Press time and capacity calculator

How long will this job sit on the press, what does that time cost you per piece, and how many jobs like it fit in a day? Put in your own setup time and print rate. No signup.

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Pieces in the job

100

Print locationsfront, back, sleeve: each is its own setup and pass

Setup per locationscreens on, registration, test prints

20 min

Print ratepieces per hour your press and crew actually do

120/hr

Crew on the jobprinter, loader, catcher

Hourly labor costper person, including payroll costs

$20

Press hours in a day

Time on press

2.3 hrs

Labor per piece

$0.93

Jobs like this per day

3.4

Setup time

0.7 hrs

Run time

1.7 hrs

Labor for the job

$93.33

Pieces per day at this job size

343

The math: every location gets its own setup and its own pass through the press, so a two-location job of 100 is 200 prints plus two setups. Labor is the press time × the crew × the hourly cost. Small runs carry the whole setup on fewer pieces, which is why they cost more each. The numbers start as examples; use your own press and crew.

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