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What does a piece cost you?

Three steps: your printer, your filament and the numbers from your slicer. The result updates as you type; it is an approximate production cost, not a suggested selling price.

1 Country and printer

CountryYour printerAverage printer power — WElectricity tariff — / kWh

Source

Printer figures are starting estimates. If you have a power meter, your reading is more accurate.

2 Filament

Printing in several colours? Add each colour with its price; you can set the weight of each in the next step.

3 Numbers from your slicer

How many pieces are you printing?The weight and time you enter are for

Extra wasteWaste — %

5% is a default you can change. Use 0 if the slicer weight already includes all waste.

Extra costs optional

Reprint reserve

Rate — %Applied to

Covers failed prints. Best applied to printing only, since setup and add-ons are not usually repeated.

Running costs and labour

Printer wear per hour — Setup for the whole order — Hands-on time for the order — minutesHourly labour rate —

Printer wear, roughly: its price ÷ expected lifetime hours, plus maintenance and nozzles.

Add-ons per piece