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.
