PostNet Locations in North America to Use EFI
Digital StoreFront
Award-Winning Web-to-Print Solution Being Deployed in 400+ Centers
Foster City, Calif. – April 7, 2008 – EFI (NASDAQ: EFII), the world
leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced
that PostNet, a full service, diversified business center with locations
worldwide, will deploy EFI Digital StoreFront™ (DSF) web-to-print
solution in more than 400 centers in the United States and Canada.
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DSF is EFI’s web-to-print platform providing a digital on-ramp
for customers to connect with their preferred printer. DSF eases
print job specification and file handling for the customer while
automating workflow at the printer. With DSF, printers can provide
proactive job status via the Web and customers are given better
visibility into the production process via online job tracking.
PostNet franchises now have the ability to create their own storefronts
and to receive PDF-ready files from customers.
“As a company, we understand the productivity improvements a web-to-print
solution can offer, so we sought out the leader in the marketplace
– EFI Digital StoreFront,” said Brian Spindel, president and COO
at PostNet. “We’re excited to deploy DSF at our network of North
America locations, to enable them to streamline operations, reduce
expenses and increase customer satisfaction.”
“In today’s ultra competitive environment, print service providers
need to rely on automation to keep costs down and margins up. Digital
StoreFront enables this automation to begin at the customer’s desktop,
allowing providers like PostNet to successfully extend their services
to the Web while streamlining their production workflow,” said Marc
Olin, senior vice president/general manager, EFI Advanced Professional
Print Software. “PostNet has gone beyond ‘recommending’ DSF to its
network – they’ve fully embraced the product, purchasing it for
their franchisees benefit. With this kind of smart technology decision,
I can understand why they are the fastest-growing company in both
the postal and business services and copy and print shop industries.”
PostNet is already an EFI customer, having used Fiery digital color
print servers for many years. With more than 15 million users worldwide,
Fiery is renowned for its intuitive user experience, consistently
precise color, advanced connectivity, and the industry’s most open,
powerful VDP workflow capability. DSF’s workflow integration allows
jobs to flow directly from the end user’s desktop to the appropriate
EFI Fiery-powered output engine in the PostNet center with virtually
no job prep or operator intervention.
PostNet centers now join more than 2,500 locations worldwide using
DSF. A simple interface allows print customers to submit digital
files from their PC or Macintosh computers, view PDF proofs of their
documents for immediate review and approval, and easily enter their
own job specifications for production and finishing. Once that information
is entered, DSF creates a production job ticket and the file is
automatically submitted into the print center's workflow, billing
systems, print servers and output devices.
EFI makes it easy for printing firms to add web-to-print to their
offerings with a wide range of configuration options. Print service
providers can also select the application hosting model that best
fits their needs, including hosting the application themselves or
relying on EFI to supply DSF in a software-as-a-service model hosted
in EFI’s world-class data center. This offers customers the flexibility
to migrate from one hosting model to the other as business needs
change. For more information, please contact 1-800-875-7117 or visit
www.efi.com.
About PostNet
PostNet International Franchise Corporation offers business and
consumer services retail franchises featuring digital copy and document
services, printing and finishing services, computer/Internet services
and domestic and international shipping, private mailboxes, shipping
and packaging supplies, office supplies and more. Now in its fifteenth
year, the company has grown to over 900 franchises throughout North
America and abroad including Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada,
Colombia, Ireland, Panama, South Africa and Venezuela. For more
information, please visit www.postnet.com.
About EFI
EFI (www.efi.com)
is the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation.
EFI's award-winning solutions, integrated from creation to print,
deliver increased performance, cost savings and productivity. The
company's robust product portfolio includes Fiery® digital color
print servers; VUTEk® superwide digital inkjet printers, UV
and solvent inks; Jetrion® industrial inkjet printing systems;
print production workflow and management information software; and
corporate printing solutions. EFI maintains 23 offices worldwide.
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