Printing, Labels & Industrial Converting worked example

Print Inspection Sample Size at 99% inspection station uptime: a worked example

Push inspection station uptime up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when print inspection sample size in printing, labels and industrial converting is being asked to take on more work and you need to know if there is room.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Labels inspected per cycle: 4 units / cycle (unchanged)
  • Inspection cycles available: 480 cycles (unchanged)
  • Inspection station uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)
  • First-pass inspection yield: 97 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross print inspection sample size capacity = print inspection sample size output per cycle × available print inspection sample size cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,844 units for good print inspection sample size capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,920 units for gross print inspection sample size capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 19.2 units for print inspection sample size downtime loss.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 57.02 units for print inspection sample size yield loss.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where inspection station uptime sits at 90% and the headline result is 1,676 units, this scenario comes in 10% above the baseline at 1,844 units.
  • It multiplies output per cycle by available cycles for gross capacity, then derates by uptime and first-pass yield to give the good, conforming inspected capacity. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Good print inspection sample size capacity: 1,844 units (headline result)
  • Gross print inspection sample size capacity: 1,920 units
  • Print inspection sample size downtime loss: 19.2 units
  • Print inspection sample size yield loss: 57.02 units

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Print Inspection Sample Size calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.