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Get Web to Print Business Insights Easy with the New Pressero Dashboard

By Chris Beaven / November 28, 2023 /

Valuable Insights Into Your Business Aleyant is happy to announce the Pressero Dashboard feature that can help you understand how your print business is performing. With 13 widgets reporting valuable data sets and 3 different dashboard types, it will be much easier to get a great snapshot into your business. This new feature is available…

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Happy Thanksgiving from Aleyant!

By Therese McGady / November 21, 2023 / Comments Off on Happy Thanksgiving from Aleyant!

As Thanksgiving approaches, Aleyant is so thankful for the opportunity to help our customers automate their success, our strong relationships with our integration partners and of course, our amazing employees. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Learn How to Connect Estimating to Your Online Storefront & Estimate More Quickly with Aleyant Pressero & EPMS MIS

By Therese McGady / November 17, 2023 / Comments Off on Learn How to Connect Estimating to Your Online Storefront & Estimate More Quickly with Aleyant Pressero & EPMS MIS

Register Today!   In our upcoming webinar, Mark Anderson from EPMS will demonstrate EPMS’s MIS integration with Pressero web-to-print that results in an automated print workflow from order entry to estimating to job submission. Increase your print shop’s efficiency by eliminating manual steps associated with your order entry, estimating and inventory management processes.   For…

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Want to Proof & Fix Print Files Automatically? We Can Help!

By Therese McGady / November 8, 2023 / Comments Off on Want to Proof & Fix Print Files Automatically? We Can Help!

Check, Fix and Proof Print Files Automatically   Imagine having print jobs automatically checked and fixed as they arrive instead of letting them pile up in your inbox. What if you could automatically send proof files to your clients for approval?   Or auto-send print-ready production files to specific departments, or 3rd party imposition, RIPs,…

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Need to Create Estimates Quickly? We Can Help!

By Therese McGady / November 2, 2023 / Comments Off on Need to Create Estimates Quickly? We Can Help!

Estimate More with PrintJobManager Aleyant PrintJobManager is print estimation and management software for today’s print shop. It uses a mobile, cloud-based approach to MIS that includes a fast means of generating market-driven pricing, job management, inventory tracking, real-time job tracking and estimating.   PrintJobManager uses in-depth pricing templates to estimate and price jobs. This process…

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Last Chance: Register for this Avalara Sales Tax Horrors Webinar

By Therese McGady / October 25, 2023 / Comments Off on Last Chance: Register for this Avalara Sales Tax Horrors Webinar

Register Today! Are you ready to face the chilling terrors lurking in the world of sales tax? Join our partner Avalara this Halloween for a bone-chilling webinar that will unravel the mysteries, tricks, and treats of sales tax compliance. Their expert speaker will share common sales tax mistakes that can haunt a business. Don’t get…

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Headed to PRINTING United Expo this week? Visit Aleyant @ Booth #B17012

By Therese McGady / October 17, 2023 / Comments Off on Headed to PRINTING United Expo this week? Visit Aleyant @ Booth #B17012

Headed to PRINTING United Expo this week? Don’t miss the opportunity to visit Aleyant at booth #B17012. Learn how to Automate Your Success, and take your print business to the next level. Also, Aleyant is currently scheduling in-person sessions at Printing United to talk about your current Pressero experience. Do you have questions on how to take your automation…

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Reminder: Schedule Your Appointment Today with Aleyant Support @ Printing United

By Therese McGady / October 11, 2023 / Comments Off on Reminder: Schedule Your Appointment Today with Aleyant Support @ Printing United

Are You Going to Printing United? Aleyant is currently scheduling in-person sessions at Printing United to talk about your current Pressero experience. Do you have questions on how to take your automation to another level? Questions on how to convert your walk-in clients to use your online storefront more often? Our customer success team will…

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Aleyant at Printing United @ Booth B17012

By Therese McGady / October 4, 2023 / Comments Off on Aleyant at Printing United @ Booth B17012

Are You Going to Printing United? Aleyant is currently scheduling in-person sessions at Printing United to talk about your current Pressero experience. Do you have questions on how to take your automation to another level? Questions on how to convert your walk-in clients to use your online storefront more often? Our customer success team will…

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Did You Miss Our Succession Planning for Printers Webinar? Recording Now Available.

