Digital Decorating:


The True Cost of Digital Printing

By Jimmy Lamb, Contributing Writer

September 15, 2015
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It is impossible to set any kind of logical prices without understanding what something costs to produce. So, the first big question has to be: what does it cost to run your business and how does that translate into the cost of generating products?
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The Cost of a Complete Sublimation Job
Using the information from the Cost Analysis Sheet combined with the some production data, you can now factor in additional factors in order to get an even more realistic view of the total costs to produce a job from beginning to end. 
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Efficiencies of Multiple Piece Runs
As you run larger orders you benefit from considerably less downtime in regards to pre- and post-production activities. The charts below are simply meant for making some head-to-head comparisons to see the “effect” of increased efficiency. In reality, every job is different in terms of time and complexity, etc., so this should not be considered an exact calculation, rather a tool to see how its possible to have lower prices for larger orders. But just as important, you should observe that every setup reaches a point where the cost-savings for increased volume ends. Thus, you cannot endlessly provide discounts as job size increases.
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Retail Price Calculations
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