Images Magazine Digital Edition August 2018

www.images-magazine.com AUGUST 2018 images 79 PF SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS AJS: PulseCloud “The apparel decoration industry is currently in a period of great technological innovation and enterprise networking solutions are having an incredible impact in terms of efficiency and profitability,“ says AJS. “Businesses are beginning to implement enterprise networking solutions to monitor all aspects of their production floor, including operator efficiency, machine status and design statistics.“ AJS has a wide variety of software options available from simple template-based lettering, networking and database software right through to the advanced digitising packages with VBE (vector base embroidery) and speciality tools. The company also offers full networking and automation packages. PulseCloud is a free feature that lets users create, manage and browse designs from multiple devices. “Moving into the cloud opens the door for various mobile and social possibilities, enabling you to take your business on-the-go and access your designs and machine status securely on multiple devices,“ explains AJS. Users can browse their design portfolio, create new designs, change text from templates, send designs to machines, monitor machine status and much more. www.ajs-embroidery.co.uk CadLink: Digital Factory v10 Apparel CadLink Technology has just released the latest generation of its Digital Factory v10 Apparel software package, which includes new colour management, performance and automated production workflow enhancements. “CadLink has built upon years of highly successful DTG software innovations to bring this new product to market,“ reports the company. Digital Factory v10 Apparel is available in a variety of configurations specifically designed to optimise the advanced colour and production technologies found in a wide range of DTG printers, including the Brother GTX and GT-3 series, the Epson F2100 and F2000, and the Polyprint TexJet. “Essentially, all of the Digital Factory Apparel Edition products include the same powerful colour management and production workflow tools,“ says Michael Chramtchenko, CadLink Technology‘s director of marketing. “The difference amongst them is that each unique package has customised printer driver and colour profile sets that bring out the very best in the printer that they are designed for. CadLink also provides a ‘Production Edition‘ which makes available all supported printer drivers and profile packages for customers that would like to run various brands of DTG printers from a single workstation.“ Also new from CadLink is Digital Factory v10 Oki TT Edition. “This new release includes new time-saving, simplified tools that are essentially able to automate the entire printing process from job preparation to completed project,“ explains Michael. www.cadlink.com FastManager FastManager is a business management software program for shops of all sizes. With four levels of management capabilities – Basic, Lite, Pro and Premier – there are packages to suit a business‘s needs now and when it grows to the next level. According to the company, its users‘ favourite features include an art detail screen that remembers the previous art done on a job for easy repeat orders; QuickBooks integration; email functionality; automatic purchase order generation; integrated vendor products; and the Job Board System, which allows a shop‘s team to see the latest status of a job. “FastManager is the right amount of off-the-shelf tools mixed with a great ability to further customise for your shop’s needs,“ says the company. “Create easy and effortless quotes for your customers with pre-set-up pricing, convert that quote to a work in progress and manage the purchasing and production through the Job Board System. Once the job is done, ship it out or call your customer for pick-up, invoice with a click of a button and then send to QuickBooks for financial reporting.“ www.fastmanager.com CadLink has released its latest generation of Digital Factory v10 Apparel software packages FastManager has four levels of packages to suit any size decoration business AJS offers a range of software options including PulseCloud ETrader Websites “ETrader Websites continues to provide its growing customer base of garment decorators and promotional products distributors across the UK and Ireland with practical, easy-to- use websites that help grow your business,“ explains the company. With an emphasis on practicality and simplicity, ETrader says its websites focus on mirroring online how your business works in-store. “The sites take away the fuss, stress and complications of selling online with a simple-to-use, four-step shopping process for customers and an easy-to-use owner dashboard.“ ETrader continues: “Our dashboard provides owners with the flexibility to manage their business‘s website. We stay clear of complicated tools, integrations or functions that will never get used, only including sales, marketing and SEO tools that ensure your business gets seen online. An ETrader website provides practical tools that actually generate income and add value to your business.“ The company‘s UK-based team provides its customers with support and training to make sure they have the tools and skills needed to succeed online. www.etraderwebsites.co.uk ETrader says its websites have an emphasis on practicality and simplicity