Print As Up-To-Date As Internet Now Available

Print that is as up-to-date as the internet and tailored to each individual customer is a reality, thanks to new technology put in to use by TSO, claimed the organisation.

Print that is as up-to-date as the internet and tailored to each individual customer is a reality, thanks to new technology put in to use by TSO, claimed the organisation.

TSO (The Stationery Office) in association with software provider Xy Enterprise, has introduced a pagination service linked to its print on demand capability that will enable customers to identify the content they require and view the finished PDF at the time they order it.

TSO will then deliver it the next working day.

As well as ensuring publications are tailored for individual customer needs freedom from large-scale print runs also enables publications to be updated as frequently as web pages.

TSO said it has already used the technology for large and complicated publications that are frequently updated and would otherwise require time-consuming re-formatting each time they're published.

The new software enables the publications to be quickly re-paginated without manual involvement, ensuring a high quality professional result every time, said TSO.

It is now making the facility available to any organisations that wish to make their material available in a variety of formats to suit their readers' individual needs.

Linking the software to its colour print on demand capability enables TSO's clients to provide the service without huge initial outlay, said the organisation.

Jon Hale, business development manager at TSO said: "No longer is publishing a 'one-size-fits-all' business.

With this technology, someone buying a new car, for example, could select the manual containing information for their own model, instead of a generic one.

They could have it printed in the size they wanted and even in the same colour as their new car." Wez Dowell, UK sales director for Xy Enterprise, commented: "We are delighted that TSO has the vision to offer this service, which uses our high speed XPP publishing engine to create the pages, returning tailored results in near real time.

Given that TSO can offer full publication life cycle management, we believe this is an attractive offer for TSO customers.".

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