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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.

It struck us recently that people may still not have a great understanding of why we talk about print and digital file production and delivery—something we often refer to as workflow.

Here are some thoughts from within the four walls of Solimar on some strategies to leverage the summer prior to some pretty impactful print and digital delivery events in the fall.

The first week of May 2019 has marked putting another Solimar User Conference and Customer Advisory Council (CAC) meeting in the books.

Join us for this SOLicast recording as we describe the viewpoint our team here at Solimar takes with even the most straightforward transform.

Workflow is what we want to talk to all of our clients about. With the Solimar Systems Chemistry Platform for print and digital communications, we can positively impact your workflow.

What are you doing at the end of April? We hope you will say coming to see the Solimar team, our partners and industry experts at the Solimar User Conference 2019 in beautiful San Diego.

NCP Solutions, an OSG Company, recently shared how they used SOLsearcher Enterprise (SSE) and our HSM features to solve one of their customer complaints and do it in record time.

Our ultimate goal is to use the information of reviewing our processes to produce print and digital communications and then leverage it for differentiated competitive advantage.

Solimar is proud to be presenting innovations in PDF, workflow and inkjet printing along with our partners Xerox and SCREEN. Located in the main supplier hall, Xerox and SCREEN will be showing their latest innovations in digital printing for a variety of different markets.