Quote & Print to Release New Modules at PacPrint

Quote & Print Software will launch a new Label & Carton Packaging Print ERP module to join large-format, sheet-fed and digital print ERP software in the company’s expansive range.

Managing Director Shanti Kumar says the company will take the opportunity provided by the industry’s leading regional show to showcase this new offering and modules for various sectors, including a new Label & Carton Packaging Print ERP module.

“Our robust software solutions have been designed specifically to meet the needs of print service providers, large and small, covering all aspects of the global print and packaging industry,” Kumar says, “and we’ll be showcasing a full range at PacPrint, with a special focus on new releases.”

Over the past five years, Kumar says the company has invested considerable resources to develop its Cloud Print ERP solution, which uses the latest Microsoft technology with data hosted at the Microsoft Data Centre in Sydney.

The final solution, sold as a subscription based on modules and users, includes mobile applications for IOS and Android and is integrated into MYOB, Xero and several web-2-print solutions.

Kumar says, “The benefits of using a cloud-based solution are many – chief among them is the ability to access information anytime, anywhere, plus it also saves about 30% in infrastructure costs.”

All software has several core functions designed to streamline processes. These include estimating; creation of job bags, invoices, purchase orders, packing labels and shipping documents; capture of employee time including actual cost versus estimated; exporting reports to Excel and debtor and creditor management. Management can define who has access to each level of the program.

Specific modules featured at the show include the Wide-Format Quoting Module and the new Label & Carton Packaging Module, which will be demonstrated for the first time at PacPrint.

“The label module features a knife register, which allows knives to be listed by size, type, colour and codes, automatic selection of the optimally-sized cylinder for each job, automatic repeat length calculation, and quantity-based press selection,” Kumar says. “For cartons, the features are similar, with input for interlocking designs and a stock grain direction selection.”

The Wide-Format Quoting Module supports both roll-fed and flatbed devices.

“Operators can define the area to be used – whether that’s image area, full stock width or full machine bed width – when calculating for speed, and also specify multiple print modes, each with their speeds and make-ready set,” Kumar explains.

“Multiple products can be included in the one quote, then converted into individual jobs linked by a common reference code, making production and total job tracking easy,” he adds.