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Blue Octopus

By Therese McGady / March 25, 2022 / Comments Off on Blue Octopus

Blue Octopus Blue Octopus was looking for a robust print procurement solution to support a project with a Midwestern state. The solution needed to efficiently handle fast turnaround work submitted through a web-to-print catalog, as well as custom printing from a single, user-friendly interface. It needed to be able to manage an extensive list of…

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Business Cards Express

By Therese McGady / March 25, 2022 / Comments Off on Business Cards Express

Business Cards Express Marc Forest, Vice President at Business Card Express, spent 35 years in the world of commercial print. Business Card Express’ owner, Carl Lehmann, brought Forest on board in 2015 to help the company enter the world of web-to-print. “The industry took a hit in 2008,” Forest says, “and many smaller printers went…

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Fenway Group and Canon Solutions America

By Lisa Thompson / March 25, 2022 / Comments Off on Fenway Group and Canon Solutions America

Fenway Group & Canon Solutions America Discover how the Fenway Group, a communications company in Boston, Massachusetts used Pressero software and the Canon imagePRESS C10000VP Digital Color Press to improve productivity and customer turnaround time. This partnership allows customers to order their branded product on demand from wherever they are. Allowing customers to bypass customer…

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Colonial Printing & Canon Solutions America

By Lisa Thompson / March 25, 2022 / Comments Off on Colonial Printing & Canon Solutions America

Colonial Printing & Canon Solutions America Successful commercial printers can drive more volume with fewer touches, directly from a client’s smartphone to their doorstep with Aleyant’s cloud-based ecommerce platform, Pressero. See how Rick Herr improved his digital operations at Colonial Printing by introducing private storefronts for his regular clients, improving the productivity of his print…

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Struggling to Get Jobs Done Due to Labor Shortages These Days?

By Therese McGady / March 18, 2022 / Comments Off on Struggling to Get Jobs Done Due to Labor Shortages These Days?

Automating processes such as order entry and job submission can help your print shop get jobs done quicker and more efficiently despite the current labor shortage. For example, take a look at Aleyant Pressero Web-to-Print customer, Parksons Graphics. When Parksons Graphics introduced digital print to the mix with the acquisition of an HP Indigo 5600,…

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SPECIAL OFFER: Get One Print Store Created Free with Purchase of Aleyant Pressero Starter  

By Therese McGady / March 11, 2022 / Comments Off on SPECIAL OFFER: Get One Print Store Created Free with Purchase of Aleyant Pressero Starter  

Need an online storefront for your print shop AND worried about the time and resources to set it up? Worry no more, we got you. From now until May 31, Aleyant is offering FREE set up of a B2B or B2C store with one product, one price calculator and one eDocBuilder Online Design/VDP template, with the purchase of the Pressero Starter…

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What’s Your Integration Strategy?

By Therese McGady / March 4, 2022 / Comments Off on What’s Your Integration Strategy?

We constantly hear from customers that unsure of where to start with their print automation workflow. Where should I start? What is most important? Our answer would be to START with your biggest pain point and improve that area. Automate your most routine work. Then you can spend time on those bigger and more profitable…

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Last Call! Register Today for Automating Print to Drive Value & Profit Webinar

By Therese McGady / February 25, 2022 / Comments Off on Last Call! Register Today for Automating Print to Drive Value & Profit Webinar

Bringing orders and pricing online and automating prepress tasks can reduce labor touch points by 80%. Join Aleyant’s very own, David Graves, to discuss how automation can improve your business while also allowing more jobs through your shop. Aleyant’s automated print software solutions create a solid foundation for growing your print business (and customer count)…

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Don’t Have An Online Storefront for Your Print Shop? We Can Help!

By Therese McGady / February 18, 2022 / Comments Off on Don’t Have An Online Storefront for Your Print Shop? We Can Help!

