The Print Network of the Future Strength in Numbers

"Metcalfe's Law states that the usefulness, or utility, of a network equals the square of the number of users."

Metcalfe's Law

As with the World Wide Web any network's strength is not in its number of users but in its interconnections.

As internet enabled solutions proliferate at an increasingly rapid rate, more and more people are finding that the solutions they have are clashing with their suppliers solutions.

Imagine the following situation...

Several Print Management Companies purchase various 'Off the Shelf' e-procurement solutions. At the same time we have several Printers with varying 'Off the Shelf' print automation packages. Here's how their interactions look:

The old way...

We think you'll agree, it's enough to make your head spin.

Every procurement or print package adds its own workflow. This complicates production and data management, creating inefficient companies with over skilled staff. The more companies embrace the internet the more evident the above diagram will be. Imagine a diagram with hundreds of interacting companies not just six. What is needed is unification!

Enter the print hub...

By having a centralised, unified solution each business can access their data in a streamlined, easy to use way. This not only enhances productivity but also reduces the skill levels needed by staff, therefore helping to reduce staffing costs.

Dusting 'Off the Shelf'

Unlike most print management and print automation packages, Print Evolved is an online service. Many companies feel a need for ownership of all their systems, gaining peace of mind from a dusty beige PC sitting in the corner of an unused office. Ownership however is just an illusion. 'Off the Shelf' Software and its continual development is and always will empower only the software developers and resellers. The printing world knows all to well about the expenses involved in updating software every time a vendor sees fit to release a new version. With the increasing number of print applications out there, its time to get off the treadmill and follow the rest of the world.

Being a purely online solution all PrintEvolved customers get updates automatically as and when they happen. When we released Version 2 of the Quark Express Xtension our customers saw an automatic productivity increase of almost 30% within their production departments.

Application Service Provision (ASP)

Since the boom of the tertiary/services industries, secondary industries such as print have suffered. Prices have become more competitive and paper costs soaring. You must work smarter to stay ahead of the game.

Print Evolved adds an extra layer onto the services industry by providing print service portals for print service providers. By using our system you instantly become a service provider.

Contingency

Our online servers use RAID arrays, perform on-network daily incremental backups as well as daily offsite backups. For many companies this kind of contingency is too expensive in time and money. However to further quash fears of lack of ownership we want our customers to sleep well at night, in the knowledge that their data is protected at three levels.