DTF Ink, Film & Powder Cost Calculator

Work out what a print really costs in CMYK ink, white ink, film, and powder — per print and per square inch.

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Your Print

Width in Height in

Color (CMYK) coverage average ink density across the design box — a solid full-bleed block is 100% % White underbase coverage share of the design box that isn't transparent % Quantity in this run pcs

Ink

Usage figures are per match the unit your RIP or ink supplier reports CMYK laydown at 100% ml per m² ml White laydown at 100% ml per m² ml CMYK ink price $ / L White ink price $ / L

Film

Roll width in Roll length ft

Roll price $ Gap around each print in How is the film width used?

Powder & Waste

Powder usage grams per m² of printed area g

Powder price hot-melt adhesive $ / kg

Waste allowance purges, nozzle checks, misprints %

Numbers update as you type.

Your Numbers

Cost per print

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ink + film + powder + waste

Cost per sq in

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Run total

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Biggest cost

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Prints per film roll

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Prints per liter of white

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Cost breakdown

Consumable	Per print	Share	Used in this run
CMYK ink	—	—	—
White ink	—	—	—
Film	—	—	—
Powder	—	—	—
Waste allowance	—	—
Total per print	—	100%

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About this calculator

Enter your design size and coverage, your ink laydown and price per liter, your film roll, and your powder usage. The calculator returns the true consumable cost of a print, broken down by ink, film, and powder, plus how much of each a full run will use.

The most accurate laydown figures come from your own RIP: print a known-size job, read the ink used from the job log, and divide by the printed area. The starting values here are typical for desktop and 24″ roll DTF printers, but white ink density settings alone can swing the number by half.

Estimates only. This covers consumables — not labor, electricity, maintenance, or equipment payback. Use the Heat Press Labor and Printer ROI calculators for those.

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