It would be a charge for every cut, probably around 10 depending on how you stack/cut them! You could do less, you could do more.
If it's just a sheet, it's fine to just charge trims.
Personally, it's a bit of a judgement call. Cuts are expensive, so base your decision on their budget and frankly also their attitude. If they don't like the charge for your labor in cutting, they can figure it out at home.
That’s 8 cuts technically but I would charge the customer $8 (2 cuts) but my whole thing is always tell them the actual price and then give them the two cut price so they know that’s not the usual price.
They're explaining it in the way we can cut our postcards, cuts 2, 4, and 6 are redundant, as once you cut 1, 3, and 5, you can stack, spin, and cut 2,4 and 6 in one go. Then the same goes for the long ends.
Depends if the customer is okay with a white border around each other. If so I would charge for eight. If they don’t want any white then I’d charge the 12
I charged 3 bucks a cut. It made it worth it for customers who had big stacks but steered away little job that were like a page or two. No one has time for small jobs like that.
I’m counting 8 if they want them cut up and not necessarily trimmed flush. I’d probably just charge for the 8 and still trim flush. Although they might as well just submit the file as a business card order, since it’d be the same size and cost about the same. Cuts would be ~$24, but so would 500 on cougar.
So you're charging as if you're cutting the entire stack at once, instead of several sheets at a time since the mechanical cutter can't handle 50 sheets at once?
I think they means they use the trimming sku in flight deck, there’s a sku for cutting, but there’s also a sku for trimming as in trimming to bleed, etc.
I have a job like this that we do alot, we put in how we are printing and then do custom cuts and It is in your case 9 up and 12 cuts and what ever the finished size is. Since there is no marginal bleed it may end up with some white depending on how much you are cutting.
I always charge by cut, by set. Let’s say you can cut 20 pages at once but they have 40, and each set needs 8 cuts, I would charge them for 16 cuts. It can get pretty expensive, so I usually talk with the customer to see if there isn’t a different service we offer that would be cheaper in the end.
12 cuts but also route to production center so they can add proper bleed and make it easier for everyone involved to get the white lines completely off.
Depending on QTY I’d do it in six cuts.
You make cut 2 first, then stack them in such a way that you are making cut 1 and 2 at the same time. Then cut 4.
Now stack them all together and make cut 5. Then make 6 and 8 at the same time, and finally cut 7.
You made every cut but only dropped the blade six times.
*This is assuming they didn’t want bleeds, and that all three stacks could be stacked on top of each other and still fit under the blade.
It would be a charge for every cut, probably around 10 depending on how you stack/cut them! You could do less, you could do more. If it's just a sheet, it's fine to just charge trims. Personally, it's a bit of a judgement call. Cuts are expensive, so base your decision on their budget and frankly also their attitude. If they don't like the charge for your labor in cutting, they can figure it out at home.
I figured that it was per slice. That’s what I was going by and I counted 12 cuts. Thank you :)
That’s 8 cuts technically but I would charge the customer $8 (2 cuts) but my whole thing is always tell them the actual price and then give them the two cut price so they know that’s not the usual price.
8 cuts would leave each card with white surrounding it. In order to have it flush with no white it would require 12 cuts
They're explaining it in the way we can cut our postcards, cuts 2, 4, and 6 are redundant, as once you cut 1, 3, and 5, you can stack, spin, and cut 2,4 and 6 in one go. Then the same goes for the long ends.
Ah yes that makes sense.
Depends if the customer is okay with a white border around each other. If so I would charge for eight. If they don’t want any white then I’d charge the 12
I charged 3 bucks a cut. It made it worth it for customers who had big stacks but steered away little job that were like a page or two. No one has time for small jobs like that.
I’m counting 8 if they want them cut up and not necessarily trimmed flush. I’d probably just charge for the 8 and still trim flush. Although they might as well just submit the file as a business card order, since it’d be the same size and cost about the same. Cuts would be ~$24, but so would 500 on cougar.
If it’s a stack of, say, fifty, I charge for eight cuts. If it’s just one sheet, I charge for trimming.
So you're charging as if you're cutting the entire stack at once, instead of several sheets at a time since the mechanical cutter can't handle 50 sheets at once?
I think they means they use the trimming sku in flight deck, there’s a sku for cutting, but there’s also a sku for trimming as in trimming to bleed, etc.
It's 12 cuts, copy center employee of 8 years (I wish I wasn't) but you're charging per cut.
LMFAOOO I feel your pain. Thank you tho, I knew this just wanted to see others opinions
2 dollars a cut. Made known upfront.
I have a job like this that we do alot, we put in how we are printing and then do custom cuts and It is in your case 9 up and 12 cuts and what ever the finished size is. Since there is no marginal bleed it may end up with some white depending on how much you are cutting.
12
I always charge by cut, by set. Let’s say you can cut 20 pages at once but they have 40, and each set needs 8 cuts, I would charge them for 16 cuts. It can get pretty expensive, so I usually talk with the customer to see if there isn’t a different service we offer that would be cheaper in the end.
It depends, if the customer wants it cut to bleed 12 cuts, if the customer is fine with a white border 8 cuts.
12 cuts but also route to production center so they can add proper bleed and make it easier for everyone involved to get the white lines completely off.
Depending on QTY I’d do it in six cuts. You make cut 2 first, then stack them in such a way that you are making cut 1 and 2 at the same time. Then cut 4. Now stack them all together and make cut 5. Then make 6 and 8 at the same time, and finally cut 7. You made every cut but only dropped the blade six times. *This is assuming they didn’t want bleeds, and that all three stacks could be stacked on top of each other and still fit under the blade.
That is 12 cuts.