Presstek and Press-sense Join Forces

HUDSON, N.H.—Presstek, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing business solutions, has formed an alliance with Press-sense, a leading developer of Business Flow Automation for the Print Industry™. Under the agreement, Presstek will offer the Press-sense portfolio of Web-to-print and business management software as part of its on-going plan to surround its digital offset product portfolio with value-added business solutions. Presstek will offer both licensed software and hosted versions.

“Today, print service providers are faced with the challenge of increasing their print volume, while they look for ways to improve their profitability,” said Klaus Schleicher, group product director, digital printing business unit of Presstek. “By making the Press-sense suite of products available to print service providers, we are helping them generate business growth, increase customer loyalty and reduce operational costs through the addition of Web-to-print, one of the most important value-added services in today’s marketplace for printing businesses of any size. The arrangement also positions Presstek to supply advanced Web-to-print and Business Flow solutions to even the largest printing establishments in conjunction with our industry-leading digital offset printing solutions.”

Press-sense iWay™, the central component to the Press-sense Business Flow suite, is a complete, Web-based, end-to-end, print-on-demand workflow and management solution that allows users to create, customize, order, print and deliver in one streamlined operation. In addition to the basic iWay platform, add-on modules are available for extra functionality, making it scalable from small shops to large, complex operations. iWay is available in a stand-alone, hosted or multi-site configuration. Ease-of-entry options have a well-defined upgrade path that allows the solution to grow as the user’s business expands.