Check out our Web2Print Infographic that shows the benefits to both the print service provider (PSP) and the print buyer by providing a convenient online ordering system that is easy to use, efficient, and reduces errors. For the PSP, a web2print system increases productivity, which reduces costs and increases responsiveness to customer needs. For the print…

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Aleyant Pressero Customer Spotlight: The Fenway Group

By Therese McGady / February 10, 2022 / Comments Off on Aleyant Pressero Customer Spotlight: The Fenway Group

Learn how The Fenway Group made the transition to a comprehensive communications company with the help of Aleyant Pressero, a cloud-based web-to-print portal. By offering private storefronts to key customers in a wide variety of industries, The Fenway Group is able to offer a high level of customer convenience, as well as automate workflows within…

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Have an Idea to Make Aleyant’s Products Better?

By Therese McGady / February 4, 2022 / Comments Off on Have an Idea to Make Aleyant’s Products Better?

Did you know about our Ideas Portal? This is a place where you can submit your ideas on new features for Aleyant products that will make your life easier and your print business run better. Our development team reviews this portal frequently and takes these ideas into consideration as we develop future updates to Pressero. For…

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Register NOW: Automating Print to Drive Value and Profit

By Therese McGady / January 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Register NOW: Automating Print to Drive Value and Profit

Bringing orders and pricing online and automating prepress tasks can reduce labor touch points by 80%. Join Aleyant’s very own, David Graves, to discuss how automation can improve your business while also allowing more jobs through your shop. Aleyant’s automated print software solutions create a solid foundation for growing your print business (and customer count)…

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2022 Tax Changes Explained for Aleyant Customers

By Therese McGady / January 25, 2022 / Comments Off on 2022 Tax Changes Explained for Aleyant Customers

2022 has brought new challenges for companies as they continue to navigate tax compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the growth in ecommerce, supply chain shortages, and the increase in remote workers, it can be difficult to adjust to new tax policies. Thankfully, in our upcoming webinar, 2022 tax changes, we’ll prepare you for these…

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New TouchNet Payment Method Released for Aleyant Pressero 

By Therese McGady / January 21, 2022 / Comments Off on New TouchNet Payment Method Released for Aleyant Pressero 

Aleyant is excited to announce TouchNet as a new payment method for Pressero, available now.   TouchNet is a leading provider of integrated, comprehensive, and secure commerce and credential solutions for colleges and universities. Institutions for higher education rely on TouchNet to unify and secure payments, permissions, and other related business transaction campus wide.    Setting Up…

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Aleyant Professional Services FOCUS: Custom “How To” Documentation for B2B Websites

By Therese McGady / January 14, 2022 / Comments Off on Aleyant Professional Services FOCUS: Custom “How To” Documentation for B2B Websites

Aleyant’s Professional services team is like an extension of your own team. We offer a variety of setup, maintenance and customization assistance that can help your print shop get ahead.   Recently, we’ve created many “How To” documentation specific to our client’s website to be used when they launch their B2B site internally. This is great reference…

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New PayPal Payment Method Released for Pressero Available on 1/10/22

By Therese McGady / January 6, 2022 / Comments Off on New PayPal Payment Method Released for Pressero Available on 1/10/22

Aleyant is excited to announce PayPal as a new payment method for Pressero, available on 1/10/22.  PayPal Checkout is a secure, all-in-one payments solution for your business. This new payment method offers payment types, including PayPal, credit and debit cards, and local payment methods. It helps enable growth into new markets and offers a seamless…

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What Should I Automate First At My Print Shop? HELP!

By Therese McGady / January 3, 2022 / Comments Off on What Should I Automate First At My Print Shop? HELP!

