Color Handhelds Return on Investment Calculator

Presettings based on mid size to large commercial offset printers.

Costs

Average press hour costs

$/€

Average costs material per Sheet

$/€

Price of Color Handheld instrument

$/€

Improvement in Productivity (make ready time, waste)

%

* 10% for basic densitometer, 15% for full feature densitometer, 20% for spectrophotmeter

Print Job

Matching with Handheld
Visual Matching

Average number of jobs per day

6

jobs

Average number of working days per month

21

days

Average paper waste per job

270

sheets

Average make ready time per job

18

minutes

Cost for substrate waste per job

20
23

$/€

Cost for make ready time per job

90
100

$/€

Total loss per job

110
123

$/€

Total loss per month

13'892
15'435

$/€

Return

Total savings with X-Rite Color Handheld per month

1'544

$/€

Months to ROI

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