Saepio

Saepio Print

Saepio Print is the perfect resource for customer-focused print service providers looking for web-to-print templating functionality. The simple-to-manage software provides Internet-based web-to-print technology, variable data printing, web-based cropping, approval routing, proofing and more and is a perfect middle-ware application for printers with established web-to-print e-commerce capabilities.

Print services providers looking for a middle-ware technology through which they can offer high-end web-to-print content creation are turning to Saepio Print. This proven technology includes an array of powerful features including variable data printing, multilingual capabilities, approval processes, dynamic page scripting and more.

Saepio Print operates on both MAC and PC to support the needs of print service providers. End users only need a web browser to version print ready files.

An Easier Way to Work

Saepio Print is a middle-ware technology that was designed from the ground up as a graphics tool, not as a complicated programmer's resource. After just one day of training, a production artist is typically able to fully implement and maintain Saepio Print. Using the built-in layout design tool, production artists can create, edit and add templates to the repository of digital assets as easily as they operate common desktop applications.

The end-user experience is also simplified. Users work within the actual template to create finished artwork that looks exactly as it did on screen. As a middle-ware technology, however, Saepio Print requires a front-end access platform. This may be through links imbedded in e-mails or HTML Web pages, often as part of an access-restricted marketing Web site. These must be created separately by the Saepio Print software administrator as the software does not generate any Web pages that provide end-user access to templates.

Flexible Administrative Tools

Setting up Saepio Print for easy navigation by end users and production artists alike is simple. Three seamlessly integrated components make up the foundation of Saepio Dynamic Content Engine:

Saepio Toolkit

The Toolkit is the Java-based Internet application that serves as the primary administrative controller for Saepio Dynamic Content Engine. The Toolkit's intuitive interface makes it easy for non-IT staff to manage all aspects of Saepio Print.

• User Management: Empowers user or group privileges and restrictions to be easily managed
• Image Management: A simple-to-navigate directory structure for logically organizing and identifying digital assets
• Layout Management: An easily maintained directory structure that catalogs and labels all layouts by type, color or size for quick retrieval
• Database Management: A fully relational database tool for creating "smart layouts," i.e., tables that automatically populate text or image regions
• Layout Design: An intuitive desktop publishing tool that the graphic artist uses to create versionable templates

Saepio Compiler

This Web-based, point-and-click interface allows local marketers to customize areas of a layout–such as headlines, copy points and images. The Compiler often auto-populates text (including local addresses and images) based on the user's log-in information and generates the file format specified for printing.

Saepio Print Highlighted Features

The features of Saepio Print add versatility and functionality to create a highly customizable yet simple user experience:

• Variable Data and Dynamic Page Scripting

  Saepio’s variable data printing (VDP) and page scripting technology make virtually any dynamic printing objective possible. All clients have access to a Dynamic Scripting Library that contains basic script wizards from Saepio and the user/developer community. Script authoring ability is available with the optional Saepio Developer Kit Extra.

• Support for Multiple File Formats

  Saepio Print can output files in a variety of formats as specified by the printer, publication or other recipient. Supported file types include EPS, JPEG, TIFF and PDF.

• Enhanced Color Libraries and Selection

  Saepio Print lets users import spot colors from images or add them manually. Users can also create custom colors that can be shared by all authorized users.

• Online Approver

  Administrators can require customized layouts to be submitted for approval. The option to download the file becomes available after approval is received, ensuring that only appropriately branded layouts make it to print.

• Dynamic Cropping

  Saepio Print makes photo cropping simple. The AutoCrop™ feature automatically crops an image whenever the layout is resized. WebCrop is a ratio-based technology that runs from a Web browser, eliminating the need for separate desktop applications when creating printable marketing materials.

• Reporting Capabilities

  Saepio Print includes a full assortment of reporting tools that generate valuable information about usage. Results can be viewed online or downloaded as a tab-delimited file.