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Pricing help. First time pricing this big of a project

Dennis422

Dennis422

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Need a quick help pricing this project.
It will be 8 trailers and trucks done. Combination of print/cut vinyl and a cut solid color vinyl.
Lettering will be Oracal 3551RA (Or something else that will make more sense) and the cut vinyl will be Avery 900 Supercast EZ black.

Lettering is about 2' tall and I can print a set at once on 54" wide vinyl. For both sides it will be 18.5' long and 54" tall print. 83.25 sq feet for both sides
Solid color vinyl is 5" tall and 6' wide. Two times for a truck. 60 sq feet for both sides

Additional truck door logos and numbering, all printed will fit at additional 13 sq feet.

Install will be separate.

I'm looking at $1200/trailer.
Is that too high, too low or somewhere in the ballpark?

Please help, not much experience pricing this big projects. Up until now, my main experience was cut vinyl and a few projects with printed vinyl, but nothing this big.

Thanks in advance :signs101:
 

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royster13

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I think this thread is in the "public" section of the forum.....You might need to spend some $$s and go over to the "dark side".....
 
Gino

Gino

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Nope, he's in the sales section which is reasonably safe for light-end answers.


Will your cutter track 19' of laminated vinyl back & forth without skewing off ??
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Biker Scout

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That's about $16.50 per sq. ft. With install being separate, that's good. And if you do in fact use regular cast black vinyl as the under base. But I don't see the need for a faux metallic gradient. Why can't you just use metallic silver or that new flexible chrome stuff instead of wasting ink and lamination? Solid vinyl will last longer than printed vinyl.
 
Dennis422

Dennis422

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royster13 said:
I think this thread is in the "public" section of the forum.....You might need to spend some $$s and go over to the "dark side".....
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I am on the dark side, same as you and posted in the correct forum :)
 

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Dennis422

Dennis422

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Biker Scout said:
That's about $16.50 per sq. ft. With install being separate, that's good. And if you do in fact use regular cast black vinyl as the under base. But I don't see the need for a faux metallic gradient. Why can't you just use metallic silver or that new flexible chrome stuff instead of wasting ink and lamination? Solid vinyl will last longer than printed vinyl.
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I will be using Avery Cast black for Ohio map only.
They insist on having that gradient. I was going to print that on Oracal 3551RA, 3751RA or Avery 1005 Supercast and laminate accordingly.
It will be a gradient with a printed black stroke and then the white outline to give a bit of margin for the cutter.

As far as the tracking, I hope it will track. Tris will be the first time I try it on that long of a print. BTW, I have Graphtec FC8600-130.
 
Biker Scout

Biker Scout

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Show them chrome... and show them a sample of your faux gradient. I'm guessing that your printer probably isn't dialed in perfectly, so your gradient will probably have a magenta or greenish cast to it.
 
F

fresh

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I think that is a little low in price. For just one, I'd probably be closer to $2K. I don't know if I would discount it that much for larger order since the entire job is quite labor intensive.
 
royster13

royster13

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So only "Premium" subscribers can see this thread?....Sorry I was under the impression any one could see it....
 
Gino

Gino

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There are two pricing, sales and marketing sections.

One, out here in the peanut gallery where everything is free, but you have to be a registered member, not a lurker, troll or end-user type to see it. It is somewhat safe to use, but the one behind closed doors that royster was referring to can ONLY be seen by 'Premium' members. It's considered a safer place to discuss things with a delicate dialog.

Problem is, more and more members are dropping their 'Premium' memberships and it seems more is taking place out here in the peanut gallery. Mine dropped by mistake. Perhaps it's time to join back up and take part back there, huh ??
 
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