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After the successful integration of NetPrint in Siemens, ORSAM one of their affiliated companies have decided to move forward with building their own NetPrint templates. OSRAM are a market leader in the field of lighting manufacturers. They operate on a global basis in over 150 countries.

OSRAM will recognise cost & time saving benefits by using branded templates to support their marketing activities. OSRAM will be safe in the knowledge that marketing collateral built and supplied through NetPrint will ALWAYS be consistent and accurate to their brand guidelines.

Coventry Transport Museum has been a design and print client for Abstract for 2 years. We have helped them to build and maintain their well recognised brand in the local and national marketplace.

Building on the 2 year success of Netprint at Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Siemens UK Internal Communications have decided to implement NetPrint across their other nationwide teams.

Siemens UK Plan to launch NetPrint in May, enabling their Internal Communications teams to produce branded literature, panels and posters. It’s an exciting opportunity for Siemens, giving them control over their internal literature with an integrated approval process for their communications materials.

NetPrint will allow Siemens UK Internal Communications to reduce their expenditure on artwork fees. And, in addition, much improved control of their brand, through refined and improved working practices. This adds up to money and time savings which will achieve ROI for the whole implementation within a couple of months.

Ramada-Jarvis Hotels are the latest client to realize the potential efficiencies of working with Abstract, commencing April 2009.

By using Netprint, Abstract\\\'s web-based software for brand control, the 42 strong hotel chain will capitalize on simplified ordering of collateral and a totally transparent order chain.

By using a recognized provider of consistent high quality, giving exceptional value for money in production services, Ramada-Jarvis savings are scheduled to give 100% ROI in the software within the first month.

Mencap are set to roll-out NetPrint on an 8 week trial period in August 2008 after an extended period of evaluation and consultation. And with a new brand designed, its launch to over 400 chapters takes on great significance.

According to Nina Clarke of Mencap, NetPrint will mean a clean and rapid distribution of the new Mencap brand. The software is a focus for, and a guardian of, the brand guidelines. It will help Mencap and their 400 UK based user groups to produce some really great marketing pieces such as newsletters and brochures - which will really help them to become more motivated. NetPrint is really easy to use and it means that Mencap’s people don\'t need to know the brand stuff inside out - they just put it to good use. This will be a great toolkit to have.

For the past 3 years Samsung have used NetPrint to provide their UK dealers with an on-line marketing platform, encouraging them to promote their brand and enhance their sales efforts.

Mark Ivans, Senior Marketing Manager at Samsung is now launching NetPrint Version 4 and expanding the on-line solution into Samsung’s European dealer network. He explains why:

“NetPrint offers dealers the ability to adapt a range of mailers, leaflets and brochures. Each contains pre-set text about Samsung products but enables dealers to personalise the benefits for their target markets. Available 24/7 on the dealer extranet, and with no additional hardware or software required, dealers can access NetPrint and adapt the easy to use templates.

Dual-branding also helps a dealer to promote their business, as well as giving choice from a range of pre-approved Samsung product and brand imagery. NetPrint Version 4 has a cleaner and more sophisticated interface which makes the creation of documents even easier for our dealers. We also have the added benefit of being able to build the templates ourselves with the unique ‘template creation’ function in version 4.”

“NetPrint is currently used for the production of POS marketing material for Blackwell Book stores throughout the United Kingdom. A watchful eye on the local store marketing budget means design and artwork costs need to be kept to a minimum for individual stores as often as possible.

NetPrint has allowed Blackwell stores to create a range of POS material. From shelf headers and A3 posters to invitations for book signings, £100's of artwork costs are saved by stores each month.

The Blackwell stores do not need to worry about the delivery of the final PDF to our designated printers because NetPrint does that for them – it’s a seamless order process for all POS material. We are now launching Version 4, a more advanced package that will enable us to create more master templates at even lower cost.”

Phill Jamieson – Head of Marketing

NetPrint is a web-to-print system intended for use by corporate marketing departments and their dealer networks. It includes strong formatting and brand-management tools. Although it is new to the market, it is not a new system. It was developed by Abstract’s parent, Tutorcell Ltd, starting in 1999 and has been used ever since by printing customers. Now, Abstract is bringing it out to the general market. NetPrint is an ASP application, meaning that you only need a web browser to use it. It runs on Abstract’s server.