By Therese McGady / October 2, 2023 / Comments Off on Did You Miss Our Succession Planning for Printers Webinar? Recording Now Available.

Are you thinking of retiring in a few years or maybe down the road? Wondering how to plan for the future of your print shop to ensure it continues to be well-managed and profitable in your absence? Or perhaps you are looking to sell your business and want to maximize your business valuation? In this…

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Register Now for TOMORROW’S Webinar: Succession Planning for Your Print Business

By Therese McGady / September 27, 2023 / Comments Off on Register Now for TOMORROW’S Webinar: Succession Planning for Your Print Business

Are you thinking of retiring in a few years or maybe down the road? Wondering how to plan for the future of your print shop to ensure it continues to be well-managed and profitable in your absence? Or perhaps you are looking to sell your business and want to maximize your business valuation? In our…

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Learn How to Import Products in Pressero in 5 Easy Steps

By Therese McGady / September 20, 2023 / Comments Off on Learn How to Import Products in Pressero in 5 Easy Steps

Curious how to import products into Pressero? It’s so easy! Check out our new video here to learn how to do this in 5 simple steps. Save time by importing your products in one swift click of a button! No need to add a product one at a time! Simple fill in the spreadsheet template…

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Important Notice Regarding Your Pressero Subscription and UPS Integration

By Therese McGady / September 13, 2023 / Comments Off on Important Notice Regarding Your Pressero Subscription and UPS Integration

If you use Pressero’s built-in UPS integration to calculate shipping prices on your orders, there are some up-coming changes that could impact you and possibly create a service interruption if you do not take action in time. UPS recently made changes to their API which required Pressero to update how it connects to their services.…

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New Pressero Feature Alert: Deleting Pending Orders

By Chris Beaven / September 11, 2023 / Comments Off on New Pressero Feature Alert: Deleting Pending Orders

Back in November 2022, we released a feature to delete orders. Now we’re expanding that feature to allow for the deletion of Pending Orders. Why allow the deletion of Pending Orders? Before this feature, the only way to remove a Pending Order out of the production life cycle was to finalize it and mark it…

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New Aleyant tFLOW Feature Alert: Updated Job Reports 

By Therese McGady / September 6, 2023 / Comments Off on New Aleyant tFLOW Feature Alert: Updated Job Reports 

Great News! tFLOW reports now permit users to run customizable queries and extract data which can then be used in Microsoft Power BI or other graphing applications to analyze your print shop’s efficiency and productivity.  This function allows reporting of all jobs created in a specified period of time and for selected clients. Each item in the…

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Attention Pressero Customers: Important Update to Ensure a Safer Online Experience

By Therese McGady / August 29, 2023 / Comments Off on Attention Pressero Customers: Important Update to Ensure a Safer Online Experience

Important changes are coming to your Pressero subscription that requires you take action. At Aleyant, we continuously strive to enhance our products and services to provide you with the best online experience possible. Today, we are excited to share an important change that will significantly improve the security of storefronts across the Pressero platform.   In…

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New Pressero Feature Alert: Gift Certificates!

By Chris Beaven / August 28, 2023 / Comments Off on New Pressero Feature Alert: Gift Certificates!

You asked for it, you got it! Aleyant is happy to announce the Gift Certificates feature within Pressero. Now you have another tool available to incentivize more sales on your storefronts. Gift Certificates More Ways to Pay Gift Certificates give your customers a new way to pay! Whether that is the whole balance or part…

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Schedule An Appointment to Meet with Aleyant Support At Printing United

By Therese McGady / August 23, 2023 / Comments Off on Schedule An Appointment to Meet with Aleyant Support At Printing United

  Aleyant’s support team will be available in our booth (B17012) at Printing United, October 18-20 in Atlanta to talk all things print workflow with you. Our support experts are happy to provide suggestions on improving your current print workflow, discuss our managed services and professional services options if you need extra support, or address any “how-to” questions…

