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DI05058011
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Semester 5
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Costing and Estimating for Printing
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The official GTU curriculum for Costing and Estimating for Printing (subject code DI05058011) as prescribed for PT · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 43 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (DI05058011)Unit 1 Introduction to Costing
- 1.1. Outline of costing in Printing Industries. Definition of cost, prize, profit.
- 1.2. Elements of cost, Direct Cost and Indirect Cost, Material Cost and Labor Cost, Factory Expenses and Overheads, Examples from printing industry.
- 1.3. Difference between costing and estimating.
- 1.4. Purpose of costing, purpose of estimating.
- 1.5. Major factors in determination of Selling Price of product, Factors affecting profitability, Depreciation – Meaning and types, simple numerical on depreciation.
- 1.6. Time rate and Work rate system, Major factors in determining hourly rate of operations in printing, foundation of costing system, Allocation of expenses.
- 1.7. Fixed cist and variable cost.
- 1.8. Budget centers – Cost recovery and Service.
- 1.9. Comparison of Actual and Budget Expenses.
- 1.10. Forecast life of assets.
- 1.11. Depreciation and its methods.
- 1.12. Cost control system and cost reduction.
Unit 2 Job instructions and Costing
- 2.1. Works Instruction Ticket or Job Card- contents and example for offset printing & label printing.
- 2.2. Standard press routine.
- 2.3. Preparing job cards for various jobs.
- 2.4. Statement Summary of Expenses.
- 2.5. Daily dockets, statement of recorded cost of production, office work ticket, progress slip, Invoice, Cost sheet, Requisition of paper, ink, binding materials etc.
- 2.6. Shift Production Report.
- 2.7. Estimate form, Delivery and Sales.
- 2.8. Report, Quality control Report, return form.
- 2.9. GST – Meaning and rates for raw materials.
- 2.10. Print services Tender document – Meaning, contents, examples of tenders (simple overview) by (a) large scale non-printing organizations for printing work and (b) raw materials by printing companies.
- 2.11. Liability, Customer’s Property, Terms & condition.
- 15. 25 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Printing Technology Subject Code: DI05058011 Subject Name: Costing and Estimating for Printing w.e.f. 2026-27 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page 3 of 5
- 2.12. Disputes about cost variation and delayed payments.
- 2.13. Taxes and handling or delivery charges.
- 2.14. Variation in quality.
- 2.15. Local organization and rules.
- 2.16. Introduction of different costing estimating software.
- 2.17. Advantages of Software.
Unit 3 Estimation of Substrates
- 3.1. Estimation of paper- Paper size (British & ISO), Multiples and sub-divisions, Ream, Quire, Gross, wastage allowance. Simple Numerical of Estimation.
- 3.2. Calculation of weight of web & sheets, calculation of number of pages, reams, reels, plates, impressions, time and cost required for printing and plate making. Simple numerical on Weight, costing of printing and plate making.
- 3.3. Polymer film roll weight calculations when material density and thickness (calliper) are given (screen printing, flexography and gravure printing), calculating number of rolls required.
- 3.4. Determination of rate for design, DTP.
- 3.5. Qualification of estimator, additional requirement, tools of estimator.
Unit 4 Estimation of Printing Operations
- 4.1. Flexography plate making process operations, -ve making and processing, Simple numerical for plate making charges according to plate type and sizes.
- 4.2. Offset plate making charges, printing charges, estimation of offset printing charge.
- 4.3. Estimation of screen-printing charge.
- 4.4. Gravure cylinder plating for nickel, copper, chrome. Simple numerical for plating charges.
- 4.5. Ink consumption - SPANKS formula, Selection of Anilox roll volume for various jobs in flexography, Simple numerical on Ink consumption and Roll volume.
Unit 5 Finishing and Transportation
- 5.1. Post printing operations -Binding material calculation - cloth, board, lamination film, case making.
- 5.2. Factors affecting output rate of machines used for finishing operations like folding, perfect binding, cutting / trimming, punching (die cutting), Calculating area of board required in cartons, Simple numerical on operation costing.
- 5.3. Transportation: Containers, type of containers, 10 16 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Printing Technology Subject Code: DI05058011 Subject Name: Costing and Estimating for Printing w.e.f. 2026-27 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page 4 of 5 numerical on costing for shipping, pallet capacity, Pallets: classification, types, numerical on pallet arrangement of goods, according to payload capacity of pallets, pallet setting on containers. Total 60 100
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