With the new “Vectorizer” extension for printformer, we have recently expanded the functionality of our Web2Print software solution and can now offer our customers in the printing and media services industry additional vectorization options.
The extension to the “printformer” software, which we have aptly named “Vectorizer,” is our response to the ever-growing customer demand for seamless vectorization within existing or new Web2Print projects. With our new “Vectorizer,” it is now very easy to generate print-ready data for subsequent screen or pad printing, as well as for many other printing processes, directly within the editor and without additional effort, from data that has not yet been vectorized, such as standard JPEG files. Thus, the “Vectorizer” vectorizes the supplied and unprocessed image data on demand in “printformer,” and the colors contained therein are automatically reduced to the desired number or the number required for the printing process. This saves additional steps and increases the efficiency of job processing.

“This process also allows our customers to obtain the desired shade in the correct HKS or Pantone color value with just a few clicks, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual post-processing. As a result, the asset used is always perfectly tailored to the specific product, the selected supplier, and the respective printing process. With the implementation of this enhancement, we are closing an important gap in the area of integrated publishing processes and moving another step closer to our vision of an even more powerful Web2Publish software capable of easily meeting future market demands. “The reactions from our customers have been consistently positive,” explains our CTO Sebastian Buck. “The positive feedback from our customers confirms that this new extension precisely meets their needs and that we are already implementing the next tools to complement our printformer. Because we love print!”

Today’s “printformer insights” focuses on implementing variants in existing or newly created templates. Enjoy reading!

Our printformer Suite receives regular updates and incremental improvements to keep pace with our customers’ ever-changing needs. In today’s “printformer insights,” we’ll show you how using additional variants significantly increases the flexibility of templates. This new feature noticeably simplifies the creation and maintenance of products and their associated variants, making the process more effective. See for yourself what benefits this improvement has in store for you!

Until recently, it was only possible to create individual templates for each product. So if multiple versions of a product were needed—for example, with a different font color—a new template with the appropriate settings had to be created for each version. This was an immense effort—both in terms of time and handling—especially when dealing with a large number of items based on the same layout that differed only in color. Our latest innovation, “Variants,” addresses this issue and ensures a simpler and more flexible way to provide different variations of individual products.

With the new implementation of variants in template creation, you can easily add additional variants to individual product templates. These variants account for color changes in both the background and the text, and—because they are linked to the template—offer maximum flexibility when creating large product quantities. This allows you to create suitable color combinations for a layout more efficiently, from which the customer can then easily select and order the desired product. Thanks to this new feature, all changes affecting the product’s layout need only be made in one central location and automatically apply to all linked variants and their color specifications. The result is clear: improved handling, greater time savings, and more flexibility—with the variants for templates in printformer by rissc solutions.

Our Printformer Suite receives regular updates and incremental improvements to ensure it consistently meets our customers’ latest requirements. Having already provided an overview of the improvements to the new Printformer admin area in a previous blog post, today we’ll focus on the Closed Shop section and its latest optimizations. The term “Closed Shop” refers to systems that are accessible only to a specific group of people—for example, those reserved for existing customers. Alternatively, products can be assigned here exclusively to certain users or user groups. Depending on the user, product prices may also vary. See for yourself what improvements await you here!

Unlike the previous version, we’ve given the Closed Shop a facelift, similar to what we’ve already done in the admin area. With a clearer layout and a clean design free of unnecessary elements, the focus is now squarely on the product. In addition to these visual improvements, we’ve also made some structural adjustments. It is now possible to assign products specifically to a user or user groups, thereby making the selection process more efficient. Furthermore, by utilizing projects, designs and product configurations can now be saved with a custom project name for later use, further minimizing the time required—especially during planning and preparation. The ability to use user attributes is another new feature. For example, business cards can be easily personalized with the correct data without the user having to enter their information. Users can also now easily manage and update their own addresses within their account. If personalization is canceled, the user now has access to canceled processes.

Thanks to new filter functions, users now have even faster access to their past orders and a clearer overview of their account. This allows them to select specific orders and track them later. In the current version, users can now also choose from various shipping methods in the shopping cart, ensuring more flexible shipping processing within the system.

The concept of the closed shop can be applied to a wide variety of contexts and offers numerous ways to restrict access to specific products or product variations to precisely defined target groups.

We will now be keeping you regularly updated on the ongoing improvements to our printformer via our blog. Stay tuned to see what other innovative features we’ve come up with. You’re in for a surprise!