Version 1.3 of the cloud-based web to print solution Apogee StoreFront from Agfa Graphics is now available, allowing print service providers (PSPs) to set up targeted ‘microsites’.
The new version also makes it easier for print buyers to customise print, offers additional creative control over the look of web storefronts, and includes support for real-time UPS shipping cost quotes, alarm levels for stock products (e.g. near end of stock) and an image library that is shared across all the customisable documents in the store.
‘Many of our StoreFront users sell printed products to a multitude of businesses that order a fairly limited set of products on a regular basis,’ said Andy Grant, global director of software. ‘Microstores help to easily target that market. A microstore inherits most of its settings from a template store, but each microstore has its own unique URL and a well defined product range for specific print buyers. They are straightforward to set up and maintain, hence more cost efficient for PSPs to market their services to a broader target audience.’
The software integrates with the Apogee 8 workflow. Apogee Prepress downloads orders from the web to print system and processes those automatically. For jobs that will be printed on a digital press or wide format device, it now has the ability to generate a press operator job summary. This makes it the central hub that distributes orders across various production lines.
