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The rissc Story

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The rissc Story

On the Art of Omission

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Alex Sperrfechter

CEO & Founder

When I walk through our offices today or talk to our partners in Europe, I’m often asked, “When did you actually realize that rissc was more than just another web-to-print software company?”

The truth is: It wasn't a single moment. It was a feeling that grew over the years. A feeling of frustration—and ultimately, of liberation.

Taming the Chaos

I remember the early days. The industry was (and still is) obsessed with “features.” Higher, faster, further—and above all: more complicated. I saw brilliant printers, publishers, CEOs, agency owners, and production managers drowning in data chaos, unstructured PDFs, and manual proofreading loops. They bought software that didn’t solve the chaos, but merely digitized it.

I thought to myself: That can't be it. The world doesn't need more noise. It needs a filter. A refinery.

What's in a name? (The risc-DNA)

The name rissc isn't just a marketing gimmick. It was my personal promise to the industry. I wanted to create a brand whose very name says what it stands for:

  • Reduced: That is the heart of it. True intelligence is not shown in what you add, but in what you can leave out without losing your soul. Reduction is hard work.
  • IIntelligent: We don’t build rigid frameworks. We build systems that understand what they’re doing. Process intelligence that thinks for itself.
  • Ssoftware Solutions & CConsulting: Because code alone is never the solution. You have to understand people and their machines.

rissc – to me, that always sounded like a sharp scalpel. Precise. Direct. Without any unnecessary baggage.

The Evolution: From Printformer to Risscore

Our journey began with the printformer. It was our first great love, our DNA. We learned how to make customization scalable. But I felt that we had to go even deeper. We had to get to the “core,” the heart of the matter.

That's how risscore.

It was the moment when we stopped simply offering “solutions” and began to build a infrastructure of clarity . When I see today how risscore supports production, simplifies workflows, and supplies our clients’ channels with assets at large printing houses, retail companies, packaging manufacturers, and traditional industrial brands, it fills me with a pride that cannot be measured in lines of code. Thank you, rissc TEAM!!!

We absorb the noise of the world on one hand and deliver absolute production reliability on the other. That is our way of adding value.

The Promise

For me, rissc was never just a business project. It is the answer to the question of how we can regain our autonomy in an increasingly complex world. That is why we created the risscore editor —because, in the end, it is people who must remain in control, not machines.

We are the Channel Media Refinery. We filter, we distill, we refine. And we’re just getting started.

Thank you for being part of this journey. Thank you for having the courage to join us on the path to reduction. Because in the end, all that remains is what truly matters: Performance.

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FLIXLEAD: Personalized marketing emails with printformer.io

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Personalized "
" promotional emails with
printformer.io

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Get started with direct mail using printformer.io

Having already successfully implemented a wide range of projects—such as traditional print shops—with printformer.io this year, one of our most recent examples demonstrates yet another potential application. The modular software architecture of our printformer version for Shopify enables our customers to implement even the most demanding projects quickly and easily. With the launch of FLIXLEAD’s new direct mailing portal, we have now successfully brought personalized advertising mailings to market for the first time using our combination of printformer and Shopify.

Run email marketing campaigns using printformer.io and Shopify

While the key parameters for print shops typically revolve around print run size, desired format, and the finishing or enhancement of print products, there are additional factors to consider when it comes to direct mail. However, thanks to the flexible customization options offered by printformer.io, no costly investments are required. Through the specialized version of our proven Web2Print technology, printformer, we provide customers with a toolbox that flexibly adapts to all project requirements. For example, the newly launched FLIXLEAD portal offers its customers the ability to select a defined mailing concept in just a few steps, specify a suitable distribution area, and determine the required print run for the mailing. The recipient addresses essential for the mailing are provided directly via the direct mailing platform—eliminating the need for time-consuming research and saving additional costs.

Create layouts for personalized promotional emails directly in printformer.io

Ultimately, however, all that preparation is useless if the mailing’s layout doesn’t match the intended purpose or theme. Similar to the process used by traditional print shops, the visual design of the promotional mailing can be created in a separate step directly within the printformer.io editor online. To this end, customers have access to a basic selection of ready-made designs, which they can customize to their specific needs if necessary. Depending on their own preferences, a feature has been implemented for clients who do not wish to use the provided templates, allowing them to upload their own designs to ensure compliance with any CI guidelines. Following the design process, the creation of print-ready data and the subsequent dispatch of the booked mailing campaign are automatically handled via the FLIXLEAD platform and sent by mail in compliance with all applicable GDPR regulations. Alexander Sperrfechter, Managing Director of rissc solutions GmbH, sums up: “With our client FLIXLEAD, we were able to demonstrate just how versatile the printformer.io system is and what opportunities it offers even to industries that are not primarily in the online printing sector.”

What is used?

What are the benefits for the customer?

  • Extremely short implementation time

  • 100% Cloud

  • Seamless integration with external services

  • Print-ready data

  • Quick and intuitive creation of personalized marketing emails

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Online store for personalized packaging with printformer.io

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Online store for
personalized
packaging with
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In recent months, many of our customers have seen for themselves just how flexible our printformer version for Shopify—released this year—is. The fact that it offers a suitable solution not only for obvious printing applications, such as flyer printing or the production of business stationery, is currently demonstrated by the launch of the new online store “moviooo” by SCHMID Druck+Medien GmbH.

