Taking the Job Ticket Digital

As part of the selection and implementation process for any new electronic job ticketing system, Prograph suggests putting together a list of all the reports that make up a set of job instructions within any given printing operation's current workflow.

Marc Olin, president of Prograph, advises that, when making an evaluation of electronic job ticketing software, a commercial printer should determine if all of the operation's current workflow instructions can be produced within any given digital system—and if the new digital system's existing report formats can fit into the old workflow. Also, the commercial printing executive needs to consider any legacy systems that need to be kept in place, and whether or not the new digital ticketing system will interface with them.