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News Release from: EFI | Subject: Printersite Exchange 2.5
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
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The latest version of the Printersite Exchange web submission application from EFI was debuted at the sixth annual Connect users' conference.
The latest version of the Printersite Exchange web submission application from EFI was debuted at the sixth annual Connect users' conference Printersite Exchange is claimed to provide a complete, streamlined workflow from the document creator, through print production, to finishing and delivery
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 13 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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By providing what EFI described as a robust, personalised interactive internet presence 24 hours-per-day, Printersite Exchange enhances customer relationships and improves profitability, said the company, with printing companies finding it easier to deploy branded storefront web sites that let them do business with customers over the internet.
Version 2.5 of Printersite Exchange includes new a remote print centre workflow integration, JDF-based job tickets and visual job ticket wizards, stronger VDP capabilities and enhanced Printmessenger Drivers.
The application is said to provide an easier way for customers to submit jobs, request quotes, obtain real time prices automatically, submit and proof content and buy their job on-line through Printersite Exchange's e-commerce capabilities.
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The site offers self-service features that let customers check their own job status, whilst still giving customer service representatives and sales people visibility in to customer's order flow and job status, said EFI.
Printersite Exchange is claimed to integrate with EFI's workflow and management information systems (MIS) products.
The system creates a content and commerce workflow from the desktop of the printer's customer directly to EFI's Fiery, Balance and Micropress software for digital printing and to the Hagen, Logic and PSI systems.
First time job submission is said to be simplified for both the printer and customer, with jobs submitted as settings-correct PDFs.
The on-line catalogue in Printersite Exchange is also claimed to make frequently used documents easily accessible for ordering.
Customers can see the status of their orders when placed, when in production and when shipped, without playing telephone tag, added the company.
Benefits for the printer are said to include streamlined estimating and order input for digital and offset work, as well as cost-savings from reducing or eliminating pre-press labour through the application's PDF workflow.
Printersite Exchange will be generally available in imminent versions of the Hagen, Logic and PSI print management systems.
Chuck Gehman, EFI's director of product marketing, said: "With the introduction of Printersite Exchange 2.5, we're really introducing a new standard for web-to-print applications.
This is really the first offering that can support the full range of products that printers want to offer to customers on-line.
Whether they are direct mail VDP jobs, business cards and stationery, binders with multiple sections and customised tabs, financial documents like pitch books or a prospectus, Printersite Exchange 2.5 is the first generally available and easy-to-deploy application that can answer those challenges.".
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