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Upcoming Webinar: Succession Planning For Your Print Business

By Therese McGady / August 16, 2023 / Comments Off on Upcoming Webinar: Succession Planning For Your Print Business

Are you thinking of retiring in a few years or maybe down the road? Wondering how to plan for the future of your print shop to ensure it continues to be well-managed and profitable in your absence? Or perhaps you are looking to sell your business and want to maximize your business valuation? In our…

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NEW Aleyant tFLOW Feature Alert: Customize Email Alert Presets

By Therese McGady / August 14, 2023 / Comments Off on NEW Aleyant tFLOW Feature Alert: Customize Email Alert Presets

One of the most challenging steps to setting up tFLOW correctly is deciding on a plan for email notifications.  Finding the right ground between sending out too many email alerts, and not alerting important events in a timely manner will take some experimenting and testing. Because practices vary so widely from company to company, no…

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Looking to Automate Your Order Entry to Job Submission Processes at Your Print Shop?

By Therese McGady / August 9, 2023 / Comments Off on Looking to Automate Your Order Entry to Job Submission Processes at Your Print Shop?

In a recent study, NAPCO found that 56% of communications buyers are submitting their art files via FTP or through a Dropbox-like platform. 55% through email. 39% through email or text. 21% via USB or portable storage. When files are submitted through various channels and touch points, jobs are harder to track and manage, not to…

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Get A Free Pass to Printing United from Aleyant

By Therese McGady / August 2, 2023 / Comments Off on Get A Free Pass to Printing United from Aleyant

Heading to Printing United this October? Register for your free show pass from Aleyant today. Be sure to stop by our booth at #B17012. Aleyant would love to meet you there to discuss how to best automate your print workflow. We are looking forward to seeing you there! View here to get your free pass…

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Aleyant Pressero & eDocBuilder Help Save Time, Increase Accuracy, and Deliver an Exceptional User Experience for Gift Purchasers and Gift Recipients

By Therese McGady / July 24, 2023 / Comments Off on Aleyant Pressero & eDocBuilder Help Save Time, Increase Accuracy, and Deliver an Exceptional User Experience for Gift Purchasers and Gift Recipients

Choose Your Gift was founded in 1958 by the Bennett brothers and is a third-generation family-owned business, currently operated by George Bennett. The company works with corporations and organizations to deliver a seamless process for employee recognition and customer loyalty. When it was founded, purchasers could choose from an array of gift options displayed in…

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Webinar Alert: Discover How You Can Automate Your Tax Compliance Process

By Therese McGady / July 19, 2023 / Comments Off on Webinar Alert: Discover How You Can Automate Your Tax Compliance Process

According to a survey by Avalara and Potentiate, B2B businesses with less than 500 employees spend 147 hours per month on tax management activities. Can you afford to spend that much time on an activity that doesn’t bring in revenue? Our partner Avalara has a webinar coming up that will discuss how tax automation software…

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New Aleyant tFLOW Features Now Available – Proof Reminder Email, Disk Quota & More!

By Therese McGady / July 10, 2023 / Comments Off on New Aleyant tFLOW Features Now Available – Proof Reminder Email, Disk Quota & More!

Great news! We released three new tFLOW features recently that you can start using today. Disk Quota This function helps customers better control the amount of storage space assigned to their tFLOW plan. Each tFLOW subscription includes a defined amount of storage space per plan. With this particular new update, we added the ability to set…

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sendcloud Now Available As A New Shipping Carrier for Pressero

By Therese McGady / July 5, 2023 / Comments Off on sendcloud Now Available As A New Shipping Carrier for Pressero

Great News! sendcloud is now available as a shipping carrier for Pressero web-to-print. Start automating your shipping tasks with sendcloud today. Learn how to set up and integrate sendcloud with Pressero here.    

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Need to Brush Up on Your Aleyant Software Skills? Print Academy for the Win!

By Therese McGady / June 22, 2023 / Comments Off on Need to Brush Up on Your Aleyant Software Skills? Print Academy for the Win!

