costs

Hello, an associate and I are working on a Start-Up Expense business plan for starting a short run digital print business. I am a designer and have had very abundant requests for short run digital print orders over the last couple of years but have had to refer all of my designs to 3rd parties...

Is ther any good book for calculating costs to quote i want to know how to calculate the cost of cutting the final product

Hello all, I am an artist from Durham England and have been painting for a number of years. I am now looking to explore the possibilities of transfering my images onto canvas via a printer. My knowledge on printers is pretty limited, hence me coming her for a little advice. I have earmarked...

Hi All, We take a different approach towards advertising printers and printer ink cartridges of brands like Brother, Canon, HP & more. Calculating the true costs of printer ownership over lifespan will give you some interesting information. Printer.com puts buying a printer and ink...

Can anyone give me general info on cost and service contracts associated with the Canon Imagepress C1. We are a fairly small business doing about 20,000-25,000 impressions per month and were interested in the C1. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks all! :)

Hello everyone, I'm try to get an Idea of what the going rates for a service contract on a KM C6500. Do they usually include toner or no? Could an independent do as good a job as the OEM Dealer? Thanks for your help.

Hi, I am a consultant in need of typical cost and usage information in the following categories: * Make ready * Paper * Process Inks If you are a printer with a 4-color sheetfed or web press and can answer a total of about a dozen specific questions related to these areas then I will...

How cost-competitive is a printing press for a small printer? Does much negotiation need to be done to get stock and ink cost-effectively enough to compete with the high-volume operations, or is a press (once you afford the press itself) inherently cheaper to print with than digital color and...

How does paper cost compare when looking at stock to get current color-copier quality out of a CM8060? Is plain-paper with this line inkjet for office-printing only and do you need better more expensive coated paper to print photos, graphic solids, etc. with top quality? How do stock costs for...

Hi, We've been printing a 32pp self cover magazine, which has just dropped in size to 28pp. We outsource our binding and stitching and as the publication has now changed from a 2 x 16pp book to 3 sections (16pp + 8pp + 4pp) both our printing and binding costs have increased dramatically. Our...

This question is a reach I know, but printing 1 million impressions a year, what might be the ballpark average yearly maintenance costs on a quality pre-owned Heidelberg speedmaster?