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Take a look at how Avanti Slingshot® Print MIS, integrated with Enfocus Switch, can be used to automate online PDF proofing. 

Podcast: Automation in stages

In this Podcast from the Printerverse, Deborah Corn, Intergalactic Ambassador to the Printerverse talks about the stages of automation with Andrew Bailes-Collins, Senior Product Manager and Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager.

Like most manufacturing processes, print shops rely on job tickets. Despite the industry’s increasing focus on automation, however, a lot of printers still use paper tickets that travel through the process with the job. Are you one of those printers and are you fed up with tickets getting misplaced or lost? Enfocus now has the perfect solution in store. 

As you know, there are many pitfalls involved when it comes to customers sending you their files. Do you want a way out of this mess of email, FTP and W2P/MIS? Look no further (but do read on).

Soft proofing is nothing new. Most print customers are used to proofing jobs by email and find it pretty convenient to boot. Sure, they may have some questions or remarks regarding color accuracy or what might happen to their layers in the RIP. But for the most part – and this is especially true in the case of digital print – customers are comfortable giving printers the green light based on what they see in a PDF soft proof. However, there are some bees in the prepress bonnet when it comes to administering soft proofs via email. Is it time for a browser-based alternative? Yes! And it already exists, fancy that. Read on to discover all about the Enfocus PDF Review Module.

While we do l-o-v-e helping small businesses automate their way to the top, Enfocus is very much aware that larger companies, too, can sometimes use a hand when it comes to prepress and print automation. Growing faster than they can handle is a common problem that these bigger corporations experience. When their initial growth spurt is over, they find themselves faced with numerous isolated prepress and print stations – and no workflow to tie them all together. In part three of this Q&A series, we answer a great question sent to us by Oliver, CTO of a large print company.

No matter how big or small your business, a tailor-made approach to automation is your ticket to huge success. What’s that? You don’t believe us? Then by all means, read on (and be sure to check out part one of this blogpost too)! In part two of this series about prepress automation for SMEs, we answer a great question sent to us by prepress manager Thomas.

One of the best things about working for Enfocus is helping people take their business – no matter how big or small – to levels they didn’t even think were possible. We believe that even the smallest fish in the print industry are able to automate their way to huge successes thanks to our tailor-made approach. In part one of this series about prepress automation for SMEs, we answer an interesting question sent to us by prepress operator Matthew.

Everyone's thinking about it, everyone's speaking about it, yet so far few in the industry have managed to get it right. We’re talking, of course, about print automation. Over the last few years, even the most ambitious printing professionals found themselves facing what felt like a never-ending pursuit of increased efficiency on numerous levels. Automation, it seemed, was not much more than a buzz word or a privilege for the lucky few, i.e. companies with massive budgets. Well, no more!

More deadlines, more short runs, more custom jobs: today more than ever, automation is crucial for printers to stay afloat. Still, many printers aren’t convinced of the benefits automation would bring to their business, even though they automate more in their daily lives than they think. Are you, too, a non-believer? Then let the facts convince you otherwise!