Printing Cost Setup (SC-Booklet)

🖨️ Setting Up Printing Cost (SC-Booklet / Sheet-Based Printing)

Printing cost defines how much it costs to actually print on your chosen material — including ink, press setup, and print coverage.
This tutorial walks you through how to set up Printing Cost for sheet-based products (like business cards, flyers, or booklets) under SC-Booklet.

🔹 What Is Printing Cost?

In PriceCal, the Printing Cost component determines the price for applying ink on a sheet — per print side, color type, or print method.
It connects directly with your Material setup and affects the total print cost calculation.

🧭 Navigating to Printing Cost Setup

1. Go to Component dashboard
2. Click Printing Cost category
3. Add Printing Cost
   Edit [a]: modify existing components.
   Duplicate [b]: clone a material setup to reuse and create new.
   Delete [c]: remove unused component.

   

🧱 Create a Sheet Form Printing Cost (SC-Booklet)

1. select “SC-Booklet”

2. Put a unique code (up to 8 units)

3. Enter the printing cost name. i.e. Print Colour (Side)

4. Enter the printing cost component description. (description is important, it will help you to quickly know the information of this printing type, such as print side)

5. Select “By Sheet” in Printing Cost Type. (💡 Note: When using “By Sheet,” PriceCal calculates how many print pieces fit on one material sheet, determines total sheets required, then multiplies by your per-sheet cost to calculate total printing cost.)

6. Enter the print cost detail
   – Selection Name: Specification name shown to customer (e.g., “Single Side,” “Double Side”)
   – Base Price: One-time setup or startup fee before any per-sheet cost applies.
   – Per Sheet: Cost per sheet printed (typically represents ink or press cost).

7. Add print cost if you have other specifications available for your customers to choose from

   

8. (optional) Set a Bulk Discount. If no need, just keep it in “Please Select”
   💡 Tips: When the cost per sheet of paper you entered is higher than the original cost, you can offer a bulk discount to bring the paper cost back down when printing volumes are large, thus preventing the paper cost from becoming too high.

9. Click “Save as Active” to save your print cost setup.

   

⚙️ How It Works Behind the Scenes

When customers order a sheet-based product, PriceCal will:

1. Calculate how many print pieces fit per sheet

2. Determine total sheets required based on quantity

3. Multiply total sheets by the Per Sheet cost

4. Add Base Price (fixed setup) once per order

✅ The result = Accurate, scalable print cost per job, automatically adjusted for quantity and print size.

🎯 Why Printing Cost Setup Is Important

A well-structured printing cost ensures:

• ✅ Realistic cost per job

• ✅ Consistent profit margin

• ✅ Flexible scaling for different print volumes

Together with Material, Size, and Quantity, this forms one of the “Four Heavenly Kings” — the pillars of accurate print pricing in PriceCal.

✅ Next: Configure Printing Size or Quantity

After completing your printing cost setup, continue to define Printing Size and Quantity to fully automate your quote and sales workflow.