When calculating SQ FT....

[BALLPARK]

i take into account that i waste material making prints... and that's factored into the per sq.ft. price.
when an order comes around, you should have your sq.ft. price ready to quote/bill... no matter what the size of the order.

+1...

 

[Flame]

+1...

+2....

factor in your waste. if you're worried about losing 4% of your media and it actually affecting your way of life, you're not charging enough, or you're doing massive, massive wholesale quantities.

 

[theoldguy]

On your 30" machine you will use 184" (15.33 linear ft.) to cut/print 500 3" circles. 15.33 x 2.5 = 38.33 sq. ft.

Actually that comes to 152" when circles are overlapped, 9 across. Or 31.66 sq. ft.

 

[CES020]

If you go to the butcher and buy 1lb of hamburger but get charged for 1.25lbs (because he had to cut off the hooves & horns) you would not be too happy.

Around here if you go to the butcher and buy a cut of meat, you pay for the fat. If you want the fat trimmed off, you buy the meat with the fat on it and then they'll gladly cut the fat off and throw it away for you. But you paid for the fat.