42 ■ October 6, 2010 • GRAPH EXPO
Official Show Daily • Cygnus Graphics Media
Enhanced Workfl ow Offering Enables New Routes to Cost Savings and Increased Revenue
InfoPrint Solutions Software Advantage package provides customers with an expanded family of best-of-breed automation and productivity tools
nfoPrint Solutions Company (Booth 2017) , a Ricoh company, is showcasing InfoPrint Software Advantage, a family of software products that addresses the demands of customers across all industries. This family can increase businesses’ ability to execute multichannel campaigns, implement precise document compo- sition and production, and automate workflow across the operation. InfoPrint Software Advantage is an
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integrated family of InfoPrint Solu- tions and third-party software offer- ings. This package is designed with customization in mind and aims to develop reliable, efficient and precise documents from design through pro- duction and delivery. An added value of InfoPrint Software Advantage is customer access to InfoPrint’s Profes- sional Services team that has more than 50 years of experience in the pro- duction printing market. “InfoPrint Solutions
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strived to provide our customers with software that addresses their specific needs. We realize that our custom- ers have very particular demands and that our role is to come to the table with an accurate, customized solution,” says Gary Borgese, Director, Software Product Management for InfoPrint Solutions. “By bringing InfoPrint Soft- ware Advantage to market we have combined our industry leading family with our best-of-breed third party part- ners and global professional services team to give customers choice—choice to find one, customized package that increases their revenues while enabling cost savings without major disruption to their overall operation.”
What are the components? InfoPrint Software Advantage con- sists of a wide selection of compo- nents. First is InfoPrint ProcessDirec- tor, a workflow solution that enables end-to-end automation, streamline capabilities and secure output manage- ment. With this high integrity work- flow backbone, businesses can quickly and easily reduce errors while lower- ing costs.
Other components of this family include InfoPrint Manager which is designed to manage all print jobs in both production and distributed envi- ronments. This is a scalable software that can increase productivity and low-
ers the total cost of ownership. Another offering is Productivity Tracker, a tool that captures key statistics about opera- tors and devices and delivers real time operational insights. This allows for improved operator efficiency, balanced workloads and the ability to manage supplies at a lower cost. Third-party software components are integrated into InfoPrint Software Advantage to ensure the functionality needed to address customers’ specific requirements. In the area of docu- ment design, for example, Software Advantage includes: DocPath docu- ment solutions, GMC PrintNet Inte- grated platform, MAPPING Suite and StreamServe Persuasion.
What’s the Advantage? A strong, high integrity workflow
is a key differentiator to print opera- tions. While many businesses may use a combination of hardware including printers and pre- and post-process- ing equipment, it is vital to have an underlying workflow solution which ensures automation, security and data integrity and auditability across the print job. The InfoPrint Software Advantage includes tools that enable control throughout the operation. Key areas of this are: Connect—InfoPrint
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Advantage includes tools that connect data with output system software. This allows companies to bring together all of their communications to a single connection point which reduces the likelihood of massive reprints. Create—Through a variety of docu- ment composition tools this package gives users the opportunity to design high value communications with easy- to-use solutions. These enable each and every document to stand out more to recipients through strategic place- ment of relevant and targeted mes- saging. Prepare and Produce—Prepara- tion is key in any job. With these tools, businesses can prepare input data and other resources more accurately than before. This then ensures a more streamlined production process which in turn reduces the amount of energy used and eliminates unnecessary mis- takes as all output is stemming from the same source. Deliver—The phrase “from host to post” extends beyond the mailroom
and further than the physical enve- lope. Delivery can apply to the Web, e-mail or traditional mail and no mat- ter the preference. InfoPrint Software Advantage family has components that can address all of these channels and more. Analyze—Post-delivery analysis is an often overlooked but crucial
component to a workflow solution. Determining the efficiency and effec- tiveness of a communication can help enhance and improve the next. If changes are needed, InfoPrint Solu- tions’ professional services team will work closely with the customer to ensure that they are made accurately and in a timely manner.
PGSF College Poster Winner
Collins College Graphic Design Departments wins the 2010 Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation contest
Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) Col- lege Poster design competition. The poster, titled “Creativity Makes Your Kolors” will be sent to all colleges and high schools in the United States that have printing and graphic com- munication programs for the 2010- 2011 academic year. The poster pro- motes the availability of scholarships to pursue a career in the graphic com- munication industry. The posters is available at the PGSF Booth in Edu- cation Main Street during GRAPH EXPO. The poster design competi- tion was entered by individual stu- dents and many classes that used the poster project as a working assign- ment. “Dreams cannot be fulfilled without an educational system that offers a challenging learning envi- ronment,” says Jo Ann Rolfe, senior instructor of graphic design. “As educators we should constantly be looking at our relative industries for updates in curriculum content, advi- sory board participation, field trips and internship opportunities. Indus- try represents the ‘real world’ our graduates look forward to joining.”
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he Graphic Design Depart- ment at Collins College, Tempe, AZ, has won the 2010 Print and Graphics
“It was really exciting to review the creative poster designs from so many schools,” says Ted Ringman, VP of development at PGSF. “Mon- ica Vaughn, Professor Rolfe’s win- ning student, did an outstanding job designing a piece that reaches out to other students.” Two hundred col- lege students attending 80 schools receive financial assistance through PGSF. However, many more of the deserving scholarship applicants are turned down due to lack of funds. For copies of the poster, informa- tion regarding tax advantaged con- tributions, establishing a scholarship through PGSF or scholarship appli- cations contact Bernie Eckert, PGSF program administrator at 412-259- 1740, or
beckert@printing.org.
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