Printing Types

Overview

Printing Types separates the estimating setup to use specific Parts, Colours, Press Types, and Substrates. The following setups must be linked to a Printing Type:

• Parts

• Ink Groups

• Presses

Navigation: Main Menu > Setup > Printing Types

Fields Explained

• Size from

  • Parts: Select from predefined or custom parts.

  • Flexo Dies: Select from a list of Flexo Dies.

• Run Type

  • Sheetfed - Sheets/hr: Substrate is sheets, speed calculated in sheets per hour.

  • Sheetfed - sqm/hr 

  • Web - Sheets/hr: Substrate is reels, speed calculated in sheets per hour.

  • Web - m/hr: Substrate is reels, speed calculated in running metres per hour.

  • Web - sqm/hr

  • N/A

• Ink

  • Use Ink Groups: Used when you pay directly for the ink used (e.g. Litho).

  • Use Press Options: Used when you pay a click/usage charge (e.g. Digital Printing).

  • Not Printed: Used when adding unprinted sheets.

• Substrate Category

  • Select a Material Category that contains the substrates to be printed. The Material Categories must be linked to one of these:

    • Paper - Reels

    • Paper - Sheets

    • Substrates - Reels

    • Substrates - Sheets

• Finishing Category

  • Sets the default Category for the service lookup in the Finishing tab.

  • If the estimate contains Parts using different Printing Types, the category is set according to the Printing Type of the first Part.

  • If the field is blank in the Printing Type or a Part has not been added to the Estimate, the Category is set from the Branch Setting or the General Setting.

  • Categories:

    • Continuous

    • Finishing

    • Finishing - NCR

    • Large Format Finishing

    • Pre-press

    • Urgent Orders

• Branch

  • Restricts all the setups linked to a Printing Type to the selected Branch.

  • If the field is blank, printing types can be used in all the Branches.

  • This option is only displayed if there is more than one branch.

Tags that can be used in Printing Description

Imposition

• <SECTIONDEPTH> - Part Depth.

• <SECTIONWIDTH> - Part Width.

• <QTYDOWN> - Qty down on Printing Imposition.

• <QTYACROSS> - Qty Across on Printing Imposition.

• <QTYUP> - Qty Up on Printing Imposition.

Printing

• <COLOURSFRONT> - List of Colours printed front.

• <COLOURSBACK> - List of Colours printed back.

• <PLATEQTY> - Plate Qty.

• <SPEED> - Run speed - unit depends on Printing Type.

• <BLEED> - Bleed on the Part.

• <INSTRUCTION> or <PRINTNOTE> - The Note field on the Printing page of the Print Wizard.

Worksheets

• <WORKDEPTH> - Work Depth.

• <WORKWIDTH> - Work Width.

• <WORKSHEETS> - No. of Worksheets (selected from the Parts table)

• <RUNSHEETS> - No. of Runsheets.

• <NETTSHEETS> - Net Worksheet Qty (Without MR or Run Overs) - unit depends on Printing Type.

• <SETUPSHEETS> - Worksheets allowed for Setup - unit depends on Printing Type.

• <RUNOVERSHEETS> - Worksheets allowed for run-overs - unit depends on Printing Type.

• <TOTALWORKSHEETS> - Total number of Worksheets - unit depends on Printing Type. (Substrate Total Qty * Qty/Out).

Paper

• <PAPERNAME> - Substrate Description.

• <SHEETDEPTH> - Sheet Depth (Stock Sheet)

• <SHEETWIDTH> - Sheet Width (Stock Sheet)

• <QTYOUT> - Qty Worksheets cut out of Stock sheets.

• <PAPERNETTQTY> - Nett Substrate Quantity excluding Setup and Run Overs

• <PAPERMRQTY> - Substrate quantity allowed for Setup

• <PAPERRUNOVERQTY> - Substrate quantity allowed for Run overs

• <PAPERQTY> - The Total Substrate Qty - unit depends on the Printing Type.

• <PAPERRUNQTY> - Substrate quantity for the run including Nett Qty and Run overs