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News Release from: Xerox | Subject: Graphic Arts Public Portal
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 November 2004
Portal Connects Digital Print Buyers
With Market
Xerox has launched its Graphic Arts Public Portal, a service designed for print buyers and companies looking for suppliers.
Xerox has launched its Graphic Arts Public Portal, a service designed for print buyers and companies looking for suppliers The Portal is claimed to enable print buyers to link up with Xerox Graphic Arts Premier Partners - a global network of 350 digital printers
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 18 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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With the portal, it is claimed that the user can find a short biography of each company and make direct contact with them via email, website links or other contact information.
In addition, customers can use the public portal to find a print suppler to work with and to search for a quote for print jobs based on quantity, stock, colour and finishing requirements.
Xerox said it takes only a few minutes for the user to receive email responses from their ideal print suppliers.
Ad Verweij, the manager of Premier Partners and publishing at Xerox Europe said: "Being a member of the Premier Partner network has obvious benefits to our members in terms of information sharing and knowledge exchange.
The public portal means we now have a means of sharing the network with print specifiers, who will have access to a network of some of the best digital printing companies from across the globe.
It means customers can take advantage of variable information publishing with all the benefits of personalisation for both local users and customers who wish to run global campaigns by distributing, printing and mailing close to their intended final target audience.
Since the Partner Portal became live we have seen an increasing level of traffic using the service, bringing benefits to our members and their customers alike.
All the feedback has been extremely positive." Premier Partners was established over four years ago to promote and exchange knowledge between the members and to provide a platform for print buyers to access a network of digital print providers.
The network now covers five continents and 21 countries.
In the United Kingdom there are 42 member companies.
The premier partner network is said to provide companies, subsidiaries and agents with an opportunity to 'distribute and print' on a global scale.
For print specifiers, it can decrease the time it takes for print to reach the market, delivers up-to-date print work by allowing last-minute changes, and can substantially decrease mailing costs claimed Xerox.
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