  Confused as to what you should automate at your shop and where to even begin this process? We hear you, it’s tough to get started and know where to begin. We recently saw this article on INKISH NEWS and wanted to share this helpful tool that will help you decide WHAT to automate and…

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Aleyant tFLOW Training Module NOW Available on Print Academy

By Therese McGady / December 21, 2021 / Comments Off on Aleyant tFLOW Training Module NOW Available on Print Academy

Aleyant just added a new training module for tFLOW in Print Academy, our online learning platform. Modules already exist for Pressero, PrintJobManager and eDocBuilder – check these out to brush up on your skills. Upon completion of each module, a certificate is available. Log in here today to begin a class. If you do not…

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Happy Holidays from Aleyant!

By Therese McGady / December 17, 2021 / Comments Off on Happy Holidays from Aleyant!

  Despite the many obstacles 2021 threw at all of us, the holiday spirit found its way to Aleyant! This year, if anything, showed us all how important online connections and eCommerce are to meeting and exceeding business goals. Aleyant is proud to play a part in this role and serve your automated print workflow…

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Aleyant Pressero Web-to-Print Customer Spotlight: Parksons Graphics

By Therese McGady / December 10, 2021 / Comments Off on Aleyant Pressero Web-to-Print Customer Spotlight: Parksons Graphics

When Parksons Graphics introduced digital print to the mix in 2012 with the acquisition of an HP Indigo 5600, the company realized it needed to streamline operations to be able to more profitably handle the shorter run digital work and to make it easier for customers to place orders online. This initiated a search for…

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Aleyant tFLOW Prepress Automation Software Customer SPOTLIGHT: Just Vision

By Therese McGady / December 3, 2021 / Comments Off on Aleyant tFLOW Prepress Automation Software Customer SPOTLIGHT: Just Vision

Aleyant’s large format customer, Just Vision, is using tFLOW every day to alleviate prepress bottlenecks and to get more jobs out the door. Aleyant tFLOW is a powerful digital and large format prepress workflow automation software solution that simplifies difficult file management tasks and processes to optimize efficiency and production throughput. tFLOW’s modern and open…

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A Note of THANKS From the Aleyant Team

By Therese McGady / November 23, 2021 / Comments Off on A Note of THANKS From the Aleyant Team

 As many members of our team prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we want take a moment to express our gratitude. We are thankful for our customers and partners in the print industry. Every day, we build software to help grow your business and create a more successful future. This software also enables your customers…

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Need Some Assistance Around Your Print Shop?

By Therese McGady / November 19, 2021 / Comments Off on Need Some Assistance Around Your Print Shop?

We feel you! Many of our customers are in the same boat. Maybe it’s refreshing the look and feel of  your online storefront for the upcoming holiday season. Or getting set up with SEO so that your site is found online. Or getting an instant pricing calculator set up for your site. Aleyant can help with…

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New PayPal Payment Method COMING SOON

By Therese McGady / November 12, 2021 / Comments Off on New PayPal Payment Method COMING SOON

Aleyant is excited to announce Pressero’s new upcoming PayPal integration. PayPal Checkout is a secure, all-in-one payments solution for your business. This new payment method offers more payment types, including PayPal, credit and debit cards, and local payment methods. It helps enable growth into new markets and offers a seamless checkout experience. In addition, this…

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5 Reasons to Automate Your Print Production Workflow NOW

By Therese McGady / November 4, 2021 / Comments Off on 5 Reasons to Automate Your Print Production Workflow NOW

So many great points in this recent article from Printing Impressions that we could not agree more with. Investment in automation leads to PROFIT! AND you can get started immediately – no delays with shipping or supply chain issues with SaaS software. Check it out here to learn more. To see how Aleyant’s print automation…

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Upcoming Webinar: Unlocking New Opportunities with Print eCommerce

By Therese McGady / October 26, 2021 / Comments Off on Upcoming Webinar: Unlocking New Opportunities with Print eCommerce

As businesses adapt to the new norm, the online market for print services continues to grow rapidly; print providers must implement a solid workflow strategy to remain competitive. Join our joint webinar with FUJIFILM Business Innovation about Unlocking New Opportunities with Print eCommerce! Register now at https://lnkd.in/gawNZMwU

