Question: Lets say I am doing yard signs for a project, the way we print them here is to first print it on vinyl, then mount it on the coroplast sheet. Now in this case, when I am doing the inputs and sizes, I will choose Coroplast 4 x 8 as my material, to get best out of 4x8 sheet. This will only calculate the cost for the substrate and not the type of vinyl I printed it on right? I think we need to have a way in which the cost of vinyl is also added to the cost of substrate. Please let me know if i am doing anything wrong here
This has been a common request that we'll get added to the next version. In the meantime, I would suggest adding the cost of "Vinyl applied Coro" as a material in the material tab. Let's say a board of coro is $10, and the vinyl you would apply costs $20 for about 8 feet off the roll. I would make a material that is $30 for a 4x8 sheet. Then just add some time for your labor, and you're all set.
I have been using the calculator. I am finding that I can price two products that are the same except for size and it is coming up with a higher price for the smaller product. I have tried this with rigid sheets and with sq ft vinyl. Am I doing something wrong? I don't know how to justify this to my customer.
Can you tell us more specifically what the issue is? What size is your substrate? What sizes are you quoting? My best guess is that it has to do with sheet yield being better on the larger size (i.e. 24x24's will fully use a 48x96" sheet, but 19x19's will have a bunch of waste.)
