Unit Costs Dialog Box

Set the unit costs used to calculate job cost in the Unit Costs dialog box. Set the unit costs for ink, paper, and items other than ink and paper.

Select Unit Costs in Job Cost from the File menu to open the Unit Costs dialog box.

The Unit Costs dialog box consists of the following sheets.

Ink sheet

Ink Color: Ink Color and an icon indicating the ink color appear.; The ink list that appears is acquired from the selected printer.
Ink Tank Capacity: The ink tank capacity appears according to the units setting.
Unit Costs: The unit costs for Ink Color and Ink Tank Capacity appear.; If the unit costs are not set, Not set appears.; To change the unit costs settings, edit the list directly.
Apply to All Inks button: Applies the currently selected Unit Costs and Ink Tank Capacity in Ink Color to all ink colors displayed in Unit Cost List.; Disabled if one ink or less is displayed in Unit Cost List or no ink has been selected.

Media Type: The paper name appears.; The name that appeared in the printer driver is applied.
Size: General Purpose, Regular Size Name, or Roll Paper Width Name appears.
Width: The paper width appears according to the units setting.; You can edit the list directly if Size is General Purpose.
Height: The paper length appears according to the units setting.; You can edit the list directly if Size is General Purpose or Roll Paper Width Name.
Number of Sheets/Rolls: The number of sheets in a package appears when the price per paper package is set.; If you select Roll Paper, the number of rolls appears.
Unit Costs: The price per paper package appears.; The unit cost settings you added are added to the Unit Cost List.
Add button: Adds a new unit cost setting for paper.; The unit cost settings you added are added to Unit Cost List.; For details on Add Paper Unit Cost, see "Add Paper Unit Cost Dialog Box."
Edit button: Enables editing of the unit cost settings for paper.
Delete button: Deletes the selected paper unit costs.; Deleted paper unit costs are deleted from Unit Cost List.

Item: Item names set for unit costs appear.
Unit Costs: The unit costs for item names appear.
Allocate: Yes or No appears for whether to include this unit cost setting when calculating job costs.; To change the settings, change them directly in the list.
Add button: Adds a new other unit cost setting.; The unit cost settings you added are added to the Unit Cost List.
Edit button: Enables editing of the settings for this unit cost.
Delete button: Deletes the selected unit cost settings.; Deleted unit cost settings are deleted from Unit Cost List.

Import button: Imports unit cost settings.
Export button: Exports unit cost settings.
Copy Unit Cost button: Copies unit costs.; For details on Copy Unit Cost, see "Copy Unit Cost Dialog Box."
Acquire Printer Information button: Acquires printer information.
OK button: Saves changes to the unit cost settings and closes the Unit Costs dialog box.
Cancel button: Discards changes and closes the Unit Costs dialog box.

Adds a new unit cost setting for paper.

Media Type

Specify the Media Type.

A list of the media types supported by the target printer appears.

Other Media: To set a unit cost for a paper not displayed in Media Type, select Other Media and enter the paper ID.; You can check the paper ID on the Unspecified Unit Cost screen or in Unit Cost List on the Paper tab of the Unit Costs screen.; "Unknown Paper [Paper ID]" appears for paper not appearing in Media Type, so enter this paper ID.

Paper Size

Set the size type for the paper.

Select General Purpose, Roll Paper, or Cut Sheet for the size type.

Width

Specify the paper width.

If Roll Paper or Cut Sheet is selected in Paper Size, it is entered automatically.

Note

If you have specified a custom size roll width in the printer driver, select Paper Size > Roll Paper > User-defined, and then input the same value as has been set for Width in the printer driver.

Height

Specify the paper length.

If Cut Sheet is selected in Paper Size, it is entered automatically.

Number of Sheets/Rolls

Specify the count per paper package (number of sheets).

If Roll Paper is selected in Paper Size, specify the number of rolls.

Unit Costs

Enter the price per paper package.

Specifies the printer and items, and copies the unit cost settings.

Copy From: From the list of registered printers (same printers as displayed in the printer list on the main screen), select the printer to copy from.
Copy To: Select the printer to copy to.
Category: Select the items to be copied.; You can select Ink, Paper, and Others individually.

Note

If you copy unit costs, all the unit cost settings on the printer copied to will be overwritten with the unit cost settings on the printer copied from.