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Four Reasons Your Company Should Consider The SaaS Business Model

By Therese McGady / October 22, 2021 / Comments Off on Four Reasons Your Company Should Consider The SaaS Business Model

Check out this Forbes article that speaks to the benefits of the SaaS model and why is it a good idea for your print business. Aleyant’s automated print software solutions are SaaS-based and create a solid foundation for growing your print business (and customer count) by automating daily print processes such as ordering, pricing, file…

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New Add-On Service For eDocBuilder: Print Shops Can Enhance Print Buyer’s Experience By Stylizing eDocBuilder’s Frame

By Therese McGady / October 8, 2021 / Comments Off on New Add-On Service For eDocBuilder: Print Shops Can Enhance Print Buyer’s Experience By Stylizing eDocBuilder’s Frame

This new service adds the ability to style eDocBuilder’s frame to enhance the print buyer’s experience by allowing print shops to assign their own custom stylesheet by customizing their design online page. For example, print shops can change the width of the form section (Custom CSS is available for Standard Forms Client templates only), as…

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Preview Your Design Work in Context with Aleyant eDocBuilder’s Surface Wrap Feature

By Therese McGady / October 1, 2021 / Comments Off on Preview Your Design Work in Context with Aleyant eDocBuilder’s Surface Wrap Feature

Aleyant eDocBuilder’s Surface Wrap feature enables subscribers to set up a template that will deliver a preview of the final object in context. For example, instead of customers simply viewing a finished wine bottle label, the subscriber can choose to have the label viewed as it would appear on the bottle. Almost as great as…

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Today Only! Enroll in Any MarketingProfs Course for Free!

By Therese McGady / September 23, 2021 / Comments Off on Today Only! Enroll in Any MarketingProfs Course for Free!

Need to brush up on your marketing skills to better promote your print business? Don’t miss this opportunity! Enroll in any one of the online courses below for the amazingly low rate of $0! Tell your friends. Tell your co-workers. Share this landing page with your boss, your cubicle mate, your LinkedIn community—share it with…

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Did You Know Aleyant’s Professional Services Team Can Help Import 50+ Products to Your Pressero Storefront?

By Therese McGady / September 17, 2021 / Comments Off on Did You Know Aleyant’s Professional Services Team Can Help Import 50+ Products to Your Pressero Storefront?

Aleyant’s Professional Services Team helps many of our customers import 50 or more products to their Pressero online storefronts, instead of manually adding them individually. This is a HUGE timesaver that can make your team more efficient and more profitable…quicker! This time could be spent on selling more products instead! Contact us today to get…

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New Checkout Process Now Available for Pressero Customers with Dedicated Servers (DS)

By Therese McGady / September 9, 2021 / Comments Off on New Checkout Process Now Available for Pressero Customers with Dedicated Servers (DS)

Aleyant is excited to announce that the new checkout process for Pressero, which both enhances the overall process for subscribers and speeds up the process for end users, is now available for customers with dedicated servers.Highlights include improving Pressero’s shopping cart by separating payments and shipping into their own pages, moving the approval process into…

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Important Update to Pressero’s New Checkout Process Effective 9/2/21

By Therese McGady / September 1, 2021 / Comments Off on Important Update to Pressero’s New Checkout Process Effective 9/2/21

In August, Aleyant launched a new checkout process for Pressero. The new process improves the shopping cart by separating payments and shipping into their own pages. We moved the approval process into its own workflow and created a new Pending area. We have received terrific feedback thus far. Clients report that they like the new…

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Aleyant Partners with FUJIFILM Business Innovation Asia Pacific to Bring Web-to-Print Solution to Asia Pacific Customers

By Therese McGady / August 23, 2021 / Comments Off on Aleyant Partners with FUJIFILM Business Innovation Asia Pacific to Bring Web-to-Print Solution to Asia Pacific Customers

