← Menu Pricing Engine → Print production — workstep configuration
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Phase 1 — make ready
min / placement
Select and clean squeegees and floodbars
min / placement
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Phase 2 — print job setup
min / placement base
Minimum job setup time
Set up, test print and approval — per placement
min / placement
Time load per screen
Additional time per screen within the placement
min / screen
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Phase 2b — on-press approval (OPA)
Applied when OPA flag is set on the line item
On-press approval — base time
Run sample, photograph, send for approval, receive sign-off
min / approval
On-press approval — sample garments consumed
Pre-production samples (not saleable) — charged at garment wastage rate
garments
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Phase 3 — production printing
actual IPH = benchmarked IPH × efficiency factor
Press run crew
One crew for every band — speed varies with print size, the crew does not
Cotton speed factor
Multiplied against band IPH for cotton garments
multiplier
Fleece speed factor
Multiplied against band IPH for fleece garments
multiplier
Poly speed factor
Multiplied against band IPH for poly garments
multiplier
Size bands — run rate
Defined by print length (X-axis stroke)
System default
Band Lower (mm) Upper (mm) Benchmarked IPH Efficiency factor Actual IPH Fleece IPH
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Phase 4 — teardown
min / placement
Teardown completed job and reset machine
min / placement
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Phase 5 — ink kitchen
min / colour
Prepare ink — mix bases and blend colour formulas
min / colour
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Custom worksteps
Operator-defined timed steps — applied when selected on a line item
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