PriceCal Tutorial

Whether you're setting up your first product or fine-tuning complex pricing rules, these tutorials will help you get the most out of PriceCal. Follow along step-by-step to automate your pricing, reduce manual work, and set up your branded storefront. No technical skills needed – our presets and guides make setup straightforward. Pick a tutorial below and start streamlining your quoting process today.

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Discover Printalogue Features

🛍️ Explore Your Printalogue ShopFront — As a Customer

Your Printalogue ShopFront is designed to give customers a smooth and engaging shopping experience — from browsing products to placing an order or contacting your print shop directly.

Let’s explore the key features available to every visitor 👇

🏠 a. Home Page

When customers land on the home page, they’ll immediately see the latest updated products displayed at the top, keeping your shop fresh and dynamic.

💡 Tip: Regularly update or add new products so returning customers always see something new.

🛒 b. Shop Page

Click “Shop” to view the complete product list.
Customers can scroll through available items, view images, read product details, and check prices in real-time.

📞 c. Contact Us Page

Under the “Contact Us” section, visitors can find your business information, including:

  • Address

  • Email

  • Contact number

  • Website

  • Working hours

💡 Make sure this information is accurate and updated — it builds customer trust.

🔑 d. Admin Login (For Printer Only)

The “Login as Admin” option is reserved for printers or system owners.
Customers don’t have access to admin tools or cost details — ensuring your business data stays protected.

🌐 e. Language Selector

Customers can switch the website language for a localized experience.
This is especially useful for shops serving multi-language markets (e.g., English, Chinese, or Malay).

💬 f. Review & Like System

Customers can write reviews, like, or unlike products to share their experience or preferences.
This helps build social proof and increases engagement on your shopfront.

🔍 g. Product Search

The search bar allows customers to quickly find products by keyword — making navigation fast and easy even with large catalogs.

🧾 h. Product Selection & Ordering

Customers can click on any product to:

  • Select their material, size, finishing, and quantity

  • Instantly view real-time pricing

  • Proceed to order or quotation checkout

💡 PriceCal’s smart calculator ensures accuracy and transparency at every step.

💛 i. Quick Contact Button

The yellow floating button gives customers instant access to your preferred communication channels —
such as WhatsApp, Messenger, or Email.

They can contact your print shop directly for inquiries or custom orders with just one click.

✨ Summary

Feature Function
🏠 Home Shows latest updated products
🛒 Shop Browse all available products
📞 Contact Us Displays address, contact & working hours
🔑 Admin Login For printer access only
🌐 Language Switch website language
💬 Review & Like Customer feedback and engagement
🔍 Search Find products quickly
🧾 Order Customize & calculate prices instantly
💛 Contact Button Quick messaging via preferred channels

✅ Printalogue ShopFront empowers print businesses with a professional, user-friendly, and automated online storefront — giving customers an intuitive way to browse, quote, and order print products anytime.

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API

SC-Sheet calculates printing costs by determining the number of large sheets required based on material, size, printing method, and quantity.

For example, if a customer orders 1,000 business cards (89mm x 54mm), SC-Sheet calculates how many fit on a standard sheet, the total sheets needed, and the printing cost. Additional finishing like lamination or diecut is factored in separately, ensuring precise pricing while optimizing material usage and profitability.

What products are best suited for API?

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SC-Sheet

SC-Sheet calculates printing costs by determining the number of large sheets required based on material, size, printing method, and quantity.

For example, if a customer orders 1,000 business cards (89mm x 54mm), SC-Sheet calculates how many fit on a standard sheet, the total sheets needed, and the printing cost. Additional finishing like lamination or diecut is factored in separately, ensuring precise pricing while optimizing material usage and profitability.

What products are best suited for SC-Sheet?

Click on the products below to see SC-Sheet in action!

CSV

CSV is the most flexible way to manage and price products with fixed options or variations that don’t require dynamic calculations. Ideal for products with pre-set combinations of attributes like size, material, finish, and quantity, CSV enables
printers to create custom pricing tables in Excel (CSV format). Once the table is computed, simply upload it into PriceCal, and our Price Calculator will convert it into a systematic selection, generating the price based on the chosen options.

For instance, when calculating the price for a roll-up standee, printers can set up variables like type (e.g., Standard, Deluxe), size (Small, Medium, Large), print method (Digital, Offset), and quantity (e.g., 1, 5, 10). These variables are then organized in a CSV file, and upon upload, the system will automatically generate the correct pricing based on the selected options.

