It can often be difficult for digital print companies to justify a software investment when the use of that software is sporadic.

In addition, it is often difficult or time consuming to investigate which software is the best option prior to purchase. Therefore we want to bring to our Members an increasing range of software that can be purchased on a low cost pay-as-you-go basis. This keeps costs down, improves the return on investment and gives greater flexibility.

As we build the library the software will be available either on a time limited basis, a number of records basis or Software-As-A-Service (SAAS).

We have started with the following two products which we believe give fantastic value and flexibility and we plan to add many more this year. We encourage you to try these pay as you go options!

  • FileFix

    FileFix by Timeharvest does what it says - the easy repair of common database faults. As companies receive databases supplied by their clients the job profitability can be reduced by the time consuming fixing of common database faults. It is not always possible to cover this cost by charging the client more. So this software makes the job so much easier and more cost effective. We offer this at a fantastic low cost of $74 for 3 days unlimited use! Click here to see more

  • DesignMerge® Pro

    The DesignMerge® Pro Bundle by Meadows Publishing is an award-winning suite of software for QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign that provides sophisticated mail-merge, variable data printing, and data publishing features. DesignMerge can import text, picture, or article information from practically any data source, and merge that information into QuarkXPress or InDesign layouts to produce unique, personalized output.

    We enable our Members to purchase this for use with 30,000 records, spread across unlimited time and an unlimited number of jobs. The price is just $999 and includes not only software use but also telephone support for the time taken to use that number of records or one year, whichever is first. Plus a training webinar! Click here to see more

  • Inkchex

    Exclusively available to our Members, Inkchex allows Operators, Pre-Press staff and Estimators to quickly assess ink coverage of a digital job, primarily for costing and/or print optimisation purposes.

    Inkchex analysis the CMYK and spot colour coverage within a print-ready PDF, reporting the % per separation, per page or per document. Individual colour separations can be viewed, giving a visual representation of coverage across the pages. A report can be saved for future reference and comparison.

    It is applicable for Toner and Inkjet (including wide format) based printing devices, particularly those where the ink is purchased as a consumable.

    It is on-line, fast and accurate.

    We are currently testing the Beta version of this service prior to full launch. At this stage it is entirely free to use Click here to see more

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