Have you taken a class lately on Aleyant’s Print Academy, our online learning platform? Print Academy training modules are available for Pressero, PrintJobManager, tFLOW and eDocBuilder. Upon completion of each module, a certificate is available. Customers can take advantage of a number of learning pathways to gaining increased utilization of their Aleyant software investments. Print…

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PrintJobManager New Features Alert! Estimate “Valid Until” Date & Rejection Reason

By Therese McGady / June 15, 2023 / Comments Off on PrintJobManager New Features Alert! Estimate “Valid Until” Date & Rejection Reason

Within PrintJobManager, users will now see there is a “Valid Until” date listed for each estimate in the footer. Also, when a customer clicks on Reject estimate, the customer now needs to provide a reason for the rejection. This reason and the notes entered become part of the “Job Audit”. Administrators can go to the…

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Sales Tax 101 Webinar From Avalara – Last Chance to Register!

By Therese McGady / June 8, 2023 / Comments Off on Sales Tax 101 Webinar From Avalara – Last Chance to Register!

Trust us, you’re not alone if you ever feel confused and overwhelmed by the mere mention of sales tax and all that it involves. Few U.S. businesses who collect and remit sales tax understand all the rules or how to comply with them. This has been further exacerbated by the pandemic with many new or…

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New Feature Alert for PrintJobManager! Product Engine Search Feature in Dropdowns Now Available

By Therese McGady / June 1, 2023 / Comments Off on New Feature Alert for PrintJobManager! Product Engine Search Feature in Dropdowns Now Available

Aleyant PrintJobManager now incorporates a search functionality within the product engine selection process. When creating a print job, users can click on the dropdown menu associated with the product engine field. By typing in the desired phrase, the system instantly begins searching for matching product engines. Instant Search Results As the user starts typing, PrintJobManager…

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New Feature Alert! Collaborative Time Tracking Now Available in Aleyant PrintJobManager

By Therese McGady / May 30, 2023 / Comments Off on New Feature Alert! Collaborative Time Tracking Now Available in Aleyant PrintJobManager

Collaborative time tracking in PrintJobManager allows multiple users to start and track their time individually while working on the same job step. When users start working on a job step, PrintJobManager records their individual start times independently. Each user’s time tracking is isolated from others, ensuring accurate measurement of their individual contributions to the job…

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Need Some Extra Help Around Your Print Shop? We Can Help!

By Therese McGady / May 25, 2023 / Comments Off on Need Some Extra Help Around Your Print Shop? We Can Help!

Aleyant offers setup, maintenance and customization assistance for our print automation software suite through our Professional Services department. Collectively, our ProServices team have worked in Aleyant’s Support, Special Projects or Development departments and know our print automation solutions inside and out. Having them help you with Aleyant Pressero™, Aleyant eDocBuilder™, Aleyant PrintJobManager™, or Aleyant tFLOW is as easy as…

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New Aleyant PrintJobManager Features Now Available: Ability to Copy Components From One Engine to Another & Multi-Line Estimates

By Therese McGady / May 19, 2023 / Comments Off on New Aleyant PrintJobManager Features Now Available: Ability to Copy Components From One Engine to Another & Multi-Line Estimates

PrintJobManager now offers the ability to copy components from one product engine to another using the “Copy Components” interface, which saves the user time when creating pricing engines. This function copies one or more components from the source to the destination engine. The engine can create a copy of itself. Each component in the engine can…

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How To Grow Revenue with an Automated Print Workflow?

By Therese McGady / May 10, 2023 / Comments Off on How To Grow Revenue with an Automated Print Workflow?

Thinking about automating print processes at your print shop to help make your business more efficient? Get more jobs done in less time? Do more with less? We get it and can help. Download our white paper here to learn why you should or reach out to us at sales@aleyant.com.

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Wish You Could Check, Fix and Proof Print Files Automatically?

By Therese McGady / May 3, 2023 / Comments Off on Wish You Could Check, Fix and Proof Print Files Automatically?

