How much does a 3D print cost on the Prusa MK4S in TPU?
Example part: 97 g of TPU, about 7 hours of print time on the Prusa MK4S.
Assumptions
- Weight
- 97 g
- Filament price
- 32 €/kg
- Print time
- 7 h
- Power while printing
- 80 W
- Electricity price
- 0.30 €/kWh
- Machine cost
- 0.50 €/h
- Failure rate
- 10 %
- Margin
- 30 %
Calculation
- Filament
- €3.10
- Electricity
- €0.17
- Machine
- €3.50
- Failed prints
- €0.68
- Your cost
- €7.45
- Margin
- €2.23
- Selling price
- €9.68
A TPU part of this size costs you about €7.45 on the Prusa MK4S – the biggest share is machine time. With a 30 % margin you end up at roughly €9.68.
Electricity is usually only a few cents per print. What matters is material, machine time and how often a print fails.
All values are typical estimates, not measurements and not manufacturer specifications. Excludes labour, packaging and tax. With your own numbers the result can differ a lot.
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