Price estimate to back up a DVD movie & print inserts/on

[drumkid]

I was wondering if anyone here has figure out a price estimate for making a DVD movie back-up? I am not only talking about buying a blank DVD and burn it.
I would consider the following expenses:

- cost of printable media (DVD-R, DVD+R, single layer, double layer)
- cost of paper for the inserts (what type of paper)
- cost of ink used (for insert printing and on-disc printing)

[iooi]

• Disk Ritek Inkjet Printable A Grade (4x) 28p
  Case 10p
  Photo Paper A4 120 grm 1p
  Ink for disk and cover 2p

Rough costs for me.
Photo paper is bulk buy when on special offer usually xmas/new year sales.

[maldb]

1. Ritek or Prodisc 4X = inkjet printable ~.40-.60
2. Legal-sized paper (Staples brand - 8 1/2 x 14) = 1.3 cents per sheet
3. DVD case = .25
4. Ink costs = ~.03

All told, the expense of a printed inkjet DVD with a case is less than $1 USD.

[OmegaSupreme]

The cost for ink is highly variable depending on the cost of ink cartridges (some printers use 6 cartridges) and the type of covers and labels you are printing. For simple B&W text the cost will be less than $0.10, for full color, full coverage graphics on both the cover and label, the cost could well be over $1.00.

[iooi]

The cost for ink is highly variable depending on the cost of ink cartridges (some printers use 6 cartridges) .

Well if your daft enough to buy carts from the manufacture. It will up your costs. I pay approx £2.20 a cart for my Epson 900 against £20+ for Epson ones....
Look at good last as long.

[Mr. Orange Pants]

I have a Canon i550 with 4 seperate ink cartridges, I use thin glossy paper, buy dvd cases 100 at a time, and get glossy labels off ebay a bunch at a time. My costs are always less than a dollar, now hovering around the 75 cent mark or lower.