Updating Copy Products

 

 

Overview

 

This topic describes how to update a copy product or create a new one. Copies are different from offset and digital, they're priced per copy. Here the product alone determines the price. Well, almost anyway. One minor contribution comes from the copier itself - the time spent feeding the original document. With multiple copies made from a single original, that usually adds mere pennies to the total. Multiple originals, on the other hand, can significantly increase the price per copy.

Say the order calls for 1,000 copies from a single original. You're charging 5 cents per copy, plus 7 cents per original if there's more than one. Total price: $50.00. Now change that to a single copy each from 1,000 originals, and watch the price soar to $120.00. That's if your copier is equipped with an automatic document feeder. If the originals have to be put on the glass by hand, the price goes even higher.

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The pricing for document feeding, auto and manual, is tied to the copier and is set in My Shop > My Presses.

 

 

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1.ButtonStore Click the My Store button, then click My Products.

2.In the black panel, click Copies.

3.ButtonAddButtonChange Click either the Add button to create a new copy product, or the Update button to edit an existing one. For this demo, we'll add a new product, based on "Copies, C1/1, RIP" over which we've placed the highlight bar.

 

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4.Enter the Name, then click the Size and Press Sheet buttons if you need to change sizes.

5.Left-click the Coverage slider to increase toner coverage, right-click the slider to decrease it. Click one of the three radio buttons if you need to select an alternate range.

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The prices we'll enter in the next step are for 8-1/2x11 (or A4) copies with 30% coverage, printed one side. If we change the size to 11x17 (or A3), Morning Flight will double the price per copy. If we change coverage, the program will compensate for that as well. When updating standard copy products (those with a circle in front in the product selection window), you'll discover that sheetsize and coverage are locked and can't be changed. That's what makes a standard product standard.

 

6.Click the Prices button.

 

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7.Enter the Minimum amount per quote and RIP charges, if applicable.

8.Change the Quantity fields, if necessary, then enter Prices per Copy, size 8-1/2x11 (or A4), with 30% ink coverage, copied one side.

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Looking for a shortcut? When entering copy prices, just enter the first and the last price, then click the sort button (third from the left) and let Morning Flight come up with the intermediate prices. Note also that when you change a white-box quantity, the quantity above it in black on gray will update automatically. In other words, when you increase the quantity in the white box from 50 to 500, the black on gray quantity will increase from 49 to 499.

 

9.Click the Packaging button and select the type of packaging.

 

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See also

 

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