InfoPrint Solutions Company and Press-sense Bring Streamlined Print-On-Demand To Market

Partnership expands functionality of workflow and increases efficiency of operations

Boulder, Colorado, May 21, 2008

InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, today announced a relationship with Business Flow Automation provider Press-sense. InfoPrint will resell Press-sense’s flagship products, iWay, Manager and Omnium, to offer customers streamlined Print-On-Demand (POD) workflow to help them achieve increased print capacity and time and money savings..

This relationship expands InfoPrint’s functionality into streamlining POD workflows including business and operations activities for printers, providing customers with an easy-to-deploy workflow and production solution based on open standards. Press-sense becomes a key component of InfoPrint's POD workflow solution that helps customers handle today’s POD challenges such as shorter print runs, faster turnaround times, complex set-ups, and manual processes without compromises in quality or speed.

"One of the biggest challenges of Print-On-Demand workflow within any organization is to have the production workflow process run efficiently given challenges," said Susan Friedman,Print On-Demand Offerings Manager for InfoPrint. "Creating end-to-end solutions that integrate web-enabled front-ends and Management Information Solutions (MIS) with the print production lifecycle answers the pain points of many of our customers."

Press-sense’s web-to-print and MIS solutions fit customers’ unique needs and budgets, ranging from robust, enterprise level to off the shelf packages for smaller POD operations. These are:

• Press-sense iWay, a web-based, end-to-end, POD workflow and management solution that allows users to create, customize, order, print and deliver in one streamlined operation;
• Press-sense Manager, a print management solution that enables small and mid-size printers to capture and control analog services and input the data into their business flow. It combines MIS, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and asset management functionality to manage the job cycle at an affordable price -- enabling printers to have confidence in the profitability of a job;
• Press-sense Omnium is the optimal Business Flow Automation solution engineered exclusively for print businesses. It provides critical data on all business and production processes - in real time. Recognized as a winner of 2006 and 2007 "Must See Em" awards at Graph Expo, Press-sense Omnium integrates, streamlines and automates the entire print house operation, including sales, production, MIS and finance.

"The marriage of Business Flow Automation and the OnDemand workflow is a natural step in the progression of both industry sciences," said Amir Shaked, President of Press-sense America. "As digital service providers seek out and depend more on efficient processes, integrated automation becomes key. We believe our collaboration with InfoPrint Solutions further supports our Business Flow Automation vision and fortifies our leadership position in this burgeoning marketplace."

InfoPrint's POD workflow solution enables all parts of the production workflow process to run smoothly by linking to InfoPrint's recognized print technology and PDF workflow solutions – InfoPrint 4100, InfoPrint 5000, InfoPrint 2190, InfoPrint 2210, InfoPrint 2235, InfoPrint EMP156, InfoPrint Manager (IPM) and InfoPrint ProcessDirector (IPPD). IPM and IPPD help manage the print job from order entry and management through the complete printing process.

InfoPrint will be demonstrating Press-sense products at their stand (Hall 9, B44) in the Drupa exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany, from May 29 to June 11, 2008. Additionally, in a joint effort to support POD processes from order entry, to imposition, to print, InfoPrint, Press-sense and Ultimate Technographics are collaborating on a hotfolder to hotfolder automated workflow for iWay, Impostrip and InfoPrint Manager for printing to the InfoPrint 4100 and InfoPrint 5000. All three companies will continue to work together on future integrations.

About InfoPrint Solutions Company

InfoPrint Solutions Company, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, brings to market the advantages IBM and Ricoh have in the development, manufacturing, marketing and building of strategic solutions for customers, creating a growth-oriented global enterprise that is strategically focused on the output market.

The InfoPrint Solutions Company portfolio includes solutions for production printing for enterprises and commercial printers as well as solutions for office workgroup environments and industrial segments. The company offers customers the highest quality output solutions that optimize productivity by providing efficient workflow and, at the same time, delivering low cost of ownership and high return on investment. The heritage of InfoPrint Solutions Company includes the development of the IBM Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) Architecture – now an industry standard – and Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS), which has since become the standard for mission critical business printing. The company also leads the industry in print management solutions with both InfoPrint ProcessDirector and InfoPrint Manager. Please visit www.infoprint.com for more information.

About Press-sense

Founded in 2001, Press-sense has rapidly evolved into the world’s leading developer of Business Flow Automation for the Print Industry™. By applying process automation to the print service provider’s business (from order taking, price quoting, through planning, estimating, MIS, fulfilment and shipping), Press-sense solutions offer printers the tools to fully manage, control and automate their business operations. Going beyond typical Web-to-print and MIS features, the company’s solutions enable commercial printers to provide value-added services (i.e. print on demand, variable data printing), develop new internet-based revenue streams, strengthen client bonds, and reach new markets, while keeping ahead of an evolving industry. The added efficiency combined with additional revenue allows customers to constantly provide new and improved services to their clients.

Press-sense boasts an installed base of successful customers throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, and a dynamic team that continuously maintains a clear understanding of the printing industry’s ever expanding and evolving needs. The company’s Press-sense iWay™, Press-sense Manager™ and Press-sense Omnium™ solutions provide commercial printing and digital service providers with an elegant, yet comprehensive approach to creating internet-based revenue streams, personalized products, automated production workflows, and business management tools that maximize production efficiency, monitor and reduce costs, and increase profit ratios. For more information, visit www.Press-sense.com or call 1-866-257-9792

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