FUJIFILM Business Innovation now an official distributor of Aleyant Pressero and eDocBuilder in Asia Pacific WHEATON, Ill, August 24, 2021- Aleyant, an innovative leader in providing robust software services to the graphic communications industry, announced the partnership of FUJIFILM Business Innovation Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. as an official distributor to distribute and support Aleyant Pressero…

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LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER for Upcoming Pressero Web-to-Print + In-Plants = Success Webinar

By Therese McGady / August 20, 2021 / Comments Off on LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER for Upcoming Pressero Web-to-Print + In-Plants = Success Webinar

Join us at our upcoming webinar to learn about how Pressero customer, Bob Yancich from P3 software, has implemented and found success with Pressero at his in-plant buinsess. Bob will plan to highlight why their business chose Pressero and how Pressero solved their web-to-print and overall print workflow needs. In addition, Bob will share how…

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New Check Out Process Now Available for Pressero Customers with Chicago-Based Servers

By Therese McGady / August 16, 2021 / Comments Off on New Check Out Process Now Available for Pressero Customers with Chicago-Based Servers

Aleyant is excited to announce that the new checkout process for Pressero, which both enhances the overall process for subscribers and speeds up the process for end users, is now available for customers with Chicago-based servers.Highlights include improving Pressero’s shopping cart by separating payments and shipping into their own pages, moving the approval process into…

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New Checkout Process Now Available for Pressero Customers with Amsterdam-Based Servers (AMS)

By Therese McGady / August 9, 2021 / Comments Off on New Checkout Process Now Available for Pressero Customers with Amsterdam-Based Servers (AMS)

Aleyant is excited to announce that the new checkout process for Pressero, which both enhances the overall process for subscribers and speeds up the process for end users, is now available for customers with Amsterdam-based servers.Highlights include improving Pressero’s shopping cart by separating payments and shipping into their own pages, moving the approval process into…

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Aleyant Webinar Highlights Advantages of Web-to-Print for In-Plant Operations

By Therese McGady / August 3, 2021 / Comments Off on Aleyant Webinar Highlights Advantages of Web-to-Print for In-Plant Operations

Bob Yancich of P3Software to present success story with Aleyant Pressero August 3, 2021. Wheaton IL. Aleyant, an innovative leader in providing robust software services to the graphic communications industry, today announced an upcoming webinar as part of its ongoing series of educational sessions. On Thursday, August 26, at 11 AM Central, Aleyant will be…

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New Checkout Process Now Available for Pressero Customers with Singapore-Based Servers

By Therese McGady / August 2, 2021 / Comments Off on New Checkout Process Now Available for Pressero Customers with Singapore-Based Servers

  Aleyant is excited to announce that the new checkout process for Pressero, which both enhances the overall process for subscribers and speeds up the process for end users, is now available for customers with Singapore-based servers (customers who access Pressero via admin.sg.v6.pressero.com). Highlights include improving Pressero’s shopping cart by separating payments and shipping into…

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New Checkout Process Coming for Aleyant Pressero

By Therese McGady / July 21, 2021 / Comments Off on New Checkout Process Coming for Aleyant Pressero

Aleyant is excited to announce upcoming changes to the Pressero checkout process, which both enhances the overall process for subscribers and speeds up the process for end users. Highlights include improving Pressero’s shopping cart by separating payments and shipping into their own pages, moving the approval process into its own workflow, and creating a new…

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Upcoming Webinar: 2021 Sales Tax Changes Mid-year Update From Avalara

By Therese McGady / July 16, 2021 / Comments Off on Upcoming Webinar: 2021 Sales Tax Changes Mid-year Update From Avalara

Last year’s unprecedented rate of change across the global economy greatly affected sales and use tax in the United States — and 2021 is showing signs of a similar trend. In the first half of the year, some states extended tax relief efforts, others adopted economic nexus laws, and still others started taxing digital advertisements.…

