Software - Web-to-print

“On-demand” books offer the prospect of growing sales, revenues, and profits for both publishers and print service providers.

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New updates have been added to Konica Minolta Business Solutions' Dispatcher Phoenix family of workflow automation product offerings. Dispatcher Phoenix Release 4.0 now allows end users to scan and upload files to leading cloud storage service providers such as Box, Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive. Additional new features  include advanced forms processing and PDF data extraction.

Launched last month, SnapBrand.com, powered by Angstrom Graphics, is designed to create products which help promote a business identity, stationery and other products for the home office, marketing products, as well as invitations and announcements. “Launching a site like SnapBrand.com was the next logical step for Angstrom Graphics, and we are thrilled to bring our services directly to our customers,” said Kristina Neumann, managing director of SnapBrand.com.

Fenner Drives, a leader in the design and manufacture of problem solving products for power transmission, motion transfer and conveying applications, worked with The Standard Group of Reading, PA, to create an online marketing portal to centralize the distribution of key marketing literature and sales materials.

The Flesh Co. of St. Louis, and Parsons, KS, has selected EPMS’ Enterprise platform to replace its existing MIS system. "The user interface is easy to understand and it has not taken long for our users to become familiar with it and maneuver around in the application modules," said Steve Meyer, special projects manager at The Flesh Co.

Enfocus, CHILI Publish, Magento, and North Plains are offering print and media companies the opportunity to see the future of Web-to-print at Best of Breed Web-to-Print 2.0—a limited seat, free, day-long seminar that is scheduled for June 4, at Magento parent company eBay's Los Angeles office; and at The Aloft Hotel on June 6, in Milwaukee.

Dalim Software's annual 2014 US DUO Conference, held last month at the Westin Georgetown in Washington, DC, attracted graphic arts professionals, brands, retailers, institutions and their respective marketing and communication supply chains. The event also marked the appointment of Marcus Spiegler, preflight operations manager, AAAS, as president of DUO, and Chad Gray, senior developer and workflow specialist at Carey Color, as vice president of US DUO.

EFI has acquired French printing and packaging software solutions developer Group Rhapso S.A. While financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, it is not expected to be material to EFI's Q2 or full-year 2014 results. Rhapso's employees have joined EFI and will be integrated into EFI's European operations.

Industry experts often talk about how today's production environments need to focus beyond solutions that enable workflow automation and, instead, on those that provide value-added services that meet the customer's evolving needs. Workflow automation is no longer the next "big trend" in production printing—it is now just a good business practice. The survey is part of an ongoing partnership between InfoTrends and North American Publishing Co. (NAPCO) to monitor emerging market trends.