Challenge: Manual file correction slowing down production and jeopardizing fast turnaround times.
Solution: Enfocus PitStop Pro
Result: Over 50% reduction in preflight time, enabling same-day delivery for complex jobs.
A Única Gráfica (Unica Grafica) started as a family business, built from the ground up by a father-and-son team. Today, they are a modern printing company in Brazil, serving a diverse client base with both digital and offset printing. While they handle everything from educational materials to general commercial jobs, they have carved out a successful niche in the production of high-quality promotional cardboard boxes, often targeting the fast-paced digital influencer market.
This specialization demands speed and flawless execution. However, Unica Grafica found their prepress process was becoming a major bottleneck.
The Manual Bottleneck: Wasting a Day on Corrections
Before implementing an automated preflight solution, Unica Grafica's team handled every file correction manually. This process was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and prone to error.
"We were making all those corrections manually, and it took a very long time to get to the final result, things that used to take us sometimes a full day to complete, today we can resolve in less than half a day."
Douglas De Souza Fernandes, Print Production Manager at Unica Grafica
The sheer volume of work and the complexity of customer-submitted files, often containing critical errors like missing bleeds, color issues, and unflattened transparencies, were eating into production schedules.
The Transformation: PitStop Pro Delivers Instant Automation
Approximately two years ago, Unica Grafica identified the crucial need to automate their prepress. They chose Enfocus PitStop Pro. The results were immediate and transformative.
The key benefits seen by the Unica Grafica team include:
- Massive Time Savings: Tasks that previously consumed an entire workday are now completed in a few hours, resulting in a 50%+ reduction in preflight time.
- Increased Volume & Speed: The ease of automated correction allows them to produce a higher volume of work in a shorter space of time.
- Reliable Correction of Complex Issues: PitStop Pro automatically resolves common file problems that previously required manual intervention, including:
- Removing problematic lenses and effects.
- Adding necessary bleed to the material.
- Checking and correcting fonts and colors.
- Intuitive Workflow: Although any new technology has a learning curve, the team found PitStop Pro to be easy to use and intuitive after initial familiarization.
Real-World Impact: Rescuing a Same-Day Urgent Job
The value of PitStop Pro became crystal clear during a high-stakes, urgent project.
Unica Grafica received a file for an important magazine print run from a major university in São Paulo. The job required rapid turnaround, but the files were riddled with errors:
- Missing bleed on the pages.
- Lack of fonts.
- Inconsistent colors.
With a deadline looming, the team turned to PitStop Pro.
"PitStop helped us to rapidly adjust this material, and we managed to produce the entire job that same day."
Douglas De Souza Fernandes, Print Production Manager at Unica Grafica
This ability to quickly salvage and correct flawed files under extreme time pressure is invaluable for maintaining client trust and competitive advantage.
Moving Forward with Speed and Confidence
For Unica Grafica, PitStop Pro is now an indispensable part of their daily workflow.
"Once you start using PitStop, it's hard not to use it anymore, it greatly facilitates graphic production."
Douglas De Souza Fernandes, Print Production Manager at Unica Grafica
By automating their preflight and correction processes, Unica Grafica has successfully transformed a time-consuming bottleneck into a streamlined, automated operation, ensuring quality and allowing them to focus on what they do best: producing stunning graphic materials for their growing customer base.
Ready to cut your prepress time by 50%? Discover how Enfocus PitStop Pro can revolutionize your workflow today.
