Ricoh is pleased to announce the release of the new EFI Digital StoreFront 3.0 Customer Hosted and DSF Express Solutions. Digital StoreFront 3.0 simplifies print ordering by providing a custom e-commerce platform specifically designed for easing the print procurement process.
The award-winning EFI Digital StoreFront™ delivers a complete, streamlined job management and workflow solution. The product enables businesses to create a personalized, interactive Internet or intranet presence 24 hours a day, increases customer satisfaction and improves profitability. The solution caters to businesses such as print shops, in-plant / CRD’s, commercial printers and facilities management service providers.
Feature Highlights
Advanced workflow capabilities. The simple user interface allows print customers to submit digital files from their PC or Macintosh computers, immediately view, review and approve their PDF files, enter their own job specifications for production and finish and view an online proof.
Extended job submission features. The solution’s JDF-based job ticketing capabilities and visual job ticket wizards help customers tackle even the most complex jobs. EFI Digital StoreFront allows users to pre-define and pre-fill tickets, so they quickly can determine the end product. In addition, instructions for producing complex print products, including multiple files in multiple formats or special page level handling can be generated in new tickets.
Unmatched control and flexibility. The solution can reside on a Web server installed at the print center’s specified location, enabling businesses to maintain full control of all company and customer data and eliminates the need for third party hosts. Or for those sites needing IT assistance, DSF can be hosted by EFI enabling them to get up and running quickly and with no IT investment.
Seamless integration with other EFI solutions. EFI Digital StoreFront creates an end-to-end e-commerce workflow by providing seamless integration with other EFI products such as Fiery®*, EFI Balance™* and EFI MicroPress for production workflow,* and EFI Hagen™* and EFI Logic™* for print management systems.
Expanded support for catalog and non-print items. The product offers support for non-print items such as advertising specialties, corporate logo merchandise and PDF documents for print-on-demand applications. Products can also be combined into kits for easy ordering of multiple, related items such as for training classes. It also has an enhanced Variable Data Printing Module for producing 1:1 sophisticated marketing collateral.
Remote Print Center Access. The solution’s Remote Print Center module offers direct integration at the printing site with other EFI workflow solutions such as Fiery, EFI Balance and MicroPress, allowing users to harness DSF’s integrated workflow features from a distance.
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