I am not on a super fast connection (300MB down/100MB up) and it loaded in 3- 4 seconds.
I am with Graphic on this one. I think have front colors, back colors sleeve colors would eliminate some of the questions. I would think that since you are contract the clients should know and understand that.

You are right, they should understand that and many do, so having everything might be ok.
The problem is, we have to keep all those options there (short of the sleeve charge), that’s how contract printing works. Removing them would give incomplete pricing and not charging for it is not an option.
So now, we have to have options section for each placement and it makes the page much, much longer. We also have to provide a field for qty since not all the fronts get the back (think STAFF). Then one side might need an underbase and another might not, so we now need the ubase slider too! In the end, it is just repeating what is already there and making the visuals more complex. We’ve had customers complain that the previous version was too complex and wanted to make it as simple as possible (visually).
Pierre

I try whatthefont and an ai but they were no help.
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Adding additional locations would make it look more complicated and they’d never use it so we decided not to include the additional locations. They just have to run it twice or double the cost of one side…

Wet Blanket Time - Sorry

I just took another look at this and just how much more complicated would it be to make the following changes:

Combine "Underbase" and  "Number of Colors" into a Group Box with a Title of "Print Location 1" then Add a second Group Box with "Underbase: and "Number of Colors" and a Title of "Print Location 2".


And get rid of the Off-Center Print option as that, to me, is well, silly.  Not to mention that option could not handle 2 location print the way it's set up now.  Off-Center on Front? Back? Both?  Is that really a labor intensive item to charge .20 a shirt?  So you move the image over when you burn the screen.  Pffft.

This Calculator appears to be slanted towards a customer filling it in, NOT someone in the shop filling it in so I'm wondering if "Colors" to a Customer is subjective.  Is your average Customer knowledgeable about Gradients or Halftones to even move that slider (down below)?  And if not, based on the options of Quantity, Number of Colors (even as it is now for one location), and Gradients, how would it quote a price that includes the total number of screens (and inks) that can result from a Simulated Process?  Customer might "see" and mark 3 Colors where in fact a separation process produces 6 (or more). 

I get a couple of the "Additional options" but:
Color Changes?  Reading the description makes no sense to me.  Says color change during process.  Unless that's really trying to be a Screen Prep Charge I'd say that's a pretty rare event.
   
PMS/Pantone Match?  15.00 times how many colors?  How many of the colors require a Match?  All?  1, 2?

Water-based charge?  I get Discharge pricing, but Water-base to me is just an ink selection trade-off, no?   


I'd be okay with Fleece and Over seams/zippers as per shirt items.  Specialty,PMS Match,Foil,Water-base don't appear to have a way to price UNLESS the option is required for ALL colors (doubtful).  And no clue how you accurately price the Gradients option slide based on the Customer filling in for a quote.  Especially when a Simulated process is required.

Looks like a lot of time was focused on "Additional options" and not enough on basics.  Just my 2c.

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Adding additional locations would make it look more complicated and they’d never use it so we decided not to include the additional locations. They just have to run it twice or double the cost of one side…

That looks like it would really skew the numbers unless a second pass would eliminate ALL the other selected items.  Don't see how "they'd never use it" since almost all jobs typically require more than one location, IMO.

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I agree.

Also anyone that emphatically understands his pricing already would not even be using this calculator, this should be for the casual new customer shopping before wasting your time. I dont get it otherwise.

I am not on a super fast connection (300MB down/100MB up) and it loaded in 3- 4 seconds.
I am with Graphic on this one. I think have front colors, back colors sleeve colors would eliminate some of the questions. I would think that since you are contract the clients should know and understand that.