Solimar Blog

GUEST AUTHOR: Pat McGrew. The Tagged Image File Format, TIFF, was once the standard for archiving essential documents but now PDF provides the solution for ensuring searchability, security and accessibility.

Our journey as a company started 30 years ago today—on the 22nd of March in 1991. With a mission to provide printing capabilities from computers and mainframes to state-of-the-art digital printing engines, our software had an immediate need and impact.

The print production and digital delivery industries continue to feel the winds of change in 2021. For those running printing environments the challenges of managing print production continue.

As experts in PDF, we believe there are significant cost savings to be unlocked based on how you handle PDFs; savings that have yet to be achieved by many Print Service Providers (PSPs) in their printing environments and archives.

We know print and digital production floors are a bit more complicated than ordering DoorDash, Grubhub or an Uber; that doesn’t mean you should have to lose visibility when you step out of the building or back into your office.

By this time in August, we have become accustomed to “live” or in-person events being canceled in lieu of virtual events leveraging online video conferencing technology. Yes, we have all gone virtual.

No matter why you are archiving your PDFs, it is important to make sure that your processes are efficient and as automated as possible. This is where we would like to introduce you to our recently announced Solimar Systems innovation: ReadyPDF Prepress Server.

We have all said it: “Not all PDFs are created equal.” The challenge today is how do you find the right processes to optimize, correct and, in some cases, redact PDF files so that they can either be printed or delivered to an electronic channel?

The good news is that “font” doesn’t have to be akin to other four-letter words. In fact, our team here at Solimar Systems has engineered a new solution that will take away many, if not all, of your font woes.

Those that have been around the printing industry know that PDF has really changed the industry. In fact, you might not even remember what it stands for—many consumers just know they get or make PDFs so that they are easier to send and harder to modify.

Now is the time for printing and mailing operations to get lean by finding all those processes that haven’t had the chance or time to streamline.

Over the years, changing technology, new innovations and a competitive market has impacted how you create and produce communications. It has given rise to many different file formats, especially in the high-volume print space.

With many urban centers asking or ordering people to self-isolate in their residences, it is a good reminder of the importance of critical communications: paper, print, and mail.

As complex as the print and digital printing space is, there is one thing that is simple…it all takes software to make the printer produce output.

As providers of print solutions, specifically around the processes it takes to bring a job in to print, manage that job, produce it and prove delivery, helping customers go from a current to a desired state is what we eat, breath and sleep

If you print using PDF, especially for variable data and higher volume applications running to a cutsheet or inkjet press, then you have likely found that not all PDFs are created equal.

Knowing where each individual piece is in the production and delivery process is important because of the legal requirements, contracted service level agreements and maintaining your customer’s satisfaction.

One of the pain points we hear a lot and see a lot out in the print and digital communications production and delivery market centers around visibility.

Here we sit coming into the final moments of 2019; our goals and objectives focused on wrapping up the year and launching into 2020.

Solimar caught up with Manish Haria, CISO & CIO of Johnson & Quin to ask him about his leadership in the transition to inkjet and the impact of this technology on their business.

Our latest innovation for our PDF-centric workflow software platform, Chemistry™, allows clients to solve PDF problems with seamless integration.

As you continue to step back from the process and take it in, start to think about how software like that at Solimar could help the daily “struggle”.

On May 15th, 2019, the United States Postal Service (USPS) opened the gates for organizations to register for their 2019 Personalized Color Transpromo Promotion.

This August marked another BCC Software Information Exchange; a conference focused on their software users, the mailing market and connection to solutions that will add value.

As some of you may have heard, I am starting a new adventure into retirement and as I work less and see the world more, I am excited to still be a part of the team as the Relationship Consultant (RC) for Solimar.