Free interactive toolJuly 13, 2026 benchmark update

UV Printer Ink Cost & Job Estimator

Model the job before you quote it. This calculator estimates Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) from per-channel ink, waste, cleaning fluid, machine time, setup, and labor. Defaults are tuned for the eufyMake E1; public bottle-price scenarios are now available for the xTool O1 Omni, while measured O1 ink use and maintenance draw remain open. xTool's listed replacement printhead part is $399.00, with a approximately 6 months to 1 year manufacturer reference life and 3 months in all regions core warranty. Actual life and installed service cost are not yet known.

How much does UV printer ink cost per ml?

Checked July 13, 2026: eufyMake E1 ink now costs about $0.30 per ml at the new US MSRP ($29.99 per 100 ml, down 30% from $42.99). xTool O1 Omni launch bottles work out to about $0.112 per ml ($13.99 per 125 ml; about $0.16 per ml at the $19.99 MSRP). Bottle-vs-cartridge formats and real-world yield differ, so treat both as list math. Our same-bench measurements — and O1 calculator presets — arrive with the O1 and will replace these list numbers.

How much does UV printing ink cost per item?

Prices checked July 13, 2026: this calculator models E1 ink at about $0.32 per usable ml with 5% ink waste and a 5% reject/reprint buffer. The official phone-case preset is about $0.35 of ink before blank, cleaning, labor, setup, machine time, and yield loss. Those overhead layers explain why full COGS can be much higher than ink-only calculators show. For the xTool O1 Omni, use the published ink prices now. Its replacement printhead part is listed at $399.00, but do not add it to per-print cost from the approximately 6 months to 1 year reference alone. Actual life, labor, and compatibility still need confirmation.

UV printer decision path

Build a UV print quote you can trust.

Use the tool to model your job, then use the ink-cost guide to pressure-test white ink, gloss, cleaning cycles, expired consumables, rejects, and idle maintenance.

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Interactive quoting bench

Run the job math before the product-page excitement takes over.

Start with the E1 defaults, adjust every cost layer, then use the published O1 bottle prices as a planning lane while keeping consumption, cleaning, maintenance, and throughput assumptions editable.

ProtectsPer-channel ink, waste, cleaning, labor, and rejects.
Current baselineeufyMake E1 public consumable math checked July 13, 2026.
O1 statusList-price scenario now; measured bench preset later.

Job Cost Model

Estimate COGS and planning margins from ink, waste, cleaning, labor, setup, machine time, blank cost, and batch size.

Price this job on

Switching machines refills the ink prices and bottle sizes below from each maker's official table — eufyMake list prices, xTool's launch/MSRP table — checked July 13, 2026. Every field stays editable afterward.

Cost to make it on both machines

Same multipliers as the main calculator — ×2.5 and ×12 come from eufyMake's own flat-vs-textured examples.

E1: eufyMake's published 1.2 ml of priming ink per print, plus one 9 ml ink + 11 ml cleaner deep clean spread across the batch. O1: xTool has published no O1 maintenance numbers, so we borrow the xTool Apparel Printer's 3 ml color + 3 ml white auto-clean as an estimate, spread across the batch — an estimate, not an O1 spec.

eufyMake E1In stock now
eufyMake E1 — official cartridge price
$0.47 ink / piece
Total for 10 prints: $4.74.
xTool O1 OmniAugust 2026 targetLower ink bill
xTool O1 Omni — launch ink table
$0.15 ink / piece
Total for 10 prints: $1.54.

Across 10 prints: O1 saves $3.20 (67%) on ink at launch prices.

O1 prices are xTool's official launch table (verified July 13, 2026); O1 ink consumption is unpublished — both sides assume the same ink laydown for this job. The E1 availability label reflects eufyMake's current store status; the O1 date is a shipping target, not a committed date. Our bench will measure the real numbers.

Start from an official eufyMake example

These presets fill the ink-usage fields from eufyMake's published example jobs. They are a starting point for modeling, not a promise that your artwork, substrate, firmware, or waste rate will match.

