You dont start thinking about how to make something when you have already sold it. We pondered over how we could offer this product for a reasonable price, including postage. Posters, banners, magazines, stickers - there are many possibilities. ∼ustomers who want to have printing done, always search on the web for the cheapest option first and then choose the easiest solution. Customers will find that there is more than just flyers. Pim Print had a terrific first month and also February 2014 is looking fabulous. Automated production has the most pivotal role to play. Many printers are still burdening themselves with the idea that the press or printer should be the centre of the production. You are on the right track when you can let the software perform all kinds of repetitive tasks. In order to have a fully functioning automated workflow you need to invest in knowledge and time. A command line version and a full SDK for developers are available. Processing thousands of files is done without supervision or with minimal visual inspection by an operator. It takes the workflow to the next level with the use of hotfolders. The callas software checks - and, if necessary, corrects - the job on bleed, inserts cutting marks, provides smoothing, calculates the correct color space and places a barcode, so that after printing, the job cutting or print finishing can take place without manual adjustments. This reduces the workload and brings peace into the organization.Ĭallas pdfToolbox Server is based on the Adobe PDF Library and includes advanced color management functions and on-board imposition. The customer settles the invoice immediately, for example via iDeal. callas pdfToolbox Server provides the preflight, and our Content Management System generates and sends an invoice to the customer by return. When he sends us the confirmation, the customer attaches the job in the form of a document. How does it work? A customer places an order via the web. If you place a job order today, you will receive it the following day. Because of this, we have minimized our margin of error. Since January of this year, our production runs entirely on callas pdfToolbox. This was a tough job, and we worked hard on it from early November to late December. Of course, we had to enter our products and profiles in the database ourselves. callas builds highly flexible tools, allowing for a wide deployment of the package. This is essential when you run a 24/7 company. If we have really in-depth questions, we can always count on Wifac for advice and support. Wifac, our local reseller, supplies us with the consumables and they understand automation, workflow and printers. That is when we discovered callas pdfToolbox Server. When we found that web-based sales were increasing, we started searching for software that could relieve the prepress by automating the checking procedures. Fortunately, I am fascinated by these possibilities.
This is only possible with strict automation. Ronald, a veteran in the printing trade, was trained at the Graphic Lyceum Rotterdam.
We process hundreds of jobs each day, with all their associated administrative tasks. Of course, our webshops are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Others are working on further streamlining of the workflow. Some of them work on optimizing the companys five webshops so that the company and, more importantly, its products are easier to find. We took our most important decision four years ago by putting our money on web-based selling, says Ronald. The biggest change was without a doubt the digitization of our production and the arrival of a number of SRA3 volume printers and two wide format inkjet plotters. Ronald van der Meer - no relation - joined the company in 1997, and he became its co-owner in 2012. The companys founder, Pim van der Meer, started his company in 1982. Expansion on a recently purchased building plot nearby is in the pipeline. Pim Prints current premises, a former bulbshed, are bursting at the seams. Berlin, ApThe callas pdfToolbox Server, isnt that the workflow package that is especially suitable for larger companies? ∼ould be, says Ronald van der Meer of Pim Print in Roelofarendsveen, but we control our production with this software and we are very happy with it.