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How is trimming / cutting calculated for the thermal and wide format printing plugins?
6.1. How is trimming / cutting calculated for the thermal and wide format printing plugins?
The thermal and wide format printing plugins charge for trimming and cutting as follows:
- They assume a base time of 15 minutes for a 4'x8' print (4608 square inches) at the "basic" setting.
- For the "Moderate" setting they assume 45 minutes
- For the "Difficult" setting they assume 1.5 hours
- For the "Very Difficult" setting they assume 2.25 hours
Then they calculate the time by multiplying the number of square inches in the job by the time per square inch based on the above list.
For example, if you have a 24"x48" print and set the trimming to "Moderate":
- Base Time = (45/4608) = .0098 minutes per square inch
- Print Area = 24x48 = 1152 square inches
- Calculated Trimming Time = .0098 x 1152 = 11.29 minutes.