Case Marking and Coding

Microjet (Valve) vs. HP (TIJ)

Production Rates

Microjet

# of production lines

# Characters/box

Cost/Bottle

Cost/Cartridge

# of Production days per year

ML/Bottle

ML/Cartridge

Avg # of boxes per day per line

# Characters/Bottle

# Characters/Cartridge*

# Boxes/Year

MicroJet HRP: 325,000 characters @ 1/2" height; 300dpi, 33 pico liters

# Characters/Year

498,000 characters @ 1/2" height (7x5 dot matrix) dot size 250; 3 lbs air (factory default settings)

1,169,000 characters @ 1/2" height (7x5 dot matrix) dot size 130; 2.6 lbs air (minimum acceptable readable print)

Cost/Milliliter

Cost/Character

Microjet cost per printer

HP Print head cost

# of printers

# of print heads

Back-up units

Total print head cost

(used during maintenance downtime)

Controller cost

Total # of printers

# of controllers

Total controller cost

Total printer investment

Cartridges/year

Years Depreciation

(1) Maintenance Cost/year

(1) Maintenance Cost/Year

(2) Ink Bottle Change Over Cost

(2) Ink Crtg Change Over Cost

(3) # of Characters Between Print Head Purge

(4) Cost per PM/ Purge
(Labor/Ink/Wipes)

(4) Cost per PM/ Purge
(Wipe Print Head)

(1) Loveshaw's flat repair rate of $435 + $22 shipping performed every 2 years
(2) Microjet: Labor $20/hr x 2 minutes to change bottle HP: Labor $20/hr x 1 minute to change Cartridge
(3) (10 boxes/min x 60 min/hr x 7hrs/day x 15 characters/box
(4) Microjet: ($20 per hr/60min*1min)+(.6ml x cost/ml) + (wipe .01) HP: ($20 per hr/60min*1min)+ (wipe .01)
* Ink yield is +/- 10% due to variences in characters and fonts

Annual Cost of Ownership
	Microjet (valve)	HP (TIJ)
# Boxes/Year
# Characters printed per year
Annual Ink Costs
Annual Maintenance Costs
Annual Cost of Ink Changeovers
Annual Cost of Print Head PM/Purge
Annual Depreciation Costs
Annual usage of ink cartridges
Total Annual Costs

Payback Period & Annual Cash Savings
	Microjet (valve)	HP (TIJ)
Initial Equipment Investment
Annual operating costs in first year (Ink, depreciation, PM)
Annual operating costs in subsequent years (Ink, maintenance, depreciated, PM)
Annual Cash savings in first year
Annual Cash savings in subsequent years
Payback period in months