| Gravure |
| |
High |
Low |
| Cost of finished image on a gravure
base excluding artwork |
$550.00 |
$450.00 |
| Cost of new aluminum sleeve type base
if not re-using an existing base |
$175.00 |
$130.00 |
| Additional costs for future runs* |
$
0.00 |
$
0.00 |
| * At some point 500,000 to 1,500,000
impressions, gravure cylinders will need re-chroming
at an approximate cost of $50.00. |
|
|
| Flexo |
| |
High |
Low |
| Cost of photopolymer flexo plate - tone
quality 16” X 18 |
.52/sq.in.
$150.00 |
35/sq.in.
$100.00 |
| Cost of back up plate |
$155.00 |
$100.00 |
| Cost of sticky back foam mounting
tape |
.20/sq.in.
$ 57.60
|
.15/sq.in.
$ 43.00 |
| Off-line plate mounting: overhead cost
of $40.00/hour @ 7 minutes per plate |
$ 4.70
|
$ 4.70
|
Other factors:
With tone quality
flexo work it is common that plates will only be
used once and will be re-made for successive runs.
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