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Online Design Studio for Print Industry

ONLINE DESIGN STUDIO: With the Design Studio Online Tool — Edit,
Proof and Order Online


Edit and Approve Designs Online. Good for the customer, good for you. High or Low Resolution, you choose! Online Design Studio (ODS) as we love to call or stating the Industry Standard Term, ‘Print On Demand is one of the most powerful features of the PrintPLANR Web2Print solution.


  

The solution allows your customer to edit products online and generates print-ready PDF files for further approval and/or direct printing.
 
What products can be edited by Online Design Studio?
 
PrintPLANR Online Design Studio (ODS) allows you to edit any product online. The products can be, but are not limited to: 
  • Office Stationery-Business cards, letterheads, envelopes. 
  • Marketing Material-Brochures, Flyers, Mailers, etc.
  • Wide Formats-Billboard Posters, Equipment design. 
  • Promotional Items-Clothing, Caps, Bags, Corporate Gifting.

Online Design Studio (ODS) in PrintPLANR or your existing eCommerce Site?
 
Online Design Studio is a stand-alone module that is integrated in the PrintPLANR, Web2Print Solution enabling your customer to edit, proof and approve print items online. Being modular in nature, the online design studio can be integrated in your existing print shop or e-commerce site. Speak to our team to explore the possibilities.
 
How does Online Design Studio (ODS) work?
 



The Online Design Studio has an admin interface for you to upload the background artwork and create editable fields with rules, colors, font and other options so that your customer gets the desired output. We have listed below some key features of our Online Design Studio (ODS):
 
Online Design Studio (ODS) as an Admin
 

  • Upload background files in Hi-Res or Low-Res. You can even Overprint Files.
  • Create multiple objects/fields — Single Line Text, Multiple Lines or Paragraph Text, and Images.
  • Option to group these objects/fields to move in the direction you want.
  • Define Styling for each object/field.
  • Font Family — Select from our list of fonts or upload your own font.
  • Font Style — Define the size, tracking, justification, capitals, shrink to fit, or truncate the extra text (with or without a warning).
  • Color Style — Define CMYK or Spot Colors.
  • Image — Use Images or Image Objects for your artwork.
  • Create a Gallery of images for the end-users to choose from, thus limiting the type of image that can be used in that object/field.
  • Allow end-users to upload images from their local drive and pre-check the quality before uploading those images.
  • Customer users can maintain their own image gallery.
  • Restrict/Allow image edits with our advanced image editing tool — Crop, Rotate, Resize.
  • Other Features — Allow admin to create hidden fields, lock the fields for changes and limit the data type for those fields.
 
Online Design Studio (ODS) as a Customer/End User

B2B or B2C users can access the editable products from their respective eStore and can do the following:
  • Edit the information that is allowed by the admin.
  • WYSIWYG Canvas for checking the changes as the users edit the info.
  • For images, they can choose from the gallery or upload from the local drive as per the setting for that product.
  • ‘Saved Draft’ allows users to save their work as they edit and come back later to complete & order.
  • As per the setting, the end-user may require to confirm the final output in a PDF file before it can be ordered.
  • Order on behalf of one or multiple users (variable data). E.g. ‘Business Cards’ fields can be linked with the user profile and can be ordered for hundreds of users with just one click.
  • Admin may also allow end-users to build their own products from scratch, switch on advanced editing tool to add more objects/fields, images, change font, size, color, styles, and use just the way admin would use to build artwork.


The Online Design Studio Solution is light-weight, does not require any software downloads and works very well on modern browsers, on PC, on MAC, and even on Tablets. Yet another feature from PrintPLANR that makes ordering and the whole printing business itself, a smooth affair.


Efficient Modules and Add-ons

CRM Module

Import and manage your database of clients & suppliers. Tasks, Calls, Forecast features available for the Print CRM module of print management system. The advanced print CRM module gives you a strong hold on your business aspects.

Estimating Module
Accurate templates that are business process-specific drill down your quotes & adjust the pricing to ensure that your business always stays competitive. Start off by editing one of the ready or self-saved templates to share with your customers.

Purchase Order & Deliveries
Automate inventory supplies and/or your outwork print jobs. Manage efficient deliveries from either your own warehouse or even an external warehouse. Create purchase orders in just one click form one or more jobs and record payments.

Customer B2B & B2C Stores

Create online stores with the help of the Print MIS Software in a matter of minutes. Create customer specific ordering portals with unlimited settings. Option to include your own branding for a stern business identity in the competitive print market.

Fully Customizable, Settings Driven

The Print MIS Software solution believes that your business must abide by your rules! Set up your own products, warehouse, user roles, workflow & rules to suit the unique needs of your business. Multiple settings that can be repeatedly edited.

Data Visualization & Business Intelligence
Get the best out of raw data. Create your own dashboard with the highly customizable PrintPLANR. Address problems & stay in control of your printing business as only the latest BI techniques and data visualization tools are implemented.

Job Management
Define various statuses and build your own rules to efficiently manage jobs. Record various stages of jobs & deliveries with the help of PrintPLANR MIS software solution. ‘Electronic job cards’ feature for easy and quick job assignment to your staff.

Invoicing & Accounting
Generate Pre-Job or Post-Job tasks. Option to integrate with any popular or your existing accounting package. Record payments so that you always have access to history & export financial data to existing accounting software.

Online Design Studio
Why rely on manual method of innumerable ups and downs to modify print designs? Let your customer view and approve designs online before placing them! Only print designs that are on demand. Generate PDF files to edit & share.

Add-Ons

PrintPLANR communicates with multiple existing software — be it a CRM system, an Ordering System or another MIS Software that you’ve been using. Multiple add-on modules that can further enhance the software to perform at its best... Click The Below Link To Know More.

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