# Printing Type

## 1. What is a printing type?

In industrial printing, there are many methods to process production design. Each product has its own methods, you need to create different methods for users to select when purchasing.

## 2. How it works?

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Each printing method has its own way of calculating the price. Lumise provides you seven options of calculation with a quantity range to flexible your decision.
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#### **Seven calculation methods:**

* Calculate price with **Text, Clipart, Images, Upload.**
* Calculate price with **one color**.
* Calculate price with s**ize of area design** (*setup price with paper size A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6*).
* A Fixed price for **each quantity.**
* Calculate price **per line.**
* Calculate price **per character.**
* Calculate price with **acreage design square inch.**

Click [HERE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsEodxr75Cs\&t=2s) to learn more about how to use each calculation method.

## 3. All Printing Types

From the Dashboard, click on **Printing Type** > **All Printing Type.**

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This is where you manage all of your existed printing types. In this area, you can see the printing thumbnail, name, description, and status.

* **Add New Printing:** Instantly add a new printing.
* **Bulk Actions**: Multiple actions apply to your selected printing types.
* **Filter**: Sort your printing type with the selected alphabet order. 
* **Search**: Quick search with keywords.
* **Status**: Active/ Deactive printing type similar to hide/unhide on the design editor.

## 4. Add New Printing

From the Dashboard, click on **Printing Type** > **Add New Printing.** There will be quite a few changes in interface and features in this section.

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#### 4.1 General

* **Printing Title:** The name of the printing method for displaying.
* **Printing thumbnail:** Upload a preview thumbnail for this method.
* **Description:** Some describe text for this method.
* **Active:** Enable/Disable printing type on the design editor.

#### 4.2 Price Ruler

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* **Calculation Price:** Allow to calculate printing price base on all stages or stage by stage.
* **Calculate price with Text, Clipart, Images, Upload:** *Set the price based on quantity range for each text, clipart, images, upload, Vector SVG.*
* **Calculate price with one color:** Allow setup price with one color of area design. Price of printing = Price of one color \* colors number.
* **Calculate price with size of area design:** Allow setup price with paper size (A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6). This size is the size of area design.
* **Price Fixed:** Price is fixed on each view (front, back, left, right) of product design.
* **Calculate price per line:** Allow pricing per line.
* **Calculate price per character:** Allow pricing per character. 
* **Calculate price with acreage design square inch:** Allow setup price with acreage design / 1 in²

#### 4.3 **Resource**

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* **Font**

     Allows adding or removing fonts.

     Allows you to choose from a list of display colors.

     Show color picker.

     Setting Advance option.

* **Clipart, Template, Image upload, Shape and Background**

     Allows you to choose from a list of display colors.

     Show color picker.

     Setting Advance option.

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**Advance option**
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**Min/ Max font size:** Allow limit font size.

**Min/ Max text line:** Allows limiting the number of lines of text.

**Min/ Max text letter:** Allow character limit.

**Min/ Max line height:** Allow line height limit.

**Min/ Max letter spacing:** Allow to limit the space between characters.

**Editable:** Allows design editing.

**Movable:** Allows design to move.

**Scalable:** Allows design scaling.

**Removable:** Allow to delete design.

**Rotatable:** Allows design rotation.

**Double:** Allows design duplication.

**4.4 Layout**

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* **Select component:** Allows displaying components per product.
* **Select action:** Allows displaying actions on the design-editor page menu tab.
* **Select toolbar:** Allows displaying the toolbars of each component.

After filling in your content. Press the **SAVE PRINTING** button to store data.


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