Print run ladder
Paste printer quotes at different run lengths, and read the per-unit cost, the break-even quantity and the run that clears the outlay.
1 · Paste each printer quote with its run length
FIRST-LOAD
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the print run ladder: your print quotes and run lengths stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Perspective: Before: the reader took the lowest quote. After: they can see a 500-run costing $4.80 a copy against $2.15 at 2,000 — with the break-even at 780.
2 · Read the print run ladder
Paid layer: the run sheet
one-time step · the free reading above stays complete
Free tier
- one complete ladder
- per-unit cost at every run length
- state link for a collaborator
What $7 one-time adds
- four quotes kept on this device
- printable run sheet with the break-even rung
- CSV of run length, total cost and per-unit cost
On a 2,000-copy run the per-unit difference is often $2.65, so a single avoided wrong run is worth hundreds; the comparable it undercuts is a print broker's consultation, which is billed by the hour.
Local history (this device)
- No saved runs yet — your first run files here.
Your purchase is handled through secure checkout. When you return, your extras are ready on this device — no account, no fuss, and your work stays private in this browser.
Boundary and sources
This print run ladder works only on the printer quotes and run lengths you paste you paste. It does not estimate your sell-through, does not value the stock you will hold, and does not negotiate with the printer. The figures describe what you supplied, not what is true in the world. Confirm anything you plan to act on with your printer, before committing to a run length before you rely on it.
- Every figure comes from the printer quotes and run lengths you paste you paste; nothing is looked up, scraped or asserted as verified.
- Method: per-unit cost = total ÷ run length; break-even quantity = committed outlay ÷ per-unit saving
- Sample values are labelled samples — illustrative by design, not your data and not a quotation of any organisation's policy.
Mechanism: competence-autonomy-loop