Estimation

Main view

Job queue

Jobs can be imported into the job queue either by dragging and dropping them from File Explorer to on top of the queue, or by using the Import button in the bottom left. This creates an entry in the job queue. Each entry contains:

• The job’s thumbnail

• The name of the job

• The number of copies the job should be estimated for

• A button to open the Cost report dialog

• A status indicator

  • A green tick represents that this job has successfully estimated for all estimations.

  • A spinning progress bar represents that this job is currently undergoing estimation.

  • A red X represents that one or more estimations have failed.

• A button to remove the job from the job queue

Job preview

Highlighting a job shows information about it in the Job preview pane on the right. A larger version of the thumbnail is displayed, with information about the page dimensions and page count below. You can set the Copies for this job here, which will affect the job cost accordingly when it is estimated.

NOTE: The costs are automatically updated when the copy count is changed, there is no need to recalculate.

Media list

The top left of the Cost report dialog shows the list of compatible Smart Media that can be used to estimate with. Up to six media can be selected at once. Clicking the Calculate button in the bottom left will start job cost estimations on this job for each selected media.

A maximum of 6 media can be selected at once, the calculate button will be disabled if more than 6 are selected.

Job cost reports

For each job cost estimation a job cost report will appear on the right-hand side. Clicking one of these will display a pie chart which displays the breakdown of the ink costs, this can be hovered over to reveal the exact percentages.

A full job cost report can be created for all estimation results by clicking the Export report button in the bottom left. This will prompt you to pick a save location for an excel workbook containing the full job cost reports.

Inside the full job cost report is:

• The version of Smart Job Cost Estimator that the estimate was performed with

• The name of the Smart Media that the estimate was performed with

• The name of the job that was estimated, as well as the thumbnail of the job

• The page dimensions and page count of the job

• The currency chosen

• The total cost of a page, which is based on:

  • The ink cost per page, which is based on:

    • The ink volumes (in liters) per page

    • The ink weight (in grams) per page

  • The substrate cost per page

  • The service cost per page

• The job’s total cost, which is based on the ink + substrate + service costs of the job.