What products are best suited for CSV?

Click on the products below to see CSV in action!

  • Banners (Size, Material, Print Method, Quantity)
  • Packaging Boxes (Type, Size, Printing Method, Finishing)
  • Signage (Material, Size, Print Method, Quantity)
  • Stationery (Size, Material, Print Method, Quantity)
  • Promotional Products (Type, Design, Print Location, Quantity)

SC-Packaging

SC-Packaging is designed to handle pricing for packaging products such as boxes and cartons by calculating costs based on material, size, and finishing components. Through our strategic partnership with Pacdora, printers gain access
to a wide variety of box models, including double tuck boxes, auto-lock boxes, mailer boxes, and more.

This tool works similarly to SC-Sheet by calculating the open size of the selected box model and using the input dimensions to determine material usage, printing costs, and additional finishing. Components like gluing, die-cutting, and assembly costs can be seamlessly factored into the pricing

For example, if a customer orders 2,000 auto-lock boxes measuring 200mm x 150mm x 100mm, SC-Packaging will generate the total material required based on the box’s flat layout, calculate the printing and die-cutting costs, and include any finishing or assembly charges.

Exciting Benefits from Our Pacdora Partnership

Thanks to this collaboration, printers can now:

✅ Retrieve dielines instantly upon customer order.

✅ Offer customers access to Pacdora’s design studio to create and edit packaging
artwork effortlessly.

What products are best suited for SC-Packaging?

Click on the products below to see SC-Packaging in action!

SC-Item

SC-Item is designed for pricing single-item print customization, making it ideal for products like apparel, drinkware, and promotional merchandise. Unlike other pricing tools, SC-Item allows for flexible order quantities across different variations, such as sizes, colors, and print locations.

For example, in t-shirt printing, customers can choose to print on the front, back, or sleeves and place an order with specific quantity breakdowns—20 Large, 10 Small, 15 Medium, etc. SC-Item calculates the cost based on the print locations, total quantity, and any additional customization options like embroidery, heat transfer, or DTF printing.

What products are best suited for SC-Item?

Click on the products below to see SC-Item in action!

SC-Booklet

SC-Booklet is designed to generate precise pricing for multi-page products like booklets, catalogs, and magazines by calculating the material cost, printing method, and binding requirements. It determines the number of sheets required to fulfill an order based on the total number of pages, paper type, and sheet size. Additionally, SC-Booklet supports various binding methods, including saddle stitching and perfect binding, ensuring flexibility in product customization.

For example, if a customer orders 500 copies of a 32-page booklet, SC-Booklet calculates the number of large sheets needed based on the imposition layout. If the inner pages are printed on 150gsm matte paper and the cover on 300gsm glossy
paper, it determines how many sheets of each material are required and factors in the printing and finishing costs accordingly. The system also accommodates add-ons like spot UV, lamination, and special finishes.

What products are best suited for SC-Booklet?

Click on the products below to see SC-Booklet in action!

  • Corporate brochures
  • Annual reports
  • Event programs
  • Product catalogs
  • Training manuals
  • Magazines
  • Cookbooks
  • Portfolios
  • School yearbooks
  • Art books

SC-Area

SC-Area calculates printing costs based on the total print area (sq ft). When a user enters the length and width of the final print, SC-Area determines the total printable area and generates the cost accordingly. It also factors in additional finishing based on the perimeter, making it ideal for products that require eyelets, frames, or poles.

For example, if a customer orders a banner measuring 10ft x 3ft, SC-Area will calculate the total print area (30 sq ft) and generate the cost. If finishing options like eyelets every 2ft or a poles are added, SC-Area factors in these costs based on the perimeter. This tool is perfect for large-format prints such as banners, buntings, billboards, and signage, ensuring accurate pricing and seamless cost calculation.

What products are best suited for SC-Area?

Click on the products below to see SC-Area in action!

  • Magnetic signs
  • Metal / Aluminum signs
  • Die-cut stickers (large format)
  • PVC boards (Forex board prints)
  • Corflute / Corrugated plastic signs
  • Canvas prints
  • Tension fabric displays
  • Construction site signage
  • Directional & wayfinding signs
  • Table covers & table runners
  • Street pole banners
  • Retail window clings
  • Estate agent boards
  • Event standees & cutouts
  • Door signs & nameplates

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