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Upcoming Webinar: Pressero Web-to-Print + In-Plants = Success

By Therese McGady / July 12, 2021 / Comments Off on Upcoming Webinar: Pressero Web-to-Print + In-Plants = Success

Join us at our upcoming webinar to learn about how Pressero customer, Bob Yancich from P3 software, has implemented and found success with Pressero at his in-plant buinsess. Bob will plan to highlight why their business chose Pressero and how Pressero solved their web-to-print and overall print workflow needs. In addition, Bob will share how…

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Upcoming Webinar: Learn More About Aleyant’s NEW Training Platform, Print Academy

By Therese McGady / July 8, 2021 / Comments Off on Upcoming Webinar: Learn More About Aleyant’s NEW Training Platform, Print Academy

Be sure to join our upcoming webinar to learn more about Aleyant’s brand new training platform, Print Academy, which makes training more manageable and accessible. With the new platform, customers can take advantage of a number of learning pathways to gaining increased utilization of their Aleyant software investments. Print Academy is a free service available to…

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Aleyant Launches Print Academy for Innovative Approach to Product Training

By Therese McGady / July 7, 2021 / Comments Off on Aleyant Launches Print Academy for Innovative Approach to Product Training

    Microlearning modules make training more accessible and convenient while increasing skills retention   July 7, 2021, 2021. Wheaton IL. Aleyant, an innovative leader in providing robust software services to the graphic communications industry, today reported it has created a brand-new training platform, called Print Academy, that makes training more manageable and accessible. With…

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Latest tFLOW Release Adds User Enhancements

By Therese McGady / June 30, 2021 / Comments Off on Latest tFLOW Release Adds User Enhancements

  The latest release of tFLOW and tBOT adds the following user enhancements in addition to several bug fixes. tFLOW: Make Comments Private by Default tFLOW: View Only Last Revision tBOT: Enable Upload to Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 Cloud Storage Make Comments Private by Default In tFLOW, it is possible to add comments (annotations)…

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Follow Aleyant on Social Media to Get W2P Tips & Hints

By Therese McGady / June 25, 2021 / Comments Off on Follow Aleyant on Social Media to Get W2P Tips & Hints

    To learn about the latest happenings at Aleyant, product support ‘how to’ tips and web-to-print help, follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Lots of exciting new things coming this summer from Aleyant – we don’t want you to miss!    

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WANTED: New Feature Ideas

By Therese McGady / June 18, 2021 / Comments Off on WANTED: New Feature Ideas

Do you have a feature suggestion for us? We are open to your ideas to make our print automation software even better. Click here to vote on ideas or add a new one. Your feedback counts and will help us enhance our products and make your print business more successful.

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Have You Checked Out Aleyant’s Webinar Library Lately?

By Therese McGady / June 11, 2021 / Comments Off on Have You Checked Out Aleyant’s Webinar Library Lately?

  Did you know Aleyant offers frequent webinars on a variety of topics designed to help you enhance your automated print workflow? Keep an eye out on the blog for upcoming webinars. Be sure to reference our webinar library here to view all past webinars. So many great learning topics to choose from – everything…

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Aleyant Support Corner: Business Card Template Help

By Therese McGady / June 7, 2021 / Comments Off on Aleyant Support Corner: Business Card Template Help

Have you wondered how to have phone numbers line up at the same start spot on a business card template? If so, check out the video and instructions below.   You can specify a specific width for a block of text. For example, if you have three phone numbers (phone, mobile, fax) to list together on…

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Curious About Response Sets & How to Create in eDocBuilder?

By Therese McGady / May 28, 2021 / Comments Off on Curious About Response Sets & How to Create in eDocBuilder?

Response Sets allow you to create a predefined set of responses for field entries that are common to a specific theme, location or category. For example, business cards for a corporate branch office in Chicago may have a common set of field entries for address, main phone and fax number; while the Los Angeles office…

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