Print Shop Profitability

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Setting a Minimum Order Charge That Covers the Work Before Printing

Jenny Downham / October 20, 2026

Calculate a defensible minimum order charge from pre-production labor, minimum production costs and required contribution, with examples for custom jobs and reorders.

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Print Shop Profitability

When Should You Stop Offering a Low-Margin Print Product?

Jenny Downham / October 13, 2026

A print product should not be discontinued merely because allocated overhead makes it look unprofitable. Use contribution, avoidable costs, capacity value and customer effects to decide whether to raise the price, simplify, outsource or exit.