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Improve Printing Efficiency with MPI Tech Solutions

Streamlining Commercial Printing Processes for Greater Productivity

Improve commercial printing processes
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Unleash the power of printing: Konica Minolta and MPI Tech Solutions

A major digital print shop based in the US, with a long-standing relationship with Konica Minolta, had to deal with heterogeneous print file types coming from varying customer environments. They were first looking at a solution to modify, on the fly, already-built Postscript files to match their new printer finishing options. Konica Minolta and MPI Tech soon discovered that their client was also manually processing other PostScript and PDF print files.

All PostScript and PDF files needed to be edited to add a Datamatrix barcode to automate the insertion process on their Bluecrest Rival inserter.

The lack of automated processes hampered their print job management, causing problems transmitting workflows to the printer and not allowing essential tasks such as archiving and reprinting.

“The customer is very satisfied with the solution and it has continually grown since the initial scope of the project with additional requirements and professional services.”

MICHAEL H. – Production Solutions Consultant – Konica Minolta Business Solutions, U.S.A.

The Challenge:

A major digital print shop based in the US, with a long-standing relationship with Konica Minolta, had to deal with heterogenous print file types coming from varying customer environments. They were first looking at a solution to modify, on the fly, already built Postscript files to match their new printer finishing options. Konica Minolta and MPI Tech soon discovered that their client was also processing other PostScript and PDF print files manually.

All PostScript and PDF files needed to be edited to add a datamatrix barcode to automate the insertion process on their Bluecrest Rival inserter.

The lack of automated processes hampered their print job management, causing problems in transmitting workflows to the printer and did not allow essential tasks such as archiving and reprinting.

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Proposed Solution: ScopIOM

The proposed solution offered was MPI Tech’s workflow manager ScopIOM, a powerful Enterprise Document Workflow Automation solution providing the proper tools to schedule, manage, and control the processes associated with all aspects of your documents (from document creation to document delivery using multi-channel communication [mail, email, SMS…] and archiving/storage). ScopIOM is now collecting all various files and documents from different places at set times using various protocols (hot folder, FTP…).

ScopIOM automatically detects the file type and which processes should be associated with each document. ScopIOM and its related programs will index the incoming job or batch of jobs, detect the beginning and the end of each mail piece, separate the smaller mail pieces (which will be tri-folded) from the larger ones which fit in larger envelops and when needed, move the address bloc in the document to fit within the envelop window; relevant datamatrix barcodes, that will provide required information for the post-printing sorter/inserter (Bluecrest Rival) are added on each page to assure that the mail piece that is inserted in the envelop is complete and accurate.

All information relative to special processing or printing of the jobs (i.e., job ticketing) is stored and applied at the time of print (whether in PostScript or PDF).

ScopIOM runs on Windows virtual machines and can be configured as a load-balanced solution.

The core functionality offered by MPI Tech was precisely what was needed to meet their specific requirements. The software’s ability to dynamically separate jobs by customer record and seamlessly incorporate a 2D barcode required by their inserter revolutionized their printing processes.

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Benefits

Upon adopting MPI Tech solutions, our partner experienced a paradigm shift in its printing operations. They seamlessly passed jobs to the MPI Tech software for processing and output, significantly improving workflow efficiency.

Automating processing and printing tasks, particularly for the complex Postscript application, lightened the burden of manual work and accelerated job completion.

The company has seen tangible improvements in its printing operations:

  • Seamless job processing and output to printers
  • Streamlined workflow management and improved efficiency
  • Reduce manual work and time consumption
  • Improved accuracy and consistency in job execution

Taken together, these benefits have helped to streamline the printing environment and make it more productive, positioning our client for continued success in the competitive commercial printing market.

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