PrintCostCalc
PrintCostCalc / UV production

UV DTF Sticker Quote Builder

Turn a gang sheet into a price you can stand behind. Yield, consumables, machine time, labour, waste and fees update together.

Please Note: This tool is a working progress. some things are not finished off.

Yield-aware costing Live batch pricingGuest estimate · manual rates

Break-even / batch

£9.83

Recommended / batch

£22.35

Recommended / sticker

£0.25

Net profit / batch

£9.83

Start from a production profile

Scaling changes sheet length only. Use the nest controls below to match your actual layout.

Live comparison

Batch length comparison

Each row recalculates yield and pricing at the current inputs.

LengthYieldBreak-even batchBreak-even / stickerRecommended batchRecommended / sticker
45£6.88£0.15£15.64£0.35
90£9.83£0.11£22.35£0.25
185£15.83£0.09£35.98£0.19
460£33.64£0.07£76.45£0.17

Section 01

Sheet & sticker layout

Set the usable roll area, sticker footprint, bleed, and actual nest count.

mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
0 = auto

Auto nest: 5 across × 18 rows = 90 stickers.

Counted stickers

90

Nest pattern

5 × 18

Sheet area utilization

80.4%

Section 02

Film, ink & finish

Use your real consumable rates and coverage assumptions.

£/m
£/m
£/ml
ml/m²
ml/m²
%

Section 03

Machine & production

Allocate print power, service life, and operator time across the batch.

W
W
min/m
£/kWh

Account rates are applied once; edit freely.

£/yr
m
min/batch
min/batch
sec

Set to zero for an uncut roll.

Section 04

Labour & fulfilment

Count the hands-on work and everything required to ship the order.

£/hr
£
£
£
min

Section 05

Waste, fees & finished-product pricing

Choose how fees are handled, set your margin, and optionally price a transfer applied to a blank.

%
%
%

Covers fees while preserving the target profit.

Section 06

Batch cost breakdown

See the cost path from raw film through to the price after platform fees.

A + B film · 1.10m billed£2.48
Ink · 3.28ml used£1.15
Electricity + maintenance£0.69
Production labour · 10.5 min£2.80
Production subtotal£7.11
Packaging, label, postage + packing£2.37
Waste reserve£0.36
Break-even batch cost£9.83
Platform fee at recommended price£2.68
Recommended selling price£22.35

Break-even / sticker

£0.11

Pre-fee / sticker

£0.22

Net profit / sticker

£0.11

Net margin

44.0%

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