$29.99 / 100 mlNew US E1 CMYKWG MSRP checked July 13, 2026, down from $42.99.
$209.99 kit600 ml ink + 380 ml cleaner, down from $299.99; default parts reconcile within $0.06.
5% waste + 5% rejectsInk dead-volume and rejected/reprinted pieces are separate assumptions. Set either to 0 only when your shop data supports it.
Estimated COGS
$7.40
Per item with current inputs
Planning Retail
$18.50
60% target margin
Ink Layer
$0.47
Color, white, and gloss
Batch Size
25
Setup and cleaning spread here

Job Volume & Yield Requirements

5%

Raises COGS per sellable item when tests, defects, adhesion failures, or customer reprints occur.

5%

Models residual ink, settling, purge, and maintenance losses.

Chemistry Economics

Benchmarked Ink Pricing ($)

Prefilled from eufyMake's official E1 ink table: $29.99 per 100 ml cartridge for every channel, the new US MSRP checked July 13, 2026. Subscription pricing is lower; enter the price for your delivery interval if you use it.

Per-Item Graphic Usage (ml)

Surface Finish / Depth

Multiplies white and gloss usage only — CMYK never multiplies. ×2.5 is from eufyMake's own magnet example ($0.63 flat vs $1.54 textured); ×12 is from eufyMake's 2D vs textured tumbler ($0.30 vs $3.62).

Your artwork will vary — depth is the single biggest ink cost driver, and our bench will measure real relief jobs.

Why depth multiplies the ink bill: raised and relief surfaces are built by stacking white ink and sealing the stack with gloss, so a deeper texture multiplies the two heaviest channels while the CMYK color layer barely changes. eufyMake's own examples show the jump — their ceramic magnet uses $0.63 of ink flat and $1.54 with 3D texture, and their tumbler goes from $0.30 flat to $3.62 textured, roughly 12 times the ink for the same artwork. Tom's Hardware measured the same pattern on a large relief print: 46.27 ml of ink in total, of which 22.96 ml was white and 22.16 ml was gloss, with less than 0.5 ml of CMYK.

Cleaner Fluid Setup (Session Flush)

Operations & Labor Rates

PLANNING RECEIPTQTY: 25

1. Materials & Chemistry$0.97
Ink (CMYKWG)$0.47
Blank Substrate$0.50
2. Operations / Piece$5.60
Machine Run Depr.calc. at $3.50/hr
Operator Handlingcalc. at $45.00/hr
3. Shared Overhead / Piece$0.45
Amortized Setup Labor$0.45
Amortized Session Clean$0.00
4. Yield Buffer / Sellable Piece$0.37
Base COGS before rejects$7.03
Reject / reprint rate5% modeled
ESTIMATED COGS$7.40 /ea
Target Margin60%
Suggested Retail$18.50
Net Profit (Per Item)$11.10
Order Summary (x25)
Total Cost$184.95
Total Revenue$462.39
Order Net Profit$277.43

This is a planning model, not a posted price or guaranteed profit. Replace the defaults with your software-reported ink usage, actual reject rate, substrate prep, rush-work policy, local demand, support risk, and current consumable prices.

Pressure-test these assumptions

Same job on the xTool O1 Omni

The deposit bonus lists three 20%-off ink coupons; which inks qualify and how the coupons redeem is unverified.

eufyMake E1 — your current inputs
$0.47 ink / item
Order ink total $12.46 for 25 sellable pieces, including 5% reject reprints.
xTool O1 Omni — launch ink table
$0.15 ink / item
Order ink total $4.05. Color priced at the 125 ml CMYK/White bottle, white at the 290 ml high-capacity bottle, gloss at the 125 ml varnish bottle.

On this job the O1 list-price ink math comes out $0.32 lower per item (67% less ink cost), or $8.41 across the order.

O1 prices are xTool's official launch table (verified July 13, 2026); O1 ink consumption is unpublished — this assumes the same ink laydown as the E1 job. Our bench will measure the real numbers.

The calculator is ready. The O1 numbers still need proof.

The eufyMake E1 can be modeled now because its public ink and cleaning benchmarks exist. The xTool O1 Omni now has public bottle sizes, launch/MSRP ink prices, eight listed launch bundles, a $399.00 replacement-printhead part listing, a approximately 6 months to 1 year xTool reference life, and 3 months in all regions core-printhead coverage. Cleaning-fluid draw, filters, standalone accessory prices, throughput, actual printhead life, labor, and real maintenance inputs still need publication or measurement. Join the field notes and I will send the O1 vs E1 cost read when same-bench testing starts. Weighing a reservation? Start with the complete O1 bundle table.

Reader-first early access

The O1 Omni test unit is coming here soon.

