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This section of WhatTheyThink aggregates all of the news, educational content, and analysis about the software that drives print businesses, from order entry through shipping and invoicing. It is combined in a single area so that our members and the industry as a whole can go to a single place to learn how software is changing the business of print and gain actionable ideas on how they may apply new solutions to their own business problems.

Product Spotlights

Product Spotlight: PRISMAcolor Manager—On Cloud Nine

Canon’s PRISMA offerings include a wide range of applications and tools to help optimize print production workflows and digital printing production. These solutions have amassed over the life of PRISMA and have adapted to the changes in technology and production requirements, as their use requirements have changed significantly over the years. David Zwang takes a close look at how PRISMA has evolved, focusing especially on a recent addition to the software suite: PRISMAcolor Manager.

Product Spotlight: Getting Product Personalization Right with LiveArt

Consumers are no longer satisfied with only buying mass-produced products. Online and brick-and-mortar print shops have offered B2B and B2C buyers the ability to customize printed products, but the process is sometimes complex and hard to understand. Pat McGrew looks at LiveArt’s web-to-print services which address the gap between off-the-shelf web-to-print solutions available in the market and the growing needs of printers requiring more custom-tailored solutions for their clients.

Bring Agility to Your Print Business with First Line Software

It can be challenging for print businesses to be agile, particularly production printing rooted in small-batch, custom manufacturing. To reach the peak of business agility, you may need to be agile using software and software services. Pat McGrew and Ryan McAbee look at how First Line Software’s custom software and data solutions can help improve print business agility.

Print Software Product Spotlight: Web-to-Print Solutions that Adapt to Your Needs with Customer’s Canvas

Sometimes the hardest part of taking advantage of the available marketplace is having tools that work they way you need them to. One size does not fit every situation. That is where Customer’s Canvas comes in. The team at Aurigma work with their clients to craft the web-to-print solution that will work most efficiently for their business.

Fiery Preflight Pro: Troubleshooting Jobs “Within” the Workflow

EFI Fiery DFEs have been driving digital printers for over 30 years. As the digital printers and the market requirements they serve change, there is a need to bring more automated preflight to the production floor to ensure process consistency, EFI has ensured that their DFE meets those challenges with their customers in mind. This includes the newly released Fiery Preflight Pro, available for Fiery FS500 Pro and newer servers.

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Product Spotlight: Getting Product Personalization Right with LiveArt
Product Spotlight: Getting Product Personalization Right with LiveArt

Published: June 28, 2023

As part of our Product Spotlight series, Pat McGrew talks with Volodymyr Yatsevsky, CEO of LiveArt, about the Ukraine-based company’s origins and its full range of web-to-print products and Services. Watch Video

DALIM Software’s New DALIM Drive at Dscoop
DALIM Software’s New DALIM Drive at Dscoop

Published: June 6, 2023

David Zwang talks with Colin Price, Managing Director, UK, for DALIM Software, about the new DALIM Drive that the co pan y was showing for the first time in the US at Dscoop. Watch Video

Gershon Alon on HP PrintOS
Gershon Alon on HP PrintOS

Published: June 6, 2023

David Zwang talks to Gershon Alon, Head of Software Solutions for HP Indigo, about the latest features in HP PrintOS and how HP is refocusing its commitment to software. Watch Video

Point B Solutions on ePS/HP Indigo Integration
Point B Solutions on ePS/HP Indigo Integration

Published: June 1, 2023

In this video, sponsored by eProductivity Software, ePS’s Nick Benkovich talks with Doug Haefele, VP of Technology Solutions for Point B Solutions, about the impact on his business of the recent integration of ePS software with the HP Indigo digital press. Watch Video

Global Graphics Announces MAKO SDK V7.0
Global Graphics Announces MAKO SDK V7.0

Published: May 22, 2023

In this video sponsored by Global Graphics, David Zwang talks with David Stevenson, MAKO SDK Product Manager at Global Graphics. MAKO SDK is an amazing set of development tools for document imaging. It can be integrated into solutions that need document editing, optimizing, and even rendering into compliant PDF/X files from a wide variety of document formats. Watch Video

HP Introduces New PrintOS Software Suite
HP Introduces New PrintOS Software Suite

Published: May 4, 2023

In this interview, sponsored by HP, David Zwang talks to Peter Obradovic, Director, HP Industrial Software Solutions about the new HP PrintOS suite. HP PrintOS software is used by thousands of HP Industrial Print users. This new cloud-based suite now consists of four Power Packs, each concentrating on specific application requirements. Watch Video

Product Strategy: Fiery at the ISA Sign Expo 2023
Product Strategy: Fiery at the ISA Sign Expo 2023

Published: April 26, 2023

Chris Schowalter, Global Sales Director at Fiery, talks about emerging trends and product strategy at the ISA Sign Expo 2023. Watch Video

Tharstern and eProductivity Software Discuss Their Recent Joining of Forces
Tharstern and eProductivity Software Discuss Their Recent Joining of Forces

Published: March 31, 2023

In this discussion, Nick Benkovich of eProductivity Software (ePS) and Keith McMurtrie of Tharstern discuss the advantages to both companies and their customers. The plan is to maintain Tharstern as a brand and to be able to augment its capabilities with the many tools offered by ePS. Hope you enjoy this fascinating discussion! Watch Video

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