| Auto Proof |
Auto Proof is Web to Print Pro's one click preflight file inspection software that examines print documents, reports and auto corrects file errors and produces a print ready pdf. |
| Browser |
An application program that interprets HTML into words and graphics, displayed on a webpage. Web to Print Pro web to print solutions are designed for maximum browser compatibility and performance. |
| Customizable pre-designed templates |
Templates including graphic design in a wide range of categories and styles that can be further personalized. Our Web to Print Pro design is glad to assist you in producing a library of file templates for your web to print storefront. |
| Dots per inch (DPI) |
A measure of the resolution of a screen image or printed page. |
| Download |
Sending information to another computer or to an output device. The term "upload" is used synonymously. Web to Print Pro features a robust file transfer tool with automatic preflighting capabilities that makes creating a print ready pdf a snap. |
| E-commerce |
Web-based retail operations. |
| File Templates |
A template file contains a pre-defined layout including specific size, bleed, buffer areas (for important elements such as text) and other print requirements. Using templates provided by your printer as a starting point and carefully adhering to guidelines can help avoid production issues. |
| Flash |
A client application available on most Web browsers that supports vector and raster graphics, and bi-directional streaming of audio and video. Web to Print Pro's easy to use online design tool, QPrint, was developed utilizing the latest Adobe Flash development tools. |
| JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) |
JPEG compresses either full-color or grayscale images and works best with photographs and artwork. It uses a lossy compression method and is saved on a sliding resolution scale based on the quality desired. Web to Print Pro supports the most popular print file formats including JPEG, EPS, and TIFF. |
| Modular Design |
Design of software components that allow them to be installed in a variety of ways to meet project requirements. Web to Print Pro's modular components allow maximum workflow integration flexibility; easy to reconfigure and customize, seamlessly integrate on the components you want. |
| PDF (Portable Document Format) |
PDF is a portable file format intended to facilitate document exchange. Because PDFs are designed to deliver the same results in the digital document as in the printed document, they are often the print industry standard for proofing. Web to Print Pro's preflight automation tool, Autoproof, automatically generates the print ready pdf if the print document satisfies print requirements. |
| Prepress |
The processes and procedures that occur between the procurement of a written manuscript and original artwork, and the manufacture of a printing plate, image carrier, or (traditionally) forme, ready for mounting on a printing press. |
| PDF Preflight Software |
Proofing software that fascilitates the evaluation and analysis of every component in a file needed to produce a printing job. Preflight confirms the data being submitted, color gamut, color breaks, and any art required (illustrations, transparencies, photos, etc.), plus layout files, fonts, image files, proofs, page sizes, print driver, cropmarks, etc. Autoproof is Web to Print Pro's one-click preflight solution. Autoproof uploads, inspects, corrects and outputs a print ready pdf file with just a click. |
| Print on Demand (POD) software |
a type of print workflow in which documents are printed only when required. This method of production is especially suited for applications printed with digital equipment because of the ease in which print projects are produced with a fully digital workflow. POD reduces waste, eliminates large volumes of warehoused documents, and is very cost effective for short run applications. POD is useful for a wide range of applications including brochures, business cards, promotional documents, labels, manuals, books, catalogs, and many others. |
| Print management system |
System that allows customers to create new print jobs, manage job files, place new orders and track existing orders. |
| Print Ready PDF |
High-quality PDF file that will be used for print production. Autoproof, Web to Print Pro's one click preflight automation tool, makes creating a print ready pdf easy. |
| Production portals |
Portals that consist of workflow enhancement tools that facilitate the exchange between print buyers and print sellers over the Internet. These portals focus primarily on the back-end of a printer’s worflow. |
| Q-Print or Online Designer |
online design tool, or "ODT", is a server-side based set of componenets that provide the web-based capability to allow your print-buyer customers to visually manipulate and adjust template designs right within their browser. |
| Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) |
Applications (like e-commerce storefronts) hosted on a software company's own web servers; the application is then accessed through the user's web browser. Firms offering SaaS are called Application Service Providers (ASPs). |
| SEO (Search Engine Optimization) |
The process of increasing hits on a website by ranking high on the search results of a search engine. The further a page is optimized and contains the right keywords and tags/metatags, the higher it will rank on the list, leading to more hits. |
| Skins |
Custom graphical appearances (GUIs) that allows users to customize images in certain software or websites without changing their function. |
| Soft proof |
A proof viewed on a screen. As opposed to a hard proof, which is a physical proof you can hold in your hands. A proof is primarily used to ensure the print file looks as intended. |
| StoreFront or eCommerce Website |
Is a website that sells products. A web to print storefront is a stand-alone e-commerce application for selecting pre-configured printing offerings from an online catalog. Can be hosted offsite by an ASP, or purchased as a software program for installation on the print provider's own Web server. Often has variable data capabilities to personalize items like mailers. A basic Web to Print Storefront allows print customers to upload files and order printed products. |
| TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) |
A file format for graphics suited for representing scanned images and other large bitmaps. TIFF is a neutral format designed for compatibility with all applications. TIFF was created specifically for storing grayscale images, and it is the standard format for scanned images such as photographs - now called TIFF/IT. |
| Web Application |
Web application or webapp is an application that is accessed via a web browser over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. |
| Web-to-print |
Also called “W2P” and “web2print”, Web to Print is actually a broad term used for a wide variety of services relating to online print buying and selling. Some of these services overlap or have similar functions, but all are designed to be specifically geared toward the requirements of the clients they serve. Web-to-Print allows for a fast, efficient flow of information between buyers and sellers, providing an easy method of effective communication via a single portal. The automated processes featured with Web-to-Print systems results in fewer errors, better turnover rates, and increased profits. |
| Workflow System Extension and Workflow automation |
The use of software technology which provides a means of extending and automating a business process. Web-to-print software can be used to both extend and automate workflow. Web to print software can be used to submit jobs to (and retrieve proofs from) the prepress department's RIP workflow; web to print software often includes preflight verification during file upload. Web to print pro puts the print buyer in the drivers seat, allowing them to upload files, manage jobs, design online and submit print ready files for processing. |