That means this page can become more than a launch tracker. I will turn the test unit into a useful workshop notebook for readers: what setup feels like, what the first prints reveal, how it compares against our EufyMake E1, where the ink and ventilation questions land, and what to know before the buy button matters.

  • Setup feel without launch-day gloss
  • Same-shop O1 Omni vs EufyMake E1 checks
  • First-print checks and material surprises
  • Ink, odor, safety, and maintenance notes
  • Plain-English buying guidance as facts open up
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How This Calculator Works

Ink-only calculators are useful for checking cartridge math, but they are not enough for quoting a job. This estimator turns the hidden parts of desktop UV printing into visible planning inputs: ink, waste, cleaning, setup, handling, run time, blanks, and target margin.

Layer 1

Ink by channel

Color, white, and gloss are modeled separately because texture, dark substrates, and clear coats can change the job faster than CMYK alone.

Layer 2

Waste and cleaning

The model includes dead-volume waste and a per-session cleaning allowance so one-off jobs do not look cheaper than they are.

Layer 3

Time and handling

Setup, load/unload, supervised run time, machine wear, blanks, and packaging turn ink-only math into a planning quote.

The dead-volume penalty

UV ink uses suspended pigment particles in a liquid carrier. White ink is usually the sensitive channel because titanium dioxide is much denser than the resin base, so idle cartridges, purge behavior, and maintenance routines can leave ink that is paid for but not practically usable. This calculator lets you model a waste allowance from 0% to 25% instead of pretending every milliliter becomes sellable output.

Compatible printers and source notes

This tool is designed for desktop UV flatbed workflows, with current defaults calibrated around the eufyMake E1 public consumable benchmarks checked July 13, 2026. The xTool O1 Omni now has public MSRP, ink format, bottle prices, bundle totals, a $399.00 printhead-part listing, and xTool's approximately 6 months to 1 year reference life; model the ink list values here, but keep cleaning fluid, filters, measured yield, actual printhead life, installed service cost, and realistic throughput provisional. For the buyer-level decision and planned UV + DT Fabric test, use the O1 Omni vs eufyMake E1 comparison.

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UV Printing Setup Add-Ons

This calculator models ink economics, but the physical workflow still needs gloves, lint-light wipes, a clean staging mat, clearance checks, and an exhaust plan before those numbers become repeatable.

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PPETitanFlex Disposable Nitrile GlovesHand protectionUseful for UV ink handling, cleaner, stain, paint, adhesive residue, and any shop mess you do not want on your hands.
  • - Confirm glove compatibility against the ink or cleaner SDS.
  • - Replace gloves immediately if torn or contaminated.
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UV PrepKimtech Science KimwipesSurface prepLint-light wipes for cleaning UV blanks, test coupons, jig contact points, and small shop surfaces before printing.
  • - Use the cleaner recommended for the specific blank.
  • - Avoid dragging debris across glossy surfaces.
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UV PrepGartful Silicone Crafting MatsBench protectionA wipeable bench surface for staging UV blanks, transfers, inks, adhesive tests, and small craft workflows.
  • - Confirm size against your work zone.
  • - Do not treat a mat as chemical containment.
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SetupNEIKO 01407A Digital CaliperMeasurementUse it to verify material thickness, shelf spacing, jig fit, UV blank height, and 3D-printed fixture dimensions before a build gets expensive.
  • - Keep a spare battery in the shop.
  • - Best for setup checks, not calibrated inspection work.
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VentilationAC Infinity CLOUDLINE PRO S6 Inline Duct FanExhaust supportA common inline-fan upgrade when a laser, UV workflow, or small shop needs a more intentional exhaust path.
  • - Confirm duct diameter, run length, and local venting requirements.
  • - Use as part of a complete fume plan, not as the whole plan.
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PPE3M Aura 9205+ N95 RespiratorsDust PPEAppropriate for dusty sanding, CNC cleanup, filter changes, powder handling, and general shop cleanup tasks.
  • - Not a laser-fume or solvent-vapor solution.
  • - Fit and seal matter; follow the respirator instructions.
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(Affiliate Disclosure) As an affiliate partner with xTool, eufyMake, and other brands mentioned, we earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. Ink pricing data is based on dated public benchmark values checked July 13, 2026. Default calculator values are planning assumptions and should be adjusted based on your specific artwork, software output, maintenance behavior, reject rate, and production workflow.