Commercial Printing · Web-to-Print Platform

Web-to-Print Platform for Commercial Printers

Business Cards. Brochures. Flyers. Variable Data. Gang Runs.

Let customers order business cards, brochures, flyers, and stationery online with real-time pricing and template-based design. Variable data printing, gang-run optimisation, automated prepress, and artwork approval — all connected to your Print MIS/ERP. Orders flow from storefront to press with zero re-entry.

Online StorefrontVariable DataGang-Run AutomationArtwork ApprovalPrint MIS / ERPB2B Storefront
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Cloud & On-Premise350+ print businesses40+ countriesISO 27001 & ISO 9001
Business card gang sheets and VDP mailers are the two products commercial clients launch first.
The Challenge

Why Commercial Printers Lose Revenue to Manual Processes

Manual Order Intake

Orders arrive by email, phone, and walk-in — each with different file formats, specs, and quoting requirements. Your CSR team manually enters every order into production systems. It takes 15-20 minutes per order and errors compound at volume.

✓ Online storefront with product configurator — customers self-serve with real-time pricing and file upload

No Gang-Run Automation

You know grouping compatible jobs onto shared press sheets saves material and press time. But manually identifying compatible jobs, calculating imposition, and scheduling gang runs is a full-time job. Most shops just run jobs individually and absorb the waste.

✓ Print MIS/ERP auto-groups compatible jobs by stock, size, and coating — continuous gang-run optimisation

Prepress Bottleneck

Your prepress team manually checks every incoming file for resolution, bleed, trim, color mode, and font embedding. Artwork approval happens over email — multiple rounds, lost threads, no version control. It adds 1-2 days to every job.

✓ Automated preflight + online artwork approval portal with annotation, versioning, and digital sign-off

PrintXpand for Commercial Printing

The Platform Stack for Commercial Print Shops

eCommerce Store Key

Sell business cards, brochures, flyers, postcards, letterheads, and stationery online. Configurable options per product: stock, size, quantity, coating, folding, binding. Real-time pricing with quantity breaks. Works with Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, or standalone.

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Product Designer — Templates & Variable Data

Customers design from templates or upload artwork. Variable data support — upload CSV with names, titles, addresses and merge into business card or mailer templates. Real-time preview of each variant. Print-ready PDF output with bleed, CMYK, and embedded fonts.

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Print MIS / ERP — Gang-Run Optimisation

Full job management from order to dispatch. Auto-groups compatible jobs by stock, size, and coating for gang-run production. Scheduling across multiple presses, cutting, folding, and finishing stations. Real-time production dashboard and QR-based shop-floor tracking.

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Artwork Approval

Online proofing portal — upload proofs, customer reviews with zoom and markup tools, approves or requests changes. Full version history, timestamps, and audit trail. Eliminates email back-and-forth and "I didn't approve that" disputes.

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B2B Corporate Storefront

White-labeled portals for corporate clients. Brand-locked templates for business cards, letterheads, and marketing collateral. Department-level budgets, approval workflows, and reorder history. Clients self-serve — your CSR team focuses on production, not data entry.

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PX Connect

Source paper stock and specialty materials from vendors via PX Connect's supply chain network. Real-time inventory and pricing — auto-purchase when stock drops below threshold. No manual vendor management or stock holding for specialty runs.

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How It Works

From Online Order to Press-Ready in 3 Steps

1

Customer Orders Online

Customer selects product (business cards, brochures, flyers), configures specs (stock, quantity, coating, folding), and designs from templates or uploads artwork. Variable data orders merge CSV data with templates in-browser. Real-time pricing — no manual quoting. Checkout and pay.
2

Automated Preflight & Gang-Run

The platform runs automated preflight checks (resolution, bleed, trim, fonts, CMYK). If proofing is required, Artwork Approval sends the customer a proof for online sign-off. Print MIS groups compatible orders into gang-run sheets, calculates imposition, and schedules on the optimal press.
3

Print, Finish & Ship

Print-ready files route to press via Hotfolder. Gang-run sheets print, cut, and finish as batched jobs. QR-based shop-floor tracking follows each order through cutting, folding, binding, coating, and dispatch. Customer receives automated shipping notifications.
From Commercial Printers Like You

Real Commercial Print Results.

★★★★★
30%
reduction in paper waste with automated gang-run optimisation

“"Gang-run automation alone paid for the platform in the first quarter. We used to run business card orders individually — now Print MIS groups 15-20 orders per sheet automatically. Material waste dropped by 30% and press utilisation went through the roof."”

Paul H.
Operations Director · [ Commercial Print ] · UK
★★★★★
2x
order volume with same CSR team after storefront launch

“"Our CSR team used to spend 70% of their day entering orders manually. Now customers order directly on the eCommerce store — configure product, upload artwork, pay, done. CSR time dropped by two-thirds and we handle double the volume."”

[ Customer Name ]
Owner · [ Print Shop ] · USA
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See PrintXpand Running on Your Commercial Print Products

Free POC in days, not months — with your product catalog, gang-run rules, and prepress workflows. Cloud or On-Premise.

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Commercial Printing — FAQs

PrintXpand's Design Tool supports variable data workflows — customers upload CSV or Excel files with names, addresses, or unique codes, map fields to design zones, and preview each variant before ordering. The platform generates print-ready PDFs with variable data merged, ready for digital press output.
Yes. Print MIS/ERP includes gang-run optimisation that groups compatible jobs by stock, size, and coating. The system automatically imposes multiple orders onto shared press sheets, maximising throughput and reducing waste. Gang-run scheduling runs continuously or on configurable triggers.
PrintXpand's Artwork Approval portal lets customers review, annotate, and sign off on proofs online. You upload a proof PDF, the customer gets a notification, reviews with zoom and markup tools, and approves or requests changes — all tracked with timestamps and version history. No email back-and-forth.
Yes. PrintXpand's eCommerce Store supports the full commercial print product catalog — business cards, brochures, flyers, postcards, letterheads, envelopes, and more. Each product has configurable options for stock, size, quantity, coating, folding, and binding with real-time pricing.
Yes. PrintXpand outputs print-ready files (PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-4) with correct bleed, trim, and color profiles. Hotfolder integration routes files to your existing prepress software or directly to digital presses. The platform also performs automated preflight checks before files enter production.
PrintXpand is available as PX Cloud (Managed Cloud) and PX On-Premise (self-hosted with full source code access). Both options include the complete commercial printing feature set. A free POC with your own products and branding is delivered in days, not months.