EVENTS - THE PRINT SHOW / NEWS 31 email: news@printmonthly.co.uk July / August 2024 - Issue 349 Software solutions for any printer’s needs With so many print businesses diversifying and adding more to their offerings, the need for workflows and other software to keep things running smoothly continues to grow. At The Print Show, there will be a host of software providers from all areas of the market on hand to discuss the needs of printers and to provide valuable advice and guidance on the right fit. Included in the lineup for the 2024 show (at the time of writing) are eProductivity Software, PrintIQ, VB Media, Flex4, Wildcard Software, XMPie (a CareAR company), and AccuraMIS. A returning exhibitor, eProductivity Software is a global provider of software for the print and packaging industries and offers an ePS Packaging portfolio as well as its Print ePS portfolio featuring cloud-enabled print MIS and ERP, and web-to-print solutions. XMPie is a provider of software for cross-media, variable data one-to-one marketing, and solutions to enable businesses to create and manage direct marketing and cross-media campaigns. Users of XMPie’s solutions can benefit from a complete Customer Communications Management (CCM) solution, end-to-end Adobe Workflow, open architecture, and scalable product lines. Another software provider on the floorplan is AccuraMIS, which provides an all-in-one, fully integrated and scalable CRM, MIS, and web-to-print solution. Providing web-based business management applications, Wildcard Software will also be exhibiting. Included in the company’s offering is Archtech Pro for sharing drawings, logging time, creating and emailing inspection reports, and document management. Wildcard Software also offers Printlogic Software which is an integrated business management system for SME printers. Returning to The Print Show this year is Flex4, a provider of web-to-print software and e-commerce and private storefront solutions. At the 2023 event, Flex4 demonstrated the latest functionality available with its print eCommerce and private web-to-print storefront solutions. Flex4 also launched its ‘Connect to Print’ concept which is ideal for printers that don’t want to sell online but need to generate and improve their print workfl ows. Another company putting users in control of their own professional e-commerce websites is VB Media. The exhibitor’s offering features a built-in blog, an easyto-use code-free web page editor, and the ability to manage orders easily with the flexibility to fulfil these in-house. Opportunities to outsource to trade printers As print businesses receive increasingly diverse and specific demands and as personalisation continues to boom, it can sometimes be a sensible business model to outsource certain jobs. This enables businesses to remain profitable, to not have to say no to odd jobs, and rely on those set up with the right equipment and skills to turn this work around quickly and to a high standard. At The Print Show, there will be a range of trade printers from traditional commercial printers to wide-format print, signage, clothing, and branding specialists ready to discuss their offerings with vistitors. Returning exhibitor Solopress used its presence at the 2023 show to launch its new API for print procurement and made a splash on social media with its coffee printing feature and competition. Also returning to the 2024 show is Route1Print, having supported The Print Show year on year, the trade-only supplier is part of Bluetree Group. The company uses its presence each year to discuss how it can service visitors to the event who operate within the print industry. Having supported The Print Show since its inception, Venture Banners committed to The Print Show 2024 shortly after the 2023 show wrapped. The company is a provider of wide-format print services for the print trade and offers banners, fabric exhibition solutions, flags, café barriers, SEG fabric pop-ups, and more. Another long-time supporter of The Print Show is Very Displays, a trade-only supplier of portable display products including modular tube displays, lightboxes, flags, tube fabric displays, banner stands, outdoor signage, and more. First-time exhibitor, First Display Signs & Graphics has also confirmed its space for The Print Show 2024. Based in Edinburgh, the company produces and installs commercial graphics and signage. Other providers of large-format print set to exhibit for the first time are Super Wide Digital and RMC Digital. Super Wide Digital is a superwide-format specialist for trade and creative professionals and produces banners, mesh, Flexface skins, dye-sublimation textiles, UV textiles, flags, and more. RMC Digital provides large-format print and wayfinding for signage, exhibition, stage, and set design and says it decided to exhibit after being impressed with the range of exhibitors confirmed so far.
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