A finishing operation is something done to a part after printing, with its own price. Your operations live in the shared library: open Materials and pick the Finishing tab (Price book on the Estimating page opens the same library). Quote lines add them in their Finishing cell, and product templates can carry them.
Units and prices#
Each operation is priced per piece, per 1,000 pieces, per sheet, per ft² or m², per linear foot or metre of perimeter, each (grommets every 24 in, at least four), or once per job, with a setup charge and a minimum. Fold entries also carry the fold style. Boxes are bundled and palletised with the Bundle & strap (25 a bundle) and Pallet & wrap (500 a pallet) presets, priced per bundle or pallet.
The Finishing tab lists your operations. Add finishing or Edit opens these settings:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Name, Category | Coating, lamination, cutting, folding, drilling, mounting, hardware, packing, fee, other, or outside work (a vendor's charge: quotes show it apart from your own finishing). |
| Priced | The unit above, or per pack (bundles, cases, pallets) or per 1,000 in². "Per sheet" is only for the Sheets and Offset routes. |
| Pieces per pack | For "per pack": how many pieces fill one pack, for example 25 boxes a bundle. A line's count overrides it. |
| Timed on | Optional: a machine from Equipment → Finishing. The operation is then timed at that machine's speed and rates, and the prices above are added on top. Items, Custom price lines and boxes on Blanks as board only can't take a timed operation. A machine archived later keeps timing it (shown as "archived" here). Until its time is priced, the line shows as pending, never at $0; a machine with no speed or rate says so in Ready to quote. |
| Routes | Which routes offer it; leave all unticked for every route. |
| Price per unit, Setup price, Minimum charge | What the customer pays: units × price, plus setup, and never less than the minimum. |
| Cost per unit, Setup cost | What it costs you. Customers never see it. |
| Count per piece, One every (in of perimeter), At least | For "each" units: a fixed count (1 H-stake per sign), or one every N inches around the edge with a minimum (grommets). |
| Coating | Parts with a coating are ganged only with parts that have it too. |
On a line, click the Finishing cell (or press Enter on it) to tick operations; an "each" operation takes a count, and
a folding one a Style (half, letter, Z, gate, double parallel, roll or 4-panel accordion). When a fold is added on
a stock at least 0.010 in thick, the popover offers Add Score (recommended for cover weights).
Presets without prices#
Stock and finishing presets hold typical technical values only. A row made from a preset starts at $0 and shows "Set a price" until you give it yours: the app never prices a quote at someone else's rates. On the Finishing tab, Add from presets lists the typical operations you haven't added yet (UV and aqueous coating, gloss laminate, round corners, score, fold, drill, shrink-wrap, grommets, hem, mount to board, H-stakes, design and rush fees); an operation you archived is never added again.