Personalized packaging made easy

While simpler print products—such as business cards, flyers, or brochures—can usually be created using an online editor with relatively few specialized features, a wider range of features is recommended, particularly for complex products in the packaging and greeting card sectors.

For these use cases, our specialized printformer version for Shopify stands out with a wide range of technical features that enhance the user’s design and shopping experience. Especially in the product categories mentioned above, a simple and seamlessly generated 3D print preview is invaluable. The 2D views of the required print templates, which may seem abstract at first glance, make it difficult to check for design errors. Here, the integrated 3D preview in the printformerIO app helps quickly and reliably identify any misplaced or faulty layouts and then correct them. This allows all packaging and effect cards offered in the moviooo online shop to be displayed with smooth animations in the 3D preview, thereby reducing incorrect orders and complaints.

“The printformerIO 3D editor really shines in this area, allowing customers to quickly and easily customize their desired products within the online editor. The necessary print data doesn’t necessarily have to be designed within the online editor itself; the system also supports uploading data that’s already print-ready. “With the new ‘moovioo’ online shop from SCHMID Druck+Medien GmbH, we were once again able to demonstrate how flexible and powerful the combination of our special printformer version and the Shopify e-commerce platform is, and also that the specific product category of packaging can be easily implemented with our technology,” said CTO Sebastian Buck.

Customization even for small quantities

What was once only possible for larger print runs is increasingly becoming the standard in the printing industry. Improved workflows, greater cost efficiency in print production, and lower implementation and operating costs for web-to-print publishing solutions are key factors in this trend. This makes it easy to produce personalized print products starting from a quantity of just one. The low initial costs, seamless and simple integration with the Shopify e-commerce platform, and printformerIO’s technical foundation—established over many years—provide the perfect foundation for this. Even—and especially—smaller print shops now have the opportunity to digitally transform their own operations without lengthy planning phases, thereby increasing their chances of remaining competitive.

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What is used?

What are the benefits for the customer?

  • Extremely short implementation time

  • 100% Cloud

  • Seamless MIS Integration

  • Print-ready data

  • Intuitive creation of complex products

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Digital Transformation in E-Business Printing with printformer.io

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Digital Transformation: "
" in E-Business Print

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For several years now, it has become apparent that printing companies focusing on digital
companies that have embraced transformation have better chances of remaining future-proof and
to remain competitive.

Use digital technologies

The transition from a traditional printing business to a digitally connected company does not
Few businesses face major challenges. Digital technologies are evolving at a rapid pace
The use of smartphones, tablets, and laptops continues to grow
Significance, as well as in terms of the tools used and the machinery, is the
Digitalization is unstoppable. To connect all of this in a modern way and facilitate communication with
In many cases, ensuring a secure future for employees, partners, and customers requires a
new or at least updated digital infrastructure.

Understanding Digital Transformation as a Process

Every entrepreneur should be aware that digital transformation is not a task with a fixed start and end date, as is common in other projects, but rather an ongoing process of change that must be carefully planned and then continuously optimized and implemented. It is a complex cycle characterized by the consistent search for opportunities for optimization, future-oriented planning, and the implementation of new approaches. Results must be continuously analyzed, errors corrected, and processes adapted. These measures affect both internal processes and all processes that take place for or with the company’s own customers. A holistic view of the transformation process is therefore necessary.

Getting Started with Digital Transformation

The many printing companies that have already successfully embarked on the process of digital transformation were forced to develop the right concepts and solutions for their own businesses through a labor-intensive process. This is a difficult path that also ties up many of their often limited resources, whether in terms of the necessary budget or simply the man-hours of the required staff. But there is another way.
For printing companies in particular, there are many areas where they can implement the necessary changes with significantly less effort and in less time by leveraging existing digital solutions. For example, a proprietary e-business print platform can serve as the technological foundation for this transformation. Our printformer.io app makesit easy for businesses to set up a professional, fully functional print shop in just a few minutes by combining the popular Shopify e-commerce platform with our specialized version of printformer. This avoids time-consuming research, long development times, and high costs, allowing the print company to consolidate its profitability throughout the entire digitalization process while also generating higher sales figures.

Benefits of using printformer.io

The advantages of the printformer.io app are clear. Businesses benefit from low upfront costs for setting up the digital print shop, and the cloud-based application ensures that all the latest updates and bug fixes are available at all times, without the need to allocate internal resources to web development and support. This means that a state-of-the-art system is always available without tying up additional resources.
The size of the existing order volume is irrelevant, as the system can be easily adapted to the current number of print jobs and is therefore flexibly scalable. One of the biggest advantages, however, is undoubtedly the fast time-to-market, since printformer.io allows you to set up your own print shop in just a few minutes—one of the
key success factors for staying competitive in the market. 
 
If you’d like to learn more about the wide range of possibilities and the exact processes involved in working with printformer.io, please contact us or schedule a demo with us today. We look forward to answering your questions!
 

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What is used?

What benefits do you enjoy as a customer?

  • Extremely short implementation time

  • 100% Cloud

  • Seamless integration into the existing IT infrastructure

  • Print-ready data

  • no additional allocation of resources

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