General Forms, Views and Sides

There are three different forms for each of the text/offset and card/cover paper tables in this Crouser Guide (except carbonless). You may quickly switch from one form (also known as views or formats) to another as well as toggle between prices for 1 side imaging and 2 sides of the same form or a different form easily.

To Change Forms (Views) and Sides: access the various forms from the Forms Dialogue Drop Down menu in the upper horizontal drop down menu bar. Highlight the form you wish and click to change forms.

This will not only change the view of the form but will also change the printing format should you wish to print a particular list.

One Side and Two Sides: Not only do the standard printing pages (except carbonless) come equipped with three different forms or views, but two of the forms have a 1 Side and 2 Sides view option (for pricing imaging on one side as well as two sides of the finished piece).

So your four choices within text/offset and card/cover therefore are:

  • Combo—1 Side
  • Combo—2 Sides
  • Number On-1 Side
  • Number On-2 Sides
  • Multiple-Page–1 and 2 Sides
  • Carbonless

Overview of the Forms (Views)

Combo Form or View: this most standard of all the forms displays both black imaging prices as well as full color prices for the same paper on the same sheet. Black imaging is to the left and surrounded by a gray border while full color is to the right and surrounded by a colored (pinkish) border.

Number On Form (Number On, Up or Out) or View: the Number On form or view show various numbers of images on a single press sheet and is also often also referred to as Number Out. Both refer to the number of finished pieces in relation to the press size sheet (four on or four out of a press sheet). And please note that you will find the same individual prices for a specific paper regardless of the form you are viewing.

For instance, one may say there are 4 finished size sheets on a press sheet or they may say they get four finished size sheets out of a press sheet. The Number On or Number Out mean the same thing.

Number up however means something slightly different. Here one is speaking of the finished size and not the press size. Normally one would be saying that we can get two finished size pieces up on a press size (two up 8.5x11 would indicate a press sheet of 11x17).

However you prefer, please understand our tables here refer to the press size sheet (either 8.5x11 or 12x18 for instance) and indicate the number on or out of that sheet.

The Number On Table is very handy for cards mostly. Here you may see both black imaging as well as full color imaging with various numbers of cards on a press sheet: one on; two on; four on; six on; and eight on.

Should you have a number on that differs from these values, please calculate the base imaging from the One On table and then add for cutting.

There is both a One Side as well as a Two Side imaging price list of this form or view.

Multiple-Page Document Form or View: This form is for black imaging only as multi-page documents usually are only black. The view shows the Single page price as well as the B/W Multiple Page Originals. See sample below.

Note: B/W Multiple Page Original prices take RIP times into consideration. RIP time is longer for multiple originals than for one original. Therefore a single original will produce an image faster than a single original which is part of a 100 original report. Therefore the B/W Multiple Page Original values are more than a Single original. Should you wish to NOT charge for the additional RIP time; then multiply the Single original value times the number of originals.

Carbonless Form or View: this view yields both number of impressions as well as number of sets to assist the user. Additionally, please note that the table is based on the cost of 1,000 sheets of carbonless rather than 1,000 sets.

Further, the carbonless form (view) includes standing carbonless padding within the price shown on the table.

Black imaging of carbonless sheets is to the left of the form (view) and surrounded by a gray border while full color is to the right and surrounded by a colored (pinkish) border.