Wire Harness, Cable & Electromechanical Assembly worked example

Label Printing Cost at 99% good-print yield: a worked example

What does the result look like when good-print yield reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. A harness shop printing wire markers and product nameplates uses it to price a label run including ribbon, substrate and one-time artwork charges.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Labels Printed: 5,000 labels (unchanged)
  • Media + Ink Cost: 0.07 $/label (unchanged)
  • Good-Print Yield: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 97)
  • Artwork & Plate Setup: 120 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Total = labels x (media + ink cost) x good-print yield% + artwork setup) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 467 $ for total label printing cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.09 $ / piece for label printing cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 347 $ for variable label printing cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 120 $ for fixed label printing cost adder.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where good-print yield sits at 97% and the headline result is 460 $, this scenario comes in 1.52% above the baseline at 467 $.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when good-print yield is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. Yield is applied as a flat multiplier, so it will not distinguish a bad ribbon batch from a recurring registration problem on the press.

Results at a glance

  • Total label printing cost: 467 $ (headline result)
  • Label printing cost per unit: 0.09 $ / piece
  • Variable label printing cost: 347 $
  • Fixed label printing cost adder: 120 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Label Printing Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.