Ink quantity for periodic replacement
=
Ink quantity per replacement (cm
3
/replacement)
×
200 (hour/month)
Ink life (hours)
〈
Example
〉
65
µ
m nozzle, JP-K67 ink, 8 characters/printing, 5
×
7 font, 6M pcs/month, 16 hours/day, 25 days/month operation
Ink quantity
used by printing
Makeup ink
consumption by
Evaporation
=
+(
Ink quantity for printhead cleaning
)
=
5
(
cm
3
/
hour
)
×
16
(
hours
/
day
)
×
25
(
days
/
month
)
+
(
Ink quantity for printhead cleaning
)
=
2,000
(
cm
3
/
month
)
+
(
Ink quantity for printhead cleaning
)
+
400
(
cm
3
)
×
16hours
/
day
×
25
(
days
/
month
)
1
,
200hours
=
+ =〔
8.3
×
10
−
7
(
cm
3
/
dot
)
×
15
(
dots
/
character
)
×
8
(
characters
/
pcs
)
×
6
×
10
6
(
pcs
/
month
)〕
≒
598
(
cm
3
/
month
)
+
134
(
cm
3
/
month
)
≒
732
(
cm
3
/
month
)
Mean ink drop volume of each nozzle diameter
Nozzle diameter (
µ
m )
Mean ink volume (cm
3
/dot)
40
2.8
×
10
-
7
55
5.3
×
10
-
7
65
8.3
×
10
-
7
100
3.4
×
10
-
6
Mean dot number of each alpha numeric font
Font
Mean dot number/character
5
×
5
11
5
×
7
,
5
×
8
15
7
×
10
23
9
×
7
15
12
×
16
78
18
×
24
154
24
×
32
288
1
1
2
2
3
3
Operating days / month
Ink life (hours)