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PRINT ESTIMATE
NOTATIONS
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ROLEAMOUNTUNITXRATETABTOTALShift start up (minutes)15
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MATERIALSLaser Proof (13 x19)33Unit1$25$825Shift close (minutes)15
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4-color -- X1 (one-sided) or 2x (two-sided)5940000per page2 $ 0.05 $628,452Make-ready time (minutes)5
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Black and white -- X1 (one-sided) or 2x (two-sided)0per page1 $ 0.01 $0Proofing time (minutes)3
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Paper: 13x19 Coated Cover = 1000 sheets45unit1 $ 73.04 $3,287Staff used1
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Paper: 13x19 Coated Book = 1000 sheets1485unit1 $ 48.27 $71,681Staff cost (Avg.)$20
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Binding (perfect binding) 45,000per unit1 $ 0.50 $22,500(Publishing Xpress, n.d.)Make-ready waste5
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Specialty Ink (one color)0per page2 $ 0.05 $0Overrun waste sheets50
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DESIGN / PRE-PRESS LABOR
Job Set up and preliminary activites 0.25hrs1$44$11Overrun waste percent10
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Text processing0.5hrs1$23$12Run waste percent0.2
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Image Creation0.5hrs1$23$12Percentage uptime of press80
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Image Processing 0.5hrs1$23$12Hours per shift8
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Image Manipulation 0.5hrs1$23$12Shifts per week5
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Output 1hrs1$23$23Impressions per shift38,400
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PRESS LABOROutput Production cost (80 pages per minutes) 1237.5hrs2$44$108,900
Impressions per minute (pages a minute)
80
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Output binding cost (80 pages per minutes) Additional 0.10 hr per 16 pages
618.75hrs1$44$27,225Impressions per Month864,000
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POST -PRESS LABORPackage / Box0.5hrs1$44$22Maintenance time per week (minutes)120
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SUB -TOTAL Management Labor = 25% OF OTHER LABOR 465hrs1$39$18,135.00Maintenance staff1
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SUB -TOTAL Materials Costs units$726,745Maintenance staff cost$20
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SUB -TOTAL Design Labor3hrs1$23$69.00Equipment Monthly lease$7,000
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SUB -TOTAL Pressman Labor1857hrs1$28$51,996.00Maintenance contract (per month)$2,000
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TOTAL HOURS 1860hrs
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TOTAL BUDGET
$796,945Manager Annual salary $75,000Manager Hourly salary $39
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Contingency / Overage 10%$79,694.48Designer Annual salary $45,000Designer hourly salary $23
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G & A Expenses (office, Marketing, office expense, payroll taxes, insurance, Equipment leases)
$159,388.95Pressman Annual salary $85,000Pressman hourly salary $44
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TOTAL PRINT PRODUCTION COSTS Expenses + G&A Expenses)$956,334
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PROFIT MARGIN (at least 20%, but something that the market will bear) $191,266.74TOTAL LABOR1860
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TOTAL COSTS for the CLIENT ESTIMATE (The sum you hand a client in an estimate)
$1,227,294.9
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8.5x11 magazine
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Pagesunits
total of pages/units
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Line 16PRODUCTION OUTPUT13245,0005940000742501237.5
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Line 17BINDING 37125037125618.75
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Line 6Cover sheets594000014850001485
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CALCULATING TIME
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1 hour = 1
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45 mins = .75
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1/2 hour = .5
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