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Presstek and Press-Sense Join Forces to Expand Business Opportunities for Customers by Offering Web-To-Print Capabilities
Submitted by Corey Smith on Thu, 02/28/2008 - 22:51HUDSON, NH -- February 28, 2008 -- Presstek, Inc., the leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing business solutions, today announced an alliance with Press-sense, the world’s leading developer of Business Flow Automation for the Print Industry™. Under the agreement, Presstek will offer the Press-sense portfolio of Web-to-print and business management software as part of its on-going plan to surround its digital offset product portfolio with value-added business solutions. Presstek will offer both licensed software and hosted versions.Presstek at Graphics of the Americas and OnDemand 2008
Presstek will be demonstrating this workflow solution at The Graphics of the Americas trade show in Miami, FL from February 28 to March 1 (Booth #1090), and at the On Demand Conference and Expo, March 4 to 6 at the Boston Convention Center (Booth #441).
Presstek Quote
“Today, print service providers are faced with the challenge of increasing their print volume, while they look for ways to improve their profitability,” said Klaus Schleicher, group product director, digital printing business unit of Presstek. “By making the Press-sense suite of products available to print service providers, we are helping them generate business growth, increase customer loyalty and reduce operational costs through the addition of Web-to-print, one of the most important value-added services in today’s marketplace for printing businesses of any size. The arrangement also positions Presstek to supply advanced Web-to-print and Business Flow solutions to even the largest printing establishments in conjunction with our industry-leading digital offset printing solutions.”
About Press-sense iWay
Press-sense iWay™, the central component to the Press-sense Business Flow suite, is a complete, Web-based, end-to-end, print-on-demand workflow and management solution that allows users to create, customize, order, print and deliver in one streamlined operation. In addition to the basic iWay platform, add-on modules are available for extra functionality, making it scalable from small shops to large, complex operations. iWay is available in a stand-alone, hosted or multi-site configuration. Ease-of-entry options have a well-defined upgrade path that allows the solution to grow as the user’s business expands.
Press-sense Quote
“There are numerous Web storefront solutions in the market, but none with the flexibility and scalability that iWay offers. Press-sense iWay manages the entire print operation from a request for a quote all the way through to delivery and billing,” said Elly Perets, Press-sense Vice President of Sales. “Our solutions are geared towards print on demand print service providers in offset, digital and hybrid environments. We are excited about this relationship with Presstek, a trusted partner to many commercial, quick and in-plant printers, and the opportunity this provides to extend our market reach.”
Presstek: A Smarter Way to Print
Presstek will be offering the Press-sense Business Flow suite with its portfolio of digital offerings, including the environmentally friendly DI® digital offset press. By using Press-sense iWay to streamline the workflow and business management process, DI press customers will be able to enhance the productivity they have already gained with their highly automated DI presses that offer the efficiency of an all digital workflow while delivering the quality and flexibility of offset printing – all in one compact footprint.
Analyst Quote: Dr. Joe Webb
According to Dr. Joe Webb of Strategies for Management: “Profitable printers have realized that streamlining is not enough and a grander re-thinking of the nature of the printing business is needed. Presstek’s products allow for a restructuring of the print business to match the likely changes in the nature of print demand.”
Benefits of Agreement
The combination of the DI press and Press-sense iWay is a robust platform which offers print buyers easy 24 hours /7 days a week access to fast turnaround, high quality printing. In turn, the print provider gains access to a wider audience and reduces the number of customer touches in the process. The result is a more profitable means to increase business growth and customer satisfaction.
“We also expect our chemistry-free CTP customers to benefit from this alliance,” added Schleicher. “Presstek chemistry-free solutions, including the Dimension Series and Vector TX52 platemaking products, produce daylight-safe metal plates that deliver more jobs in the same amount of time by automating key steps and by eliminating time-consuming prepress procedures. By streamlining the order entry and job management process, print providers will be able to take even more time and steps out of the production process, enabling them to meet the tighter delivery schedules today’s print buyers demand.”
Press-sense iWay Offers Unique Features
With Press-sense iWay, print service providers can unleash new growth opportunities, streamline their business flow, slash operational costs and enhance customer loyalty. Unique iWay features include:
- Ability to customize upstream workflow;
- Bi-directional information flow from print buyer to print service provider;
- Ability to support both digital, offset and hybrid workflows;
- Preflight, proofing and imposition support;
- Standards-based, open to external integration.