The feature set is impressive. The focus is on brand management, so there are good template-building tools, supplemented with a comprehensive system of rights and permissions. Key corporate-identity features, such as logos and background colors, can be “frozen,”

while other aspects of the document remain editable. It is also possible to give one class of users (those who have been through a training course, for example) more editing capabilities than other users. The text-editing and image manipulation features are unusually flexible.

Text blocks and images can be freely rotated, for example. All manipulation is WYSIWYG, rather than the fill-in-the-form approach taken by some systems. Images can be resized, and the system warns of insufficient resolution if the enlargement is too big. Rotation and enlargement, like other formatting tasks, are done interactively with the mouse. The text tools have Unicode support (which permits languages like Chinese, Japanese and Korean to be used).

The system, which also incorporates an image library, is written entirely in Flash. Support for variable-data print jobs is not currently provided. NetPrint is available to print buyers directly from Abstract. The special drupa pricing is £10,000 to start (this includes providing a custom “skin,” setting up users and permissions, and 750 output files). After that, the annual cost is £2,000

Beyond the print-buying audience, one of the company’s objectives in coming to drupa is to find resellers. These could include graphic arts distribution companies and printers.
To find out how NetPrint can help your business visit our NetPrint pages.

NetPrint solution set for major release and launch, DRUPA 2008. Version 4, a brand new release of Abstract's innovative NetPrint software, will be showcased at DRUPA (Düsseldorf, May 29th - June 11th 2008). The world's largest print and communications show makes for an ideal launching platform for this unique web-based solution. NetPrint Version 4 enables organisations and their agents to create, edit and manage marketing communications across global boundaries.

Templates are created using a true WYSIWYG graphic design toolset which is unparalleled in its simplicity to use. It has been 8 years in the making, progressing from a bespoke programmed service to this proprietary 'software as a service' release. In summary, Abstract's NetPrint solution enables companies to drive down costs, push-up productivity and maintain a consistent brand image in a wide, multi-channel estate.

We invite potential partners, agents and interested companies to our stand 7H located in the Online Communication Parc, Hall 7 (Innovation Parc)

Email mike.b@abstractmrm.com to book a meeting to suit your plans
For further information on DRUPA visit www.drupa.com

Our New MRM template creation tool is finally launched. This now makes template building a whole lot easier, quicker and cheaper. The user is now able to create and build their own templates ready for document creation. Version 4 also includes a new modernised interface appearance and the arrival of unlimited 'Undo' operations in user operation.

And, best of all, we've given you the power to build web functional, rules controlled Templates using a normal graphic design skillset, no more need for specially skilled programmers to even get involved!

Some of the many new features now offered with MRM version 4 include:

• Colour palette specification and assignment to document elements;
• Text rotation;
• Advanced Table builder;
• Multi-step Undo function;
• On the fly Inches/mm conversion;
• Stepped or drawn Zoom function;
• Individual page grid specification;
• Instant toggle switch testing as an End User;
• Individual page element control (text & image restriction)

With our new version 4 additions and improvements, Abstract's NetPrint internet software has become a world leader in self service marketing tools and brand control for marketing literature.

Early figures released this week (Jan 7th) show a record quarter for production through our company's array of Xerox digital presses. Xerox reports a 95% uptime usage rate for the quarter across three 6060 machines - that's in the top decile in the UK. Remarkably, 87% of this production (over 4 million items) is initially transacted through the internet using our state of the art, web-based Marketing Resource Management solution, NetPrint.

If you are in the graphic supply chain and would like to trial the template builder version of NetPrint, we are seeking up to 5 companies with a desire to harness web-to-print applications in order to enhance their customers' operations and secure working relationships.

Suits vendors with professional design capabilities and knowledge of web and digital production channels. Please contact Melanie Lord at melanie.l@abstractmrm.com

Abstract are committed to protecting the environment. We take into consideration the needs of the environment in every aspect of Abstract 's operations.

Employees at Abstract all play an active role in preserving the environment. We all endeavour to reduce industrial waste volumes and to reuse and recycle within the workplace. We have situated throughout our premises sites for recycling of all materials.

As well as encouraging our own employees, we also steer our clients in the direction of being more environmentally friendly. Baker Tilly is such a company that have changed their paper material from a non-recycled material to a recycled material. They are now being more ‘green' to the environment at no extra cost.