Estimates ink cost by % coverage or price per thousand press run sheets.
Operation Setup Requirements:
- Description
- Rate: Cost per unit (per pound or per 1000 sheets)
- Sell $ use: Markup % (recommended) or alternate sell rate
- Calc: 12
- Sub Key: Material
- MSI Coverage/LB at 100%: Used by % coverage method. Number of thousand square inches of coverage per pound of ink for Coated and Non-Coated papers.
- Ink Calc: Exact or round up (to nearest pound or nearest thousand sheets)
- Default Calc Method: % coverage (both sides combined) or /M sheets
- Minimum Units of Ink: Option for minimum pounds or thousand sheets
- Default % Coverage: new estimates will default to this percentage, can be changed on each estimate
Estimate Specification Input Prompts:
- Cost Code: % coverage or /M sheets
- Sides (% coverage method only)
- % Coverage (% coverage method only)
- Units: Calculated Pounds or thousand sheets adjusted for minimum or round up options
- M%: Additional Markup %
- $ Rate: Rate per unit (pound or thousand sheets)
- Remarks
- Memo
Calculation:
If % Cover Method:
Ink Units (Pounds) = (Gross Run Sheets x Run Size x Sides x % Coverage) / MSI Coverage/LB
If /M Sheets Method:
Ink Units (thousand sheets) = Gross Run Sheets / 1000
Ink Units x $ Rate = Ink Cost $
Ink Cost $ x Markup % = Markup $
Ink Cost $ + Markup $ = Sell $