Newbie question

[gitana]

Hi all...
I just received a quote from a printing company, and have been trying to decipher it. (lol) Can anyone here help? I don't know what paper weights or minimums they are quoting:

Quantity:
12 pt Insert card
21 pt SBS

16.0000 Inch 16.0000 inch
12.0000 Inch 12.0000 inch

7.5M $278.69 7.5M $288.64
15M $179.16 15M $209.02
30M $139.34 30M $159.25
60M $123.42 60M $143.33
90M $117.25 90M $136.16
120M $114.78 120M $133.29


12 pt Insert card
21 pt SBS

18.0000 Inch 18.0000 inch
12.0000 Inch 12.0000 inch

7.5M $312.99 7.5M $324.17
15M $201.21 15M $234.74
30M $156.49 30M $178.85
60M $138.61 60M $160.97
90M $131.68 90M $152.92
120M $128.91 120M $149.70

[morea]

an "M" is 1000.

12 pt = 12 point - it is a coated stock weight. You could ask them to send you stock samples so you can see exactly what they are talking about. :)

[MD]

M = 1000

pt. is the paper weight

inch is a unit of measurement

$ is a unit of United States currency

Hope this helps ;)

edit: looks like I was not quick enough :D

[gitana]

LOL...I knew the inch and dollar, wise guys. :D

Thank you for the rest, however - very much!

:::happy gitana:::

Wow...so they're quoting me 7,500 copies at about $300? That doesn't sound right.

[morea]

glad to help. ;)

[capezio]

gobbledy gook to me

They speck things entirely different here/

paper weights are gsm (grams per square metre) ie 80gsm is photocopy paper
and of course we now use millimetre not inches.

[Riya]

This seems odd. Why does the price go down as the quanity goes up?????

[morea]

could it be a per M price? Cause then it would make sense. But that might be a pretty high per M price depending on what the product is.

[gitana]

The product is an advent style calendar, so it's actually two sheets, one with perfed windows. I thought the price was quite good; I have been shopping for quotes on this product, and have had much higher quotes. I got one from a German company that was in the thousands, for much less quantity.

I'm assuming the quote is the per M price. If my costs remain under a dollar per piece, I think that's fantastic for a four colour job of this complexity. I have requested paper samples, too, so I don't end up with a cheap looking/feeling product.

Opinions are welcomed - I don't have a lot of experience in this area.

I will go over this with the company this coming week and post the results for clarity's sake.