Imagine having print jobs automatically checked and fixed as they arrive instead of letting them pile up in your inbox. What if you could automatically send proof files to your clients for approval? Or auto-send print-ready production files to specific departments, or 3rd party imposition, RIPs, or cutters. Meet Aleyant tFLOW. Our powerful prepress workflow…

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Webinar Recording NOW Available: Unlock the Power of Web-to-Print with Pressero and MultiPress MIS/ERP

By Therese McGady / April 26, 2023 / Comments Off on Webinar Recording NOW Available: Unlock the Power of Web-to-Print with Pressero and MultiPress MIS/ERP

Join the Print E-Commerce Revolution with Aleyant and Dataline’s Powerful Integration.  Do you want to learn how you can set up a powerful web-to-print store easy and fast? The certified collaboration between Aleyant’s Pressero web to print and Dataline’s MultiPress ERP/MIS software makes it fast and simple to set up a powerful print web shop. The…

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Stay Ahead of the Latest Tax Changes – Register for this Avalara Webinar 

By Therese McGady / April 5, 2023 / Comments Off on Stay Ahead of the Latest Tax Changes – Register for this Avalara Webinar 

Tax changes happen all the time, and it’s essential to stay ahead of them. That’s why we’re excited to invite you to our partner Avalara’s upcoming webinar. Join as industry experts from Avalara and Bloomberg Tax will share the most significant tax changes of 2023 to date and the emerging trends you should know about. …

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Upcoming Webinar: Unlock the Power of Web-to-Print with Pressero and MultiPress MIS/ERP 

By Therese McGady / March 29, 2023 / Comments Off on Upcoming Webinar: Unlock the Power of Web-to-Print with Pressero and MultiPress MIS/ERP 

Join the Print E-Commerce Revolution with Aleyant and Dataline’s Powerful Integration.  Do you want to learn how you can set up a powerful web-to-print store easy and fast? The certified collaboration between Aleyant’s Pressero web to print and Dataline’s MultiPress ERP/MIS software makes it fast and simple to set up a powerful print web shop. The…

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Did You Miss Our Latest Avalara Tax Compliance Webinar? View the Recording!

By Therese McGady / March 22, 2023 / Comments Off on Did You Miss Our Latest Avalara Tax Compliance Webinar? View the Recording!

You can view the recording of our latest webinar, How to Automate Tax Compliance & Decrease High Costs & Drain on Your Print Business here. Last year brought supply chain issues, a lingering pandemic, and the threat of an economic downturn. Doing more with less in 2023 will be essential for businesses, and we want…

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Attending ACUP+ Conference This April? Visit Aleyant!

By Therese McGady / March 15, 2023 / Comments Off on Attending ACUP+ Conference This April? Visit Aleyant!

Aleyant will be attending this year’s ACUP+ annual conference in Lincoln, Nebraska on April 2-6, which brings together top leaders in educational in-plant, mail and communications operations. Come visit Aleyant at booth #25 and learn about how our automated software workflow solutions can make your educational in-plant more productive and efficient, just like we’ve helped…

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Huge Speed Performance Upgrade for Aleyant tFLOW

By Therese McGady / March 8, 2023 / Comments Off on Huge Speed Performance Upgrade for Aleyant tFLOW

Aleyant tFLOW users may have noticed improved speed recently when processing new orders and jobs within tFLOW. Our tests are actually showing that tFLOW’s order and job management performance is 50% to 800% faster! This speed improvement is even more impressive on large databases storing tens of thousands of jobs. WOW! How did this happen? Back in…

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Aleyant and Canon U.S.A., Inc. Extend Relationship with Integration Between Aleyant Pressero and Canon’s PRISMAdirect 1.8 Solutions

By Therese McGady / February 27, 2023 / Comments Off on Aleyant and Canon U.S.A., Inc. Extend Relationship with Integration Between Aleyant Pressero and Canon’s PRISMAdirect 1.8 Solutions

Provides robust bidirectional functionality allowing users to enable automatic import of Pressero web-to-print orders into PRISMAdirect v1.8 to streamline the production process and productivity    February 27, 2023. Wheaton IL. – Aleyant, an innovative leader in providing robust software services to the graphic communications industry, today reported it has extended its ongoing relationship with Canon…

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MIGU Updates Fulfillment Services Infrastructure with an Aleyant Pressero Implementation that Took Weeks, Not Months 

