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In-house printing · Offset / Digital sheet printing · Automatic cost calculation
Business cards are one of the most common sheet-based print products.
When you print in-house and want PriceCal to calculate sheet usage, imposition, and cost automatically, SC-Sheet is the recommended approach.
When to Use SC-Sheet
Use SC-Sheet if you:
- Print business cards yourself
- Use sheet-based materials (e.g. Art Card, Ivory Card)
- Want automatic nesting & sheet calculation
- Need flexible quantities and add-ons
A. First for all, you need to add a new product
1. Select Product Source: SC-Sheet
2. Enter the product code: You can enter your product SKU or product abbreviation. Example, Demo-Business Card >> DM-BC
3. Product Name: Business Card
4. Description: In-house production (only admin can view this in the PriceCal dashboard)
5. (Optional) Set rounding to set the price to an integer based on your market price
6. (Optional) Min Order Amount: for min charge for this job no matter the size or quantity.
Example: If you select a print price of $9, but the minimum order amount is $15, then this order will be charged $15 unless the print price is higher than $15.7. Enter the slug name: business-card-short-run
Slug must be lowercase, contain only letters, numbers, and ‘-‘, and cannot start or end with a ‘-‘
8. Upload your business card product image
9. Fill in your product description, important information that needs to be communicated to customers, such as “Good to know”, printing specs, production timeline, etc
🔗 Related tutorial: SC-Sheet Product Creation
B. Add Material
- Example: 250gsm Art Card
- Add more paper options if needed
i. Edit current component
ii. Add new component directly without going to the Component page.
iii. Hovering the mouse over a component will display its description, making it easy to understand what this component is before selecting it.
This image shows how a sheet-form Material component is typically set up, so you can understand what each field means before creating your own.
🔗 Related tutorial: Material Component Setup (Full Guide)
C. Define Printing Size
- Size label: Business Card Size
- Nesting type: Multi-Row Extension
- Enable bleed in the printing size component
This image shows how a business card printing size component is typically set up, so you can understand what each field means before creating your own.
🔗 Related tutorial: SC-Sheet Printing Size Setup (Full Guide)
D. Set Printing Cost
- Select printing side (Single Side or Double Side) or printing type (Digital / Offset)
- Define cost per sheet X per side
This image shows how a double side printing cost (printing colour/side) component is typically set up for business card or the other products can be double side printed, so you can understand what each field means before creating your own.
🔗 Related tutorial: Printing Cost Setup (Full Guide)
E. Quantity Selection
- We need to use “Custom + Increment” to set a preset quantity, Example quantities: 100 / 200 / 300 / 400 / 500…
- System will auto-preset the quantity of prints that the customer can choose.
This image shows how a quantity component is typically set up, so you can understand what each field means before creating your own.
🔗 Related tutorial: Quantity Component (Full Guide)
F. Optional Add-ons
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Custom Component: choose the finishing component category like Lamination, Rounded corner. And add the component.
Tips 💡: You can add unique components to a material.For example, if custom component lamination cannot be used on all materials, then we need to attach the lamination component under the applicable materials.
This image shows how a custom component is typically set up, so you can understand what each field means before creating your own.
– Lamination (by sheet)
– Cut Shape (by absolute)
🔗 Related tutorial: Custom Component (Full Guide)
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Production timeline: As this is in-house production, you can control production time to provide flexible production speeds (Normal/Next Day/Same Day).
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Artwork Service: If you offer business card design services, please set the design service option.
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File Upload: Enable file upload and select storage location (WordPress or Dropbox). [Only displayed after integration into WordPress website]
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Custom Fields: Collect extra info or artwork links (e.g., Google Drive link, ).[Only displayed after integration into WordPress website]
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Profit Margin: Apply different profit percentage levels for business card product or digital print product category.
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Bulk Discount: If you want to automatically apply discounts to bulk orders, apply a Bulk Discount to the product.
G. Preview & Publish
i. Check cost breakdown: You can view the corresponding costs based on the selected print size and quantity.
ii. Check the additional inform: Get instant calculation insights
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- Material Summary – Shows the maximum print area of the material selected in the Price Calculator.
- Printing Parameters – Displays the nesting type, sheet size, imposition per sheet, and total sheets required.
Example (business card 89mm × 54mm, 300pcs):- The selected sheet size (print size) is 89mm × 54mm.
- For production, the system adds 2mm bleed on each side, so the working size becomes 93mm × 58mm.
- This 93mm × 58mm size is imposed into the maximum print area 310mm × 450mm.
- Final imposition is 21 pcs per material sheet.
- To produce 300 pcs, total material sheets needed = ⌈300/21⌉= sheets.
- Package Overview (est.) – Estimates volume and weight based on GSM, material thickness, and quantity.
- Financial Overview – Summarizes the applied profit margin and any bulk discount applied.
iii. Click Save as Active
✅ Result:
Customers choose size, paper, quantity → price is calculated automatically based on sheet usage.
When to Use Which?
- You print business cards in-house
- You want PriceCal to calculate sheet usage, imposition, and cost
- You offer multiple paper options and finishing
- You need scalable pricing for different quantities
- You want accurate costing tied to real production logic
Final Outcome (Customer Experience)
Customers can:
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Select paper type, quantity, and finishing
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Instantly see price calculated from real sheet usage
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Trust accurate pricing for small and large quantities
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Place orders confidently
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Contact the print shop directly via WhatsApp
✅ Result: Automated, production-accurate pricing for in-house printing
