6 Ways to Grow Your Business with Web-to-Print

Are you a print shop getting smaller online orders that are stuffing your pipeline and creating blockages in your processing?

Or, maybe you’re the manager of a print department filled with high quality equipment that can give your colleagues anything they need — instead they’re choosing external suppliers for quicker and faster delivery, putting you and your department at risk.

Is it time to consider web-to-print software?

One of the best picks is Océ PRISMAdirect for reducing overhead and enabling faster turnaround for in-plant centers, print shops and commercial printers.

No matter what size business, you can take advantage of this user friendly automated process, that can go from job submission to order fulfillment, with its intuitive order management dashboard and optional WEB shop module.

Here are six advantages of PRISMAdirect to consider:

1. Bridges customer communication gaps.

Being competitive means creating a better bridge to communication with your customers. This web-based application puts you in control, from job acquisition and order management, to production and fulfillment. Customers can access the interface anywhere, anytime to check the status of their orders, via personalized or automatic emails.

2. Streamlines order acquisitions.

Customer submissions and order fulfillment are performed by one centralized solution. Orders can be sent by hardcopy, USB drives, emails, network folders, FTP folders, uniFLOW or a supported web shop.

PRISMAdirect’s powerful order processing management dashboard is standard. An optional web shop offers buyers 24/7 online purchasing capability for both print and non-print items.

3. Simplified order management.

A powerful dashboard offers easy to order processing and management in two views.

• Order view - provides detailed progress status information, allowing users to manage the workflow of their orders from creation to finalization.
• Job view - shows a clear overview of all jobs and connected printers, giving operators the opportunity to preview, edit production settings and process jobs assigned to them.

4. Saves wasted steps.

Automating time-consuming steps increases efficiently. Prepared settings eliminate repetitive procedures — allowing you to deliver more orders.

5. Expanded integration capabilities.

Getting market-ready can be one of the most time-consuming aspects of production work.  Besides PRISMAdirect’s standard imposition templates — it’s designed for smooth integration with Océ PRISMAprepare for more elaborate page programming.

Non-chargeable print time is reduced by its all-in-one capability — accelerating preparation from composition through production. It even allows for page-level editing in third-party PDF based applications such as Adobe Creative Suite without leaving PRISMA’s application — and can be easily integrated into existing workflow systems that use standardized JDF/JMF interfaces.

6. Insight and flexibility.

Extensive reporting and accounting features will help you gain more insight into your operation. Flexibility is built in to customize the exact requirements of each business and can scale as your business grows.

Choose a trusted vendor.

A qualified web-to-print vendor’s main goal is to make sure you’re using the technology to its fullest potential. They will offer suggestions, content and often entire portfolios of customizable sales collateral materials to help spread the word to your customers.

A good vendor will also be there for technical support. Nothing is more reassuring than knowing you have 24-hour support to keep the fulfillment flowing.

PRISMAdirect is a streamline workflow designed to complete and finish orders quicker than ever — anytime, anywhere. This integrated solution is helping many print commercial and print business owners avoid repetitive processes, accelerate the workflow and increase productivity. Maybe it’s your time to see what it can do for you.