Free print shop calculators

These free print shop calculators help you price with confidence and cut waste, with no signup and no sales pitch. Each one solves a common costing headache in seconds, whether you run a sign shop, a wide-format business or a commercial print floor. Use them on their own, or as a taste of the estimating logic built into Krino.

The calculators

  • Charge-out rate calculator: work out your true hourly cost for each machine and person, including rent, power, consumables and downtime, so every quote starts from a real number.
  • Print profit margin calculator: enter your job cost and target margin to see the price to charge, the profit and the equivalent markup, and stop confusing margin with markup.
  • Material waste calculator: see how many pieces fit on a sheet, your yield and offcut, and how many sheets a run needs, which is ideal for signage and wide-format work.
  • ACP cutting list: plan the best way to cut panels from a sheet so you nest jobs tightly and throw away less expensive material.

How to use them together

They work best as a set. Start with your hourly cost so you know what your time is worth, apply a proper margin with the margin calculator, then check your material yield before you cut. Get those three right and you are quoting from real numbers instead of gut feel, which is where most lost margin hides.

From calculator to quoting

Calculators are great for a quick check, but doing the maths by hand on every job does not scale. Krino builds this same logic into fast, accurate estimates. See how the print quoting software turns your costs into prices in minutes, and read our guide to pricing print jobs for the thinking behind it.

Frequently asked questions

Are these calculators really free?

Yes. Every calculator here is free to use with no signup and no card. They run in your browser, so you can price a job on the spot.

Do I need Krino to use them?

No. The calculators work on their own. They are also a preview of how Krino handles costing across every job, so if you like the logic, the full system does it for you automatically.

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