Print Shop Costing & Quotes
Calculate production cost, margin, waste, labor, setup and target selling price for print jobs.
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Build a print quote from quantity, spoilage, sheet yield, substrate, print clicks/ink, setup, machine time, labor, finishing, overhead and target gross margin.
Start here →02Production plannerPrint Job Cost CalculatorCalculate total production cost and cost per finished piece.
Start here →03Production plannerCost per Finished Piece CalculatorCalculate cost per sellable finished item. Use it to build a job cost or quote from production inputs rather than relying on the selling price alone.
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Build a quote from cost outward
Use finished size, bleed, gutters, press margins and spoilage before costing paper.
Separate substrate, print/click cost, setup, machine time, labor, finishing, packaging and overhead.
Price from loaded cost using margin math rather than adding a markup that produces a different margin.
Compare price per good piece, gross profit and the effect of quantity/yield before sending the quote.
Margin and markup are not interchangeable
If loaded cost is 60 and the target gross margin is 40%, the selling price is 60 ÷ 0.60 = 100. Adding a 40% markup would produce 84, which is only a 28.6% gross margin. The quote workspace keeps those two concepts separate.