Reserve the real edge loss
Side margins can represent printer limits, registration, finishing or operator preference. Enter the usable production assumption rather than the nominal roll width alone.
ROLL MEDIA PLANNER
Turn a roll width into
a production length.
Model how many finished pieces fit across a roll, how many rows the quantity needs and how much linear media the selected orientation consumes. The calculation stays browser-local and keeps margins, bleed and gaps visible.
✓ Browser-local✓ Assumptions visible✓ Exportable record
Model the web
usable width = roll width − 2 × side margin
across = floor((usable width + gap) ÷ (artwork width + 2 × bleed + gap))
Linear media requirement
Across–pieces per row
Rows–required
Roll length–linear metres
Utilization–artwork / used web
CALCULATE
Enter a roll and artwork.
The model compares allowed orientations and chooses the shortest linear length.
Linear metres are only useful when the usable width and spacing assumptions are explicit.
Bleed changes both axes
The planner expands each piece by bleed before fitting it across the web. Gap is then added between repeated pieces, not around the outer edges unless your process requires it.
Rotation can save metres
Auto mode compares both orientations and chooses the shorter web length. It does not decide whether grain, image direction, finishing or machine rules permit that rotation.