What are the main costs of packaging box printing?

2022/04/19

From the selection of materials to the final product, each link in the whole process has its own actual cost, and these costs are listed and integrated is the cost of box printing. How is the cost of these elements calculated? This article summarizes this, you can take a look at it.


1Design fee. When calculating the design fee, there are single-piece calculation method and multi-piece calculation method, and paper boxes generally use single-piece calculation method. But our company will design the style for customers for free, you only need to provide your logo or content.

2Material cost. In terms of printing, material costs account for a large proportion of the overall printing costs, so the precise control of the amount of material is the best way to control the cost of printing. The printing process of material costs mainly refers to the plate fee, substrate material costs, electrochemical aluminum costs, etc., and material costs for the amount of material used and the product of the unit price. So in the collection of material costs must master the formula for calculating the amount of material used.

3. Printing processing costs. Different types and grades of printing equipment, different printing houses or printing processes, the standard of its printing processing fees are different, color printing is generally priced according to the color order. When the print volume is small, according to the start-up fee (that is, the starting price).

4Post-printing processing fee. There are many kinds of post-press processing technology, but the calculation is mainly calculated by the number of processing pieces or processing area as a unit; varnishing, lamination, hot stamping, etc. to process the area.

5Other costs. Such as packing fees. Transportation fees, expediting fees, etc., this part of the cost is generally determined by mutual agreement, more flexible.

6Taxes. Taxes payable in accordance with the relevant state tax laws and regulations.

To sum up: printing cost = design fee (free) + material fee (including loss) + printing labor fee + post-printing processing fee + other costs + taxes, I believe you are clear about the price composition of custom gift boxes through the above content. Contact us quickly to customize your own gift box!