By Therese McGady / February 22, 2023 / Comments Off on MIGU Updates Fulfillment Services Infrastructure with an Aleyant Pressero Implementation that Took Weeks, Not Months 

MIGU, founded in 1988 and located in Warminster PA, is a woman-owned commercial print operation offering print, promotion and fulfillment services with 22 employees generating about $5 million in annual revenues. The company produces a wide range of applications from business cards and direct mail to high-page-count catalogs with its offset and digital printing capabilities,…

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Aleyant CEO Greg Salzman Talks Print Industry Trends & Aleyant’s Modular Approach

By Therese McGady / February 16, 2023 / Comments Off on Aleyant CEO Greg Salzman Talks Print Industry Trends & Aleyant’s Modular Approach

Check out this recent video on whattheythink.com where Greg Salzman, Aleyant CEO, talks about print industry trends and how Aleyant is meeting these trends with their modular approach to print automation software.      

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2013-10-21 Aleyant Systems to Bring Flexible Web-to-Print Solutions to SGIA Expo

By Lisa Thompson / February 11, 2023 / Comments Off on 2013-10-21 Aleyant Systems to Bring Flexible Web-to-Print Solutions to SGIA Expo

Aleyant eDocBuilder and Aleyant Pressero updated to include specific sign & display graphics functionality October 21, 2013. Wheaton, IL. Aleyant Systems, an innovative leader in providing robust, web-to-print software solutions to the graphic communications industry at value-driven prices, today announced that it will be exhibiting at the SGIA Expo, the best venue for sign and…

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Upcoming Webinar: How To Automate Tax Compliance & Decrease High Costs & Drain on Your Print Business

By Therese McGady / February 10, 2023 / Comments Off on Upcoming Webinar: How To Automate Tax Compliance & Decrease High Costs & Drain on Your Print Business

Last year brought supply chain issues, a lingering pandemic, and the threat of an economic downturn. Doing more with less in 2023 will be essential for businesses, and we want to share with you how our partner Avalara’s automated products can free up bandwidth for your team.    During this March 9th webinar, we’ll be covering we’ll…

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George Mason University Leverages Aleyant Pressero for Increased Efficiency

By Therese McGady / February 1, 2023 / Comments Off on George Mason University Leverages Aleyant Pressero for Increased Efficiency

George Mason University is Virginia’s largest public research university. Founded in 1972 on Virginia’s strong ideals of academic excellence and service, the University operates with a motto of Freedom and Learning, priding itself on a thriving, innovative and inclusive academic community. Its locations serve more than 39,000 students with nearly 10,000 faculty and staff. The…

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Aleyant Promotes David Graves to Sales and Marketing Manager

By Lisa Thompson / January 19, 2023 / Comments Off on Aleyant Promotes David Graves to Sales and Marketing Manager

Graves’ extensive graphic arts experience in prepress, production, sales, and marketing position him well for success in this new role.    January 19, 2023. Wheaton IL. Aleyant, an innovative leader in providing robust software services to the graphic communications industry, today announced the promotion of David Graves to Sales and Marketing Manager. In this role, he…

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With Sympathy

By Lisa Thompson / January 18, 2023 / Comments Off on With Sympathy

The Aleyant team is saddened to share the news that our dear coworker, Lola Andreu, unexpectedly passed away this past Friday. Members of the Aleyant Spain team were able to attend the wake on Sunday and the funeral services Monday in Valencia, Spain.  Lola made a huge impact over her past five years at Aleyant…

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New Features Alert! Pressero Users Can Now Import and Export Products Via Excel File, Block Calendar Dates for Shipping, Send Approval Comments to End Users 

By Lisa Thompson / January 9, 2023 / Comments Off on New Features Alert! Pressero Users Can Now Import and Export Products Via Excel File, Block Calendar Dates for Shipping, Send Approval Comments to End Users 

   Import and Export Products Via Excel File  You asked for it, you got it! One of the top three feature requests on our ideas portal is to give Pressero users the ability to import and export products to their online storefront using an Excel file.   This new feature is now live and ready to use!…

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