Sheet maths done for you
Pieces per sheet and sheets per run, worked out the same way every time.
Print estimating · for the print room
Print estimating, from size and quantity to a priced plan
Size and quantity in, a priced press plan out: how many fit the sheet, how many sheets the run needs, which press wins on money, the material, the finishing and the margin — and a job bag raised straight onto the schedule.
The problem
An estimate in someone’s head
Estimates often live in one person’s head or one spreadsheet, so the price depends on who answered the phone — and the job bag is written again from scratch when the work is won. Two people quote the same job two prices, and neither can show their working.
How it works
Print estimating, step by step
01
Size and quantity
What is being made and how many — the two facts every estimate starts from.
02
Sheet maths
How many up on each sheet, and how many sheets the run needs, with make-ready from the press’s own rates.
03
Machine and material
Which press does it for least, on which stock, with which finishing.
04
Priced and booked
Margin added, the price agreed, and a job bag raised onto the schedule.
What it does
Print estimating: what it does
Machine choice on money
The press that does the job for least, from each press’s own rate card.
Material and finishing
Stock and finishing priced into the plan, not added afterwards.
Margin on every estimate
The margin set and visible before the price goes out.
Straight onto the schedule
A won estimate becomes a job bag on the plan without being typed again.
Assumptions said out loud
Bleed, gripper and make-ready stated where the trade would check them.
Questions
Print estimating: what people ask
How does it decide which press?
Each press is priced from its own rate card, including make-ready, and the one that does the job for least is chosen.
What happens when the job is won?
A job bag is raised straight onto the production schedule from the estimate, so nothing is typed twice.
Can we see the working?
Yes. The sheet maths and the assumptions — bleed, gripper and make-ready — are shown with the price.
Is finishing included in the estimate?
Yes. Finishing is priced into the plan along with the material, rather than added on afterwards.
Works with
Licensed on its own, better together
Every module shares one estate and one sign-in, so adding the next is a decision, not a migration.
Imposition and nesting
A print-ready PDF in; the sheet, the Kongsberg cutter file and the plan out.
Production scheduling
The press floor planned by machine and day, with job bags scanned straight onto the plan.
Print costing and quotes
Rate cards per client, a brief priced into a quote, margins approved before the job runs.
Reporting and audit
The order book read back, an audit log of every change and imports with a dry run.
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