Per-order: product type (business cards, banners, yard signs, vehicle wraps, booklets), quantity, stock, finish, turnaround. Proof upload + customer approval loop. Material takeoff (paper, ink, laminate, vinyl, substrate). Production schedule per machine. Deposit + final invoicing. For 1-5 press shops doing $500K-3M revenue.
Per order: product type, quantity, stock (cover weight, text weight, vinyl, coroplast, aluminum), finish (gloss, matte, UV, lamination), turnaround (standard / rush / while-you-wait). Per-product default pricing + markups.
Customer uploads file. You generate proof PDF. Email to customer with approve/revise button. Track revisions. No "you approved it" / "no I didn't" disputes. Signed approval PDF in the order record.
Per job: paper / vinyl / substrate (sq ft × cost/sqft + waste). Ink usage estimate. Laminate. Grommets. Finishing. Shopping list + reorder alerts for stock running low.
Per machine (digital press, large format, wide format cutter, laminator): daily schedule. Job priority (deadline + deposit received). Operator assignment. Machine capacity constraints.
Deposit at proof approval, balance at pickup/delivery. Stripe + ACH. Wholesale account payment terms (net 15 / net 30). Late fees. Tax compliance (per-state nexus).
Flask + session auth. Your customer list, proof archive, pricing stay yours. Not locked into a print-SaaS platform's customer lead-gen.
Hosted plans are early-access. Self-host today; email tim@dangercorn.net to join the waitlist.
printshopdesk is one of 220+ verticals scaffolded from the same template. Each gets a working skeleton for free; individual ones get promoted to full products as demand surfaces.
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