Print MIS Software for Offset Printers
Offset - or litho - print estimating is more complex than most other print processes. Press speeds, makeready times, paper costs, ink coverage, plate costs, and finishing all factor into the final price. Get the estimate wrong and the job loses money. Printlogic calculates offset estimates using your configured press data, paper stocks, and finishing rates - producing accurate job costs from your actual cost structure, not from a generic price list. The estimate becomes a job, the job runs through the production schedule, and the invoice reflects the agreed price when the work is done.
How offset printers use Printlogic
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Step 1 - Press-based estimating
Printlogic estimates offset jobs based on your press configurations - sheet sizes, speeds, makeready times, and running costs. Paper is selected from your configured stock list with current costs. Finishing - folding, binding, laminating, cutting - is added as separate cost components. The system calculates the full job cost and produces a client-facing estimate.
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Step 2 - Paper and materials purchasing
Purchase orders for paper, plates, and bought-in materials are raised directly from the job. Supplier deliveries are tracked. Stock levels for paper and consumables update as jobs consume material. Warning levels flag low stock before it delays a press run.
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Step 3 - Production scheduling
Offset jobs are scheduled by press. The production schedule shows every job assigned to each press, in order of deadline. Makeready and run times are estimated from the job data. Production staff see their queue on the print floor screen without accessing the full system.
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Step 4 - Job tracking through finishing
After press, jobs move through finishing stages - folding, trimming, binding, wrapping - each tracked as a separate milestone. The job status updates as each stage completes. The sales team sees live progress without interrupting production.
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Step 5 - Invoicing
Completed litho jobs invoice from the job record. All components - press, materials, finishing, delivery - are pre-populated from the original estimate and any adjustments made during production. Invoices export to Xero, Sage, QuickBooks, or MYOB.
Press configuration and litho estimating - configure your presses with speeds, sheet sizes, makeready times, and running costs; Printlogic calculates accurate job costs from your actual press data
Paper stock management - maintain a configured paper stock list with current costs; paper is selected during estimating and stock levels update as jobs consume material
Press scheduling - assign jobs to presses in the production schedule; manage press utilisation and deadline conflicts in a single screen
Multi-stage finishing tracking - track folding, trimming, binding, and other finishing stages as separate milestones on every job
Makeready and waste costing - makeready time and paper waste factor into the estimate automatically based on your configured press data
How it connects
Offset print businesses carry significant cost in materials and press time. Printlogic tracks both from the moment an estimate is produced through to the invoice. If paper costs change between estimate and production, the variance is visible in job profitability reporting. If a job runs longer than estimated, labour time logged on the shop floor records the actual cost against the original estimate. Management sees accurate margin data per job without a manual calculation.
Already running another system? We import your data.
When you switch to Printlogic, your existing order history, customer records, job data, and pricing come with you. Data migration is included as part of onboarding - you don't start from scratch regardless of how long you've been running your current system.
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