Calculating a quotation for printing and assembling Roll-up Banners.
The user's business has a large format printer to do full colour printing. The user needs to quote a client for the supply of 4 full colour roll-up banners, standard size: 2050mm x 850mm.
We have entered the following parameters in the
- Our Hourly Rate is R300.00
- We are a small business with two employees and the owner is also part of production.
- We have a profit mark-up of 33%.
- Our handling expenses are 10%.
- The average ink cost per square metre for our single large format printer is R45.00.
- We are not registered for VAT.
Run the SignQuote SA program. Click on
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The
Length: 2050
Width: 850
Quantity: 4
Artwork: R150.00 (a once off cost which is used "as is". No profit or handling charges are added)
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In the
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We are going to use the average default ink cost per square metre and we therefore do not have to change the ink cost per square metre.
In the
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We choose to print on an Anti-curl PVC banner material as this is best suited for roll-up banners. We then click on
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We also need the price of the roll-up banner mechanisms. Open the
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In the database we look for
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But instead of doing the total calculation, we still have to supply the quantity of roll-ups we are going to use. A form pops up to ask the quantity. (Fig.12.9) Because the price works on percentages we must enter the percentage and not the quantity we are going to use. Roll-ups are sold in units, so in this case we'll enter 400 as a percentage.
We now have all the factors in place to calculate the estimated price of the 4 roll-ups. Click on
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By selecting the
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By selecting the
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If we now click back to the
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On the left side there is nothing in the text boxes and this needs to be filled in before a quotation can be printed or saved to PDF.
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We now fill in the client's details for his quotation. (Fig.12.15)
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By clicking on the
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We exit the print preview and on the
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This ends the tutorial on calculating an estimate price for the manufacturing of the four roll-up banners. To do the next tutorial, where we calculate a quotation for the printing and installation of a sign board, please click here.