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Two ways to quote.
Use Quick Quote for area-based pricing or Full Production for a detailed cost calculation. Choose the approach that fits the job.
Quote
Estimate with confidence.
From a quick area-based estimate to a full production calculation. Bring materials, machine time, cutting, and finishing into a clear quote, then turn accepted work into a job sheet.
BUILT AROUND THE JOB
A quick answer. Or the full calculation.
Use Quick Quote for area-based selling prices, or Full Production to build the estimate from stock, machines, and finishing. Keep the assumptions visible and carry accepted work forward without starting again.
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One clear markup.
In Full Production, combine the production costs into one cost base and apply a quote-wide markup. See the cost and selling price together.
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Cost the whole process.
Include printing, cutting, laminating, materials, and machine time. Add labour and other job extras where the work requires them.
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From quote to job sheet.
Accept a quote and create a saved job sheet. Keep the agreed prices and production information together as the job moves forward.
LESS REPEATED ENTRY
The details that keep estimating moving.
Read files and filenames
Extract encoded material, quantity, and dimensions from consistently named files. Read dimensions from supported PDF, TIFF, PNG, and JPEG files when they are not in the name.
Bring Nest data into the quote
Use Nest output for a combined job or separate artwork items. Review the quantities and material assumptions before finalising the estimate.
Keep production costs visible
Review estimated machine time and internal costs, with minimum charges and printer lead-in material where configured.
Keep customer documents clear
Create branded customer PDFs without exposing internal costs, machine details, or time calculations.
Return to the right version
Use numbered quotes, autosave, history, and revisions. Keep company and contact details with the work and preserve accepted prices.
Use a shared estimating database
Connect workstations to a shared SQLite database file so the team can work from the same estimating data.
NEST + QUOTE
The layout already knows something about the job.
Nest plans the true-contour arrangement and writes the resulting job data. Quote reads that output and brings the nest information into the estimate.
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