New release enhances current workflows by taking an order-centric approach, creating simplicity in estimating, purchasing, and reporting.

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN: printIQ (printiq.com), the leading cloud-based MIS solutions provider, announces the latest release of its industry-leading technology. Developed for a wide range of print sectors including wide and large format, commercial print, labels, and packaging, printIQ is a seamless, end-to-end MIS system that integrates easily with other solutions in the industry to measurably improve visibility, efficiency, communcation, and profitability.

Supported by customer requests, industry feedback, and our R&D roadmap, printIQ v48 includes new features and enhanced functionality designed to create quotes faster and more accurately, streamline and simplify ordering, gain visibility into your production floor, and make better decision-making with customized data.

John Alden, CEO of printIQ, explains that the team has gone to great lengths to provide a comprehensive update that will expand functionality and very clearly streamline processs. “We have listened to our customers in detail and aligned their needs with our current roadmap to ensure printIQ is accelerating in the right direction. From the new gang-based estimating module targeting the wide and large format segments to a completely new way of presenting reports that provides clear data at your fingertips in a single-click, we are eager to get our customers using the latest version and begin sharing these new features with the industry.”

Print industry service providers are challenged to operate smarter, faster, and more profitably. printIQ provides the foundation necessary to reduce manual touchpoints and costly errors, but ultimately scale a print business. With new functionality developed over the last 6 months, version 48 expands these benefits to widen the reach within the industry.

“While we have a number of spotlight features, we certainly don’t want to lose sight of additions like press-based bleed control, new component options for tiling, a new dedicated workflow to improve the way overs and unders are managed, integration improvements along with new integrations, and so much more.”

Spotlight features
Gang based estimating – This functionality quickly and accurately generates complex quotes for both rolls and sheets in the large and wide format segments. Added advanced algorithms impose multiple items on the substrate to provide a visual of the layout the estimate is based on.

Next level promo products – Given a new look and feel for our apparel customers, you can easily search, fine tune pricing, and streamline the ordering process of promotional products. This will move customers through ordering much faster.

New orders board – Gain visibility over large orders without having to look at every job or sales item. This board serves as a gateway to the items on a specific order and allows the staff to complete common tasks.

Reporting made easy – A new reporting menu gives single-click access to important reports. Being completely customizable, you can add, rename, and order your reports based on priority.

Additional features to note

IQStore and inventory updates
Automated purchase order creation
Configure settings and terminology
New middleware application for ease of integration, Kapua
Sage 200 integration

This is just a glimpse into the additional development that has gone into v48. Customers will be notified of release dates based on standard process.