Epson G6070 Extra Costs: Taxes, Inks & More

Sales tax on the Epson G6070 will depend on your state, but using a 7% average on a $6,000 base price, you are looking at about $420 in tax right out of the gate. Shipping typically runs $400 to $700 because the unit weighs around 285 pounds and measures roughly 63 x 29 x 52 inches, so you are dealing with freight, not UPS. At Transfer Academy, we usually tell people to budget an extra 10–15% for taxes and delivery so day one does not turn into a cash flow surprise.

Your initial supplies usually include five 1.6L ink packs (CMYK plus white) at $150 to $180 each, so roughly $750 to $900 total, plus a $120 maintenance liquid pack and a $50 cleaning kit. Fiery Digital Factory RIP is included, but you still need to buy film rolls (often in the $0.20 to $0.40 per square foot range) and TPU powder ($20 to $30 per kilo). Epson’s sealed ink packs have about a two year shelf life unopened, but once you install them you want to use them within a year and shake them daily to keep pigments from settling.

Ongoing consumables are where it really adds up. Replacement ink typically runs about $0.10 to $0.15 per square foot at 600 dpi, with the white ink circulation system not using extra ink on top of that. Waste ink tanks usually fill after 5,000 to 10,000 prints and cost about $100 to reset or replace. At AMS, we have run similar setups and cut ink costs by around 20% just by gang printing more efficiently, but poor maintenance can easily double your ink waste from clogs.

The extended warranty bumps you from the standard 1 year up to 5 years for roughly $300 to $500 per year, and that covers printheads, which is still cheaper than paying for a $500 head replacement out of pocket. Port Cloud monitoring is free, while an optional SD-10 spectrophotometer for tighter color matching runs about $500. I strongly recommend avoiding non-OEM ink; it voids the warranty and is exactly how we have seen people ruin $2,000 printheads with clogs and compatibility issues.