Tricky Price

[Andygtv]

What would you charge to scan 484 pages of A4 in colour then make a PDF of the pages into one file?
The pages are mainly text and 20% sepia photos.

I have come to £96 Does that sound too cheap?

many thanks

 

[Jimlad]

How long do you think it will take to do?

 

[hankscorpio]

484 pages

Scan each page = 2 minutes
Crop/Straighten per page = 1 minute

Combine to PDF
24.7 hours

How much do you want to charge for scanning per hour?

 

[Jimlad]

Nice maths Hank (I assume combining to PDF is estimated at 30 mins). Working it out like that, this job would be charged at £3.88 /hr.

Unless you can scan faster, I'd up the price. It's not a particularly difficult or high-skill task, but that's a lot of time.

 

[Andygtv]

How long do you think it will take to do?

Hi Hard to tell maybe 4 hours ish

 

[Jimlad]

If you only needed 30 seconds to swap each page out of the scanner and hit the SCAN button, didn't check anything and could combine the files INSTANTLY ((impossible), you'd need at least 4hrs 22min.

 

[Andygtv]

That is true plus putting the individual scans into a file.

 

[Jimlad]

I'd consider charging for at least a day's work, probably 2. Plus don't forget, even though it's not so much a creative job, you're still providing the client VALUE. There's a reason they don't want to do it themselves

 

[Andygtv]

thank you

 

[hankscorpio]

I'd have it 3.5 days work

Plus that's dedicated on that task alone.

2 week timeline at normal hourly rate.

Or else rush charge of 1 week at higher rate as you'll have to push other works out.

1 week being 5 days

 

[Jimlad]

I'd be willing to bet the client wants it ASAP as well.