This document will outline what information is necessary for creating a digital printer service in Printer's Plan. This guide will be broken up into several sections.

1. General Properties
2. Waste & Time Calculations
3. Cost & Price
4. Setup & Run Table
5. Price Table

1. General Properties

   • Service Name: Enter a name for the digital printer.
   • Invoice Name: Here an alternative name can be entered for display on invoices if the service name is not preferred. 
   • Popup Reminder: Here a message can be entered to alert the user of something when adding this service to an order or quote. 
   • Default Note: This is a note that will be shown on work orders when this service is used.
   • Sales Dept: This defaults to Digital - (Either B&W or Color)
   • Colors / Side: This should be either:
     
     • Digital ( 1 click/side of RunSize): This will calculate the service's impressions output to the number of sheets.
     • Digital (1 click/side of Finsize): This will calculate the service's impressions output to the number of finish size items on a sheet.

2. Waste & Time Calculations 

   • Waste... - Waste should only be added here if you know for certain that your digital printer has a certain amount of run waste. 
     • Use Waste Table Row #: Allows for set sheets and waste percentages based on impressions count at various breakpoints.
     • Use Paper Waste Properties: Uses the value selected for each paper material in the 'Waste...' section.
     • Use Following Waste Properties: Allows for presetting setup sheets and a percentage of the run quantity.
     • No Waste: This service will not calculate waste.
   • Time... : This defaults to 'Calculate Time From #Impressions (Clicks) Using Colors/Side'. 

3. Cost & Price

   • Cost: Establishes how this service will calculate your costs. Should typically be set to 'Time Cost + Material Cost' but some prefer just to capture material costs.
     • Cost / Hour: This is where you will include all costs associated with this printer that isn't established as a material cost.

4. Setup & Run Table

   • Setup Table: Use the Setup Table to establish additional time needed outside of the run time to be added to this service. 
     • Per: Description of the setup time. 
     • Minutes: Enter the number of minutes for this setup value. 'Per' field determines how this is calculated into the overall run time of the service.
     • Mat. Costs: Optionally enter any costs associated with this setup value.
     • Setup Price: Enter any charges to customers associated with this setup value.
   • Run Table: The Run Table will determine how many units (impressions) an hour can be processed and is generally based on averages. The difficulty table can be used to adjust times and waste amounts based on different sizes of paper material.
     • QtyBreak: Enter the quantity the 'Units/hour' will be based on. Used in conjunction with 'Mat. Costs And Run Prices Are' value. 
     • Units/Hour: Units are always tied to the Quantity value. 
     • Mat. Cost: This is where you would enter your click cost unless you are using a price table setup that collects your material costs such as 'How Sides Printed' which allows for variable click costs based on color or black and the combination.
     • Run Price: This is only used if the price is being established as 'Use Price Column Of Setup & Run Table'. 
     • Mat. Costs And Run Prices Are: Here you determine the Run Table's QtyBreak as Per Each, Per M (1000) or Total.
     • Between QtyBreaks, Use: This is used if you have multiple QtyBreaks established on the RunTable. Linear Method or Step Method are typically selected. 

5. Price Table - Typically for a simple digital printer setup there are 2 price tables that are used by default.

Black & White: Use Column 1 (Ignore Other Columns)

• • • Service Qty: For digital printers, this will be based on impressions.
    • Price: Determine a specific price based on the values in the service quantity breaks.

Color: How Sides Printed

• • Cost / Click Each column is labeled and has a value. The value is determined by your black click cost and your color click cost. The 'Color/Blk' field is your black cost plus your color cost divided by 2. (.2+.4=.6 / 2 = .3)
  • Service Qty: This is the number of impressions or clicks you wish to add as breakpoints for the next row's pricing to start.
  • Price: Enter the price for the appropriate quantity in the appropriate click column.

See the Price Table documentation for more detailed information or alternative setups. 

References

Digital Printers

Price Table

Step, Linear, And Sum Method

Paper Waste

Difficulty Table