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The Franklin Estimator has been an industry standard with thousands of users since its initial release in 1984. The Estimator is continuously being updated and upgraded several times throughout each year to ensure the latest technologies are being utilized. With that said, the core of the program has remained unchanged, providing users with the most robust, intuitive estimating program for printers available today. The program is precise, powerful and very user friendly, in many cases new users of the program can be creating accurate estimates within an hour of opening the program. The program is specifically designed for offset printing facilities and easily adapts to the addition of digital peripherals. The Estimator comes fully loaded with 100’s of Franklin Rates for offset/digital printing, prepress/graphics operations and finishing activities, all Franklin Rates are easily adjustable to meet your exact needs. [...more]

The Franklin Digital Print and Copy Estimator is a software program developed specifically for the digital printing industry. This includes digital presses, copy machines, wide format printers, screen printers, embroidery facilities and specialty printers. The product is extremely easy to use but is also very comprehensive, accurate and complete. Like the Franklin Estimator, Franklin Digital Print and Copy Estimator includes 100’s of Franklin Rates for digital printing, prepress/graphics operations and finishing activities, all Franklin Rates are easily adjustable to meet your exact needs. [...more]

Franklin Web2Print is a complete online ecommerce storefront that allows the user to create an instant web presence. The program can be easily plugged into your existing website or Franklin offers complete website packages. Once the storefront is plugged into your website and your company specific pricing has been entered, your customers are able to log onto your site, get live quotes and order products from you in the click of a mouse. Franklin Web2Print also allows you to set up portals for individual companies, giving you the ability to offer customers customized pricing and products. A DataMerge module can also be added to Franklin Web2Print, allowing your customers to edit certain products with their information and artwork for instant online proofing. In today’s market, a web presence is not an option but a necessity, Franklin Estimating Systems can provide this for your company quickly, professionally and at a price affordable for any printing company. [...more]

A mainstay at Franklin Estimating systems since 1917, these handsomely bound pricing guides are perfect for the small or medium sized printing facility not quite ready to make the jump into software based estimating. These guides provide the user with annually updated rates for hundreds of different graphics/prepress, press and finishing activities. The Offset Pricing Guides offer a full range of press and paper sizes from cut to parent sheets to be used in calculating the optimal value of each job. Franklin Rates are based on time and material research done throughout the United States and are compiled based on the national average selling value of this research. [...more]

The Quick Print Pricing Guides were developed to fill a need in the fast growing Quick Print industry. The same technology that is used to generate rates for the larger format equipment in the Offset Pricing Guides has been implemented into these guides for the smaller format offset and digital equipment. Along with the smaller format and digital rates, the Quick print pricing Guide also offers all of the graphics, prepress and finishing operations that are offered in the Franklin Offset Guides. [...more]