{"id":42,"date":"2022-12-20T13:48:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T12:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newblog.colorgate.com\/en\/2022\/12\/20\/web-to-production-the-next-step-of-print-workflow-automation\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:52:53","slug":"web-to-production-the-next-step-of-print-workflow-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/web-to-production-the-next-step-of-print-workflow-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Web-to-Production \u2013 The Next Step of Print Workflow Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">How do you connect your print production with the internet? And how do you make sure to have a reasonable margin when it comes to online orders?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To keep up with growing customer demands while staying economically healthy, you need to automize your production wherever you can. There are many ways to do so (e.g. via <a href=\"\/en\/process-automation-with-colorgates-rest-api-module\" rel=\"noopener\">REST API<\/a>), and there are many shops and market places around. But connecting both seamlessly, the online shops, and your production workflows, can be quite difficult. You usually have a lot of different software and devices on your site. In addition, many online shop providers offer only limited possibilities when it comes to features and interfaces.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Custom Create is different.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Print Data Management Meets eCommerce<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It all starts with the unique front end. To motivate customers to choose you among all those print providers online, you need to <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0fc\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0fc&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Make it simple<\/strong>: Your shop only needs the functions that are useful for your product. We create a shop that will meet your requirements.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0fc\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0fc&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Make it smart<\/strong>: Give your customer the tools to create \/ upload a design \u2013 or directly use templates to do so. Depending on what you produce, you need different types of files. With the right tools and settings, you can reduce iterations with the customer.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0fc\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0fc&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Make it fast<\/strong>: In the dynamic WebGPU based 3D online viewer (Custom Create Designer), your customer can directly see how the product will look like and purchase it on the spot.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Having the print data and job management included, the design is sent to the right printer, color managed, ripped and with the right settings. To do this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/products\/software\/productionserver\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ColorGATE\u2019s Productionserver<\/a>\u00a0is built in and directly connected with the shop on one side and your production equipment on the other side. Productionserver is taking care of print data and color management and driving the devices (check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/service-support\/resources\/supported-devices\/printers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">devices we support<\/a>). If you want, you can also include optional features, that can help you manage your production even better and more economically (check out the available modules<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/products\/software\/modules\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Easy Integration, Administration and Reporting for Your Workflow<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With REST API or JDF, Custom Create can be integrated in basically every digital printing workflow.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the Magento-based back end you also find many reporting and administrating features:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Easy-to-use inventory &amp; customer management<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Automated approval workflows\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Management of access rights &amp; user groups<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Price calculation dependent on product configuration<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">REST API and JDF\/XML integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Analyses and reports of key figures<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Connection to social media, payment, and logistic providers<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Multi shop\/store opportunity (scalability)\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Print-on-demand, mass customization, batch size one and web-to-production are among the highest growing markets in digital printing (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/885811\/worldwide-web-to-print-software-market\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">source<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/custom-create-contact\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a>\u00a0if you want to be ahead of the game!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You need to automate your digital printing workflow? Custom Create is your solution for the whole workflow, from online shop to print production!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[58,59],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein","tag-ecommerce","tag-w2p"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}