Material name: The name of this paper or board - note that this name should not include the
size or weight - there will be individual size and weight records within each material.
Unit of pricing for sheets: Paper and Board are priced either by the 1000 or by the 100. Look
at
your price list to see. If it priced in any other unit then you will have to convert it. It is important to
get this right as a mistake could throw out all your material pricings by a factor of 10!
Unit of thickness: Different grades of a material are usually specified in Microns thickness,
Grams per square metre weight, or (in the U.S. and Canada) Lb per 500 sheets base size. Enter
M or G as appropriate, or if you are measuring in Lb, choose from the drop-down list.
Where a thickness is chosen, rather than a weight, you should see an additional button: 
which allows you to specify the gsm equivalent of each thickness. Note that
this is only used when calculating the weight of the job, and not for changing prices by means of
the 'ton rate'.
Single or double sided: If both sides of the material are the same, that material is double sided,
otherwise it counts as single sided. Specifying single sided stops the calculation suggesting work
and turn solutions.
No cutting allowed: Some materials such as pre-cut label sheets and envelopes are not usually
cut before or after printing. For these you should make sure that the box is checked, to prevent
the calculation from suggesting inappropriate production strategies.
Number of parts (if multi part): If this is a pre-collated multi-part set you should enter the
number of parts, and the weight entered should be the aggregate weight of all the parts.
Otherwise leave it as zero.
Default markup% (if different from standard): Enter here the percentage markup to be added
to the cost of this paper in quoting. If you enter zero here the default paper markup will be used.
Don 't forget that you can always override any markup in the calculation anyway. You can set the
default in system configuration. That default figure should have been set up to reflect the
contribution which the paper's part of your turnover makes to your indirect costs - typically around
30%. You should be aware that if you enter a different figure for a paper - maybe because you
have bought well and wish to retain the difference in price in-house - then the markup in the
calculation tab of the job desktop will contain a false idea of the true profit of the job, because
some of the profit will be hidden in the paper.
Tax code: The code representing the tax (if any) payable on purchasing this paper. You can
set
up tax codes in System configuration.
Default supplier: This drop-down allows you to select your usual supplier for this paper. You
can see their full details by pressing 'Show'.
To the left of the screen is the paper control panel, which allows you to manipulate sets of prices.
The bottom part of the screen shows the individual paper lines. There are three basic types of
paper - cut sheet, continuous, and web. The main difference between continuous and web
presses is simply that web paper is measured in tons, whereas continuous paper is measured in
100 sq metres or 100 sq ft.
Because of their different characteristics, there are three tabs for setting up their individual paper
lines.
