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This section of WhatTheyThink aggregates all of the news, educational content, and analysis about the software that drives print businesses, from order entry through shipping and invoicing. It is combined in a single area so that our members and the industry as a whole can go to a single place to learn how software is changing the business of print and gain actionable ideas on how they may apply new solutions to their own business problems.

Product Spotlights

Product Spotlight: PRISMAcolor Manager—On Cloud Nine

Canon’s PRISMA offerings include a wide range of applications and tools to help optimize print production workflows and digital printing production. These solutions have amassed over the life of PRISMA and have adapted to the changes in technology and production requirements, as their use requirements have changed significantly over the years. David Zwang takes a close look at how PRISMA has evolved, focusing especially on a recent addition to the software suite: PRISMAcolor Manager.

Product Spotlight: Getting Product Personalization Right with LiveArt

Consumers are no longer satisfied with only buying mass-produced products. Online and brick-and-mortar print shops have offered B2B and B2C buyers the ability to customize printed products, but the process is sometimes complex and hard to understand. Pat McGrew looks at LiveArt’s web-to-print services which address the gap between off-the-shelf web-to-print solutions available in the market and the growing needs of printers requiring more custom-tailored solutions for their clients.

Bring Agility to Your Print Business with First Line Software

It can be challenging for print businesses to be agile, particularly production printing rooted in small-batch, custom manufacturing. To reach the peak of business agility, you may need to be agile using software and software services. Pat McGrew and Ryan McAbee look at how First Line Software’s custom software and data solutions can help improve print business agility.

Print Software Product Spotlight: Web-to-Print Solutions that Adapt to Your Needs with Customer’s Canvas

Sometimes the hardest part of taking advantage of the available marketplace is having tools that work they way you need them to. One size does not fit every situation. That is where Customer’s Canvas comes in. The team at Aurigma work with their clients to craft the web-to-print solution that will work most efficiently for their business.

Fiery Preflight Pro: Troubleshooting Jobs “Within” the Workflow

EFI Fiery DFEs have been driving digital printers for over 30 years. As the digital printers and the market requirements they serve change, there is a need to bring more automated preflight to the production floor to ensure process consistency, EFI has ensured that their DFE meets those challenges with their customers in mind. This includes the newly released Fiery Preflight Pro, available for Fiery FS500 Pro and newer servers.

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GoodToGo Introduces AI-Driven Order Pilot to Speed Order Entry for Print Jobs
GoodToGo Introduces AI-Driven Order Pilot to Speed Order Entry for Print Jobs

Published: February 26, 2024

Michael Reiher, president of Good2Go Software, founded Good2Go in 2019 with a vision to fill a significant gap in the printing software market: workflow solutions for smaller companies. GoodToGo has now added AI-Supported Order Pilot to its SaaS application, automating order entry and preflight tasks among others, making Customer Service Reps and prepress departments more efficient, especially for orders submitted by email, and minimizing the risk of orders getting lost in a deluge of incoming emails. Watch Video

Atomyx: New Cloud-Based Print Production Platform
Atomyx: New Cloud-Based Print Production Platform

Published: February 13, 2024

Most print orders arrive from the cloud, or could even be created in the cloud. They could even go back to the cloud for a proof. Wouldn't it make sense to handle the production there and reduce the up and down data transferring? David Zwang talks with Four Pees CEO Tom Peire about Atomyx, a new cloud-based platform that could both streamline the print business and production processes. Watch Video

Infigo’s Chris Minn on “Second Generation” Software Purchasing
Infigo’s Chris Minn on “Second Generation” Software Purchasing

Published: January 18, 2024

In this video, sponsored by Infigo, Chris Minn, Infigo’s Head of Global Marketing, talks about trends they are seeing in the market and how Infigo has software solutions to address PSPs’ needs to take their software implementation to the next level. Watch Video

Catching Up With eProductivity Software's Charlotte Tueckmantel
Catching Up With eProductivity Software's Charlotte Tueckmantel

Published: December 13, 2023

Charlotte Tueckmantel, GM/VP, Web to Print and Value Added Products at eProductivity Software, speaks with WhatTheyThink's Nick Gawreluk about their brand transition and gives an overall update on the business at PRINTING United Expo. Watch Video

Is Artificial Intelligence Relevant to a Printing Company?
Is Artificial Intelligence Relevant to a Printing Company?

Published: December 12, 2023

In this interview, eProductivity Software VP of Product Management Nick Benkovich answers this question and more. If you think AI is not relevant to your business, or even if you do, you should listen to this discussion. Like many things in our past, it's not a fad, although still emerging, and whether or not a printing company takes advantage of its capabilities, it behooves owners and managers to stay current with its evolution, and especially insight from industry thought leaders like Benkovich! Watch Video

Product Spotlight: A Case Study in Color Management
Product Spotlight: A Case Study in Color Management

Published: December 5, 2023

In this video sponsored by GMG Color, Jodie Steen, President of Spectraflow East, Shares a case study of end-to-end color management using GMG Color tools. Watch Video

Thought Leadership: Ricoh TotalFlow Producer
Thought Leadership: Ricoh TotalFlow Producer

Published: November 16, 2023

In this video sponsored by Ricoh, David Zwang talks with Begum Walji, Ricoh Software Product Manager, about Ricoh TotalFlow Producer, an intuitive, vendor-agnostic print-on-demand SaaS workflow technology. Watch Video

Thought Leadership: Ricoh Total Flow Producer for Job Onboarding
Thought Leadership: Ricoh Total Flow Producer for Job Onboarding

Published: November 9, 2023

In this video sponsored by Ricoh, David Zwang talks with Lisa Oakleaf, Ricoh’s Sr. Director of Global Software Product Management, about the company’s expansion of its SaaS-based products, including the new Ricoh Total Flow Producer for job onboarding. Watch Video

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