ProfileMaker 5 Packaging Return on Investment Calculator

Presettings based on mid size to large commercial offset printers.

General Definitions

ProfileMaker 5 workflow

manual workflow

Cost of a man hour in your company (Press-Operator):

$/€

Cost of a man hour in your company (Prepress-Operator):

$/€

Typical number of jobs per year in your company that include MultiColor halftones images:

jobs

On how many process + spot colors is a typical job in your company based?

colors

Plate/Cylinder Production

ProfileMaker 5 workflow

manual workflow

Man hours required to create all plates/cylinders for a job:

hours

Material costs for creating all plates/cylinders for a job:

$/€

Plate/cylinder manufacturing costs for a typical job in your company:

jobs

MultiColor Separation Work

ProfileMaker 5 workflow

manual workflow

Typical number of halftone images/job:

images

Typical creation time for the of a MultiColor separation for 1 halftone image (source CMYK):

minutes

Typical creation time for all MultiColor separations for a typical job within your company:

hours

Total costs for MultiColor separation work for a typical job in your company:

$/€

Saved time due to the ProfileMaker 5 MultiColor Separation Plug-In workflow per job:

hours

Saved costs due to the ProfileMaker 5 MultiColor Separation Plug-In per job:

$/€

Softproofing Benefits

ProfileMaker 5 workflow

manual workflow

Typical costs for a hard proof (ink+paper) on your proofing system (e.g. IRIS, Epson, etc.):

$/€

Typical number of iteration cycles (manual tweaking & hard proofing) until a final proof is achieved:

cycles

Typical time frame for the creation of a single proof:

minutes

Typical number of halftone images/job:

images

Saved time due to the ProfileMaker 5 MultiColor Softproofing workflow per job:

minutes

Saved costs due to the ProfileMaker 5 MultiColor Softproofing workflow per job:

$/€

Hardproofing Benefits

ProfileMaker 5 workflow

manual workflow

Typical time frame to create a (proprietary) characterization of your press for one MultiColor setup:

$/€

Material costs for the creation of a MultiColor characterization of your press (e.g. contract pressure):

$/€

Does your current workflow require to create new cylinders/plates for a press characterization?

Typical time frame to create a (proprietary, probably iterative) characterization of your proofer:

hours

Typically how many sheets do you have to print for a final proofer characterization?

sheets

Total costs for the alignment of Proofer and Press per job:

$/€

Time to create an ICC press characterization with ProfileMaker 5 Packaging (color replacement with GOP technology):

minutes

Total costs caused by ProfileMaker 5 Packaging to create a MultiColor press profile per job:

$/€

Time to create an ICC proofer characterization with ProfileMaker 5 Packaging:

minutes

Total monthly costs caused by ProfileMaker 5 Packaging to create a proofer profile per job:

$/€

Total costs for the alignment of Proofer and Press per job:

$/€

Saved time with ProfileMaker 5 ICC hard proofing versus proprietary proofing solutions per job:

minutes

Saved costs with ProfileMaker 5 ICC hard proofing versus proprietary proofing solutions per job:

$/€

Amortization

Amortisation of ProfileMaker 5 Packaging after how many jobs?

jobs

Cost savings caused by ProfileMaker 5 Packaging per job:

$/€

Annual cost savings caused by ProfileMaker 5 Packaging:

$/€

For more info visit the ProfileMaker 5 Packaging product page.

Leasing options available. Please ask your X-Rite Sales Representative for more info.