Pricing Instructions
To properly price any product, please make sure to have a current copy of the BCT price list. You can view or download both the wholesale (password required) and retail lists from this website. Products are priced by adding the base price to any and all custom service charges applicable.
Base Price
- Using your catalog, locate the proper page for the item you're pricing
(Ex/ Business Cards) - Locate the pricing code that corresponds to the stock of your item
(Ex/ White Linen is BC-3) - Determine how many ink colors will be needed to produce the item
(Ex/ Black and Burgundy) - Choose the quantity for the order
(Ex/ 1000)
Custom Service Charges
Once you've found the base price, you'll need to add any additional custom service charges to determine the total cost. The cost of each custom service charge can be found in the price list, and include:
- Bleed(s) - Charged for each side that printing meets or extends off the edge of the card
- High Volume Typesetting - Products requiring additional typesetting time than standard catalog items
- Rework of Poor Quality or Electronic Art - Artwork that requires special modifications for proper printing
- Trap Registration - Charged when using two colors and one color is completely enclosed or surrounded by another color
- Special Effects Graphics or Text - Charged when using any of the 20 special effects listed in the catalog
- PMS Ink Press Wash-Up - Charged any time a PMS color is desired. This covers the time necessary to prep our equipment for your specialty job
- Proof - Charged when the artwork for a job is provided to our customer for reviewing prior to production
- Multiple/Additional Proofs - Charged for each subsequent proof on a particular order
- Rush Service - Charged when an order is required before its scheduled day/time of delivery
- Change in Production - Charged whenever an order is changed after being placed in production
- Special Order Stock - An additional charge is added when obtaining stocks not offered in our catalog
- Saving Art to Disk or Emailing - Charged when requested to provide artwork on file back to the customer
- Second Side Printing - Charged for printing on the back side of the product
- Scoring/Perforating - Charged when scoring or perforating a printed product
- Shipping & Handling - Charged for orders requiring shipping