Large Qty mug quote

[AJLA]

If thats an RN coated mug, at that price, then I think its time I sold all my gear - only just got into sublimation too!. Buggar.

DITTO!!!

[Karen.]

Time you factor in the mugs, paper and ink, even without profit or electric etc you must be getting the mugs from a great source to be able to do them at that price.
The lowest we have ever been able to drop is at £2.20 a mug for large runs.
Also how many presses do you have running to churn out 1000 in 2 days?

[Andrew]

I do buy in bulk with regular orders so quantities high enough to get good pricing. Wide format printing as well so cheaper ink. I guess I should have said a higher price now

Our trade printing price starts at £1.79 + vat for low quantities and goes down on a sliding scale. We can probably print 800 mugs a day on 10 heads. I was going to look at the conveyor oven but by the time clamps are put on and taken off it didn't work out any cheaper.

Might have to edit my price now and put it up.

[Karen.]

I am curious now - how does sublimation wide format printing work out cheaper on inks? Surely the same amount of ink is being used no matter what printer it is on.

[Andrew]

Ink costs nearly 25% of the cost. Exactly the same sawgrass ink if you like but without the Sawgrass patent restrictions. This means it is an open market which then dictates cost through competition. Small format sublimation they have a monopoly and sell ink for whatever cost the like.

[purpledragon]

Thats just about priced me out the market too, by my reckoning you cant be making much more than 20p per mug by the time you factor in electric time effort ink and paper. i Could do it but my plan is to be the slave master not the slave

[accdave]

At least I know where to go if I get a large order. Not even mentioned DSF Member discount yet either

[purpledragon]

so how do you buy the ink is there some special code or handshake or something to be able to buy the ink in bulk, do i have to prove i have a wide format printer ?????

[Andrew]

Brett - every printer has a serial code. As long as you are using something like an Espon 9000 series for the dye sub process you can buy wide format ink from the likes of Sawgrass and Lyson.

DSF Member Discount !!! lol, I'm regretting put the original price in now as my standard price would have been a bit higher.

It's like everything in business....... markets dictate the cost.

[John G]

DSF Member Discount !!! lol, I'm regretting put the original price in now as my standard price would have been a bit higher.

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 :lol: well, you should have put it in a "Private message", as asked for originally. :D