I’m Steven Farag, owner of Campus Ink in Champaign, Illinois – yes, I’m a real shop owner! When I talk to other shop owners, I’ve noticed that more and more screen printing shops have made the switch to Printavo to manage their operations with shop management software. It’s not enough to run your shop off a blackboard anymore – there’s just too many moving parts to be successful without some way to keep track of everything. Try Printavo for free: https://www.printavo.com

1. 6 Reasons Print Shops Are
Switching To Printavo
Printavo – Simple, online shop management software
www.printavo.com

2. Introduction
I’m Steven Farag, owner of Campus Ink in Champaign, Illinois – yes, I’m
a real shop owner!
When I talk to other shop owners, I’ve noticed that more and more
screen printing shops have made the switch to Printavo to manage
their operations with shop management software.
It’s not enough to run your shop off a blackboard anymore – there’s
just too many moving parts to be successful without some way to
keep track of everything.
Still considering which shop management software to use for your
custom printing shop? I want to make my case for Printavo!
So why are shops that do screen printing, embroidery and other
custom printing jobs switching to Printavo?
Printavo is easy. Printavo is flexible. Printavo doesn’t restrict you.
Printavo manages & stores your art. Your entire company can use
Printavo. Printavo is constantly evolving. Here’s what you’re missing
out on.

3. Printavo Is Easy
- Why? Because Printavo is designed with simplicity in mind,
right from the start.
- You can access Printavo from any device with an internet
browser & connection. There’s no complicated setup
process for new users: just log on to Printavo’s website and
you can access the full shop management platform.
- Since Printavo is cloud-based, it loads quickly. Its light user
interface doesn’t require a powerful computer – you can
load it off most tablets and smartphones seamlessly.

4. Printavo Is Easy
- Getting your team on-board is simple: first-time users can
navigate through Printavo’s essential features with ease –
right from the start. There’s no steep learning curve. If you
can read a calendar, you can use Printavo!

5. Printavo Is Easy
- Printavo is designed with screen printing, embroidery and
custom print shops specifically in mind. Centered around
the shop’s calendar view, it’s difficult to get “lost” in the
software. Jobs don’t get misplaced or forgotten – everything
is simply organized and highly visible.

6. Printavo Is Flexible
- The goal of Printavo isn’t to force you to run your business
one particular way. Instead, Printavo is designed to adapt to
your workflow. Spending a little time today setting Printavo
up to work with your shop will save you many hours down
the road.
- Automate repetitive tasks, simplify complicated multi-step
processes and adjust the software to your shop’s
requirements – all from one simple settings menu.
- Printavo’s most fascinating possibility is flexibility. Simple
doesn’t mean limited!

7. Printavo Is Flexible
- You define the tasks for your workflow and the software
adapts to it.
- Complicated decorations, different process flows for custom
jobs and descriptive notes about details? No problem with
Printavo.
- A great example of Printavo’s flexibility? Pricing.
- Does your shop use one price matrix for DTG printing,
another for custom embroidery, and a third for sign printing
on top of your screen printing pricing?
- Maybe you don’t even have a price matrix yet!

8. Printavo Is Flexible
- Don’t worry – Printavo’s custom pricing matrices allow you
to generate accurate, high-quality quotes & invoices with:
- Accurate markups
- Garment costs taken directly from the major wholesalers
- Your shop’s unique price per print
- Any additional charges and fees (like setup fees or
discounts)
- Printavo’s goal isn’t to tell you the exact methodology
that goes into every print job.

9. Printavo Is Flexible
- Instead, it’s designed to allow you the freedom to create
custom invoice statuses – then associate unique actions
with those statuses.
- For further flexibility & customization, you can append
unique tasks for complicated jobs.
- Have different stages of a large job that require different
employees to collaborate? With custom tasks, everyone
knows what needs to be done – and where each job stands
in your process.

10. Printavo Is Flexible
- Look – Printavo doesn’t do everything for you. It does the
things that take the most time and require the most
resources so you can focus on what you love: running your
shop & growing your business.
- I took my own implementation of Printavo a step further
with Zapier. What’s that?

11. Printavo Is Flexible
- It’s a great tool for automating processes that I found too
repetitive or time-consuming – no coding or expertise
required. I even gave a talk about automation in my shop at
Printavo’s 2018 PrintHustlers Conference.
- If you’re adept at coding or have your own developer,
Printavo’s API is totally open – meaning there’s tons of
untapped potential for automation and operational
flexibility built directly on top of it.

12. Printavo Does Not Restrict You
- Start with your free trial: no credit card required, easy
cancellation (no contracts!) and access to the full range of
Printavo features for you to explore.
- Since Printavo is cloud-based, you can operate & manage
your shop’s workflow from anywhere, anytime. Check up on
the day’s tasks over coffee, add that new job over lunch and
revise tomorrow’s plan of action after dinner – all from your
smartphone.

13. Printavo Does Not Restrict You
- Once you’re signed up, Printavo doesn’t have any user
licenses: you can have every employee in your shop use the
software for free.
- No more confusion about who needs to do what or when
that big job is due. You can have them log on to Printavo
and easily see what’s coming down the chute.
- Don’t want your newest & unproven employee to have
access to every job? You can control each user’s access and
ensure everyone sees and controls exactly what they’re
supposed to.

14. Printavo Manages & Stores Your Art
- The art approval & management process is an “unknown
cost” for most print shops.
- Printavo simplifies it: store your high-quality art files directly
in Printavo. Kept securely on the cloud, your art travels with
your invoices. No more scattering huge, valuable art files
across a bunch of different Dropboxes and Google Drives:
put it in Printavo, get approval and start planning your print.
- Customers can see the art & quickly approve it directly
through Printavo. Your printers can plan their process with
high-quality art that’s easily accessed.

15. Your Entire Company Can Use Printavo.
Even Customers.
- The possibilities are endless: with unlimited users and
control over what your users can do and see, Printavo is a
one-stop platform for directing your print shop.
- Each employee has their own account, with clearly defined
roles & tasks assigned directly to them. Want autonomy in
your business, with real transparency & accountability? Here
you go.

16. Your Entire Company Can Use Printavo.
Even Customers.
- Customers enjoy Printavo’s interface. They can easily
approve invoices, message your sales team and pay directly
online. Try out Printavo’s texting tool – and see how quickly
orders can be approved and paid for. The clear
communication will satisfy your customers & bolster your
shop’s professionalism.
- With limited user access, your best clients can enter their
custom orders directly into your shop’s Printavo calendar.
- Your clients can even upload artwork, enter work orders and
communicate directly with your shop about their
orders...without access to sensitive information about your
business!

17. Printavo: Constantly Evolving
- Maybe you’ve never had the pleasure of working with Bruce
and his team.
- One thing you’ll learn right away is that they are attentively
listening to your concerns.
- Printavo doesn’t rely on outside funding, offshore engineers
or secondhand knowledge of the industry: they’re constantly
interacting with their partner shops to make Printavo better.

18. Printavo: Constantly Evolving
The best thing about Printavo? The team behind it.
- They’re engaged with partner shops through their awesome
support & onboarding teams. You can even just reach out to
Bruce directly!
- Got a problem? You’ll get real help, quickly and consistently.
- Can’t figure out a way to make something work? The odds
are good that they’ve seen something similar before and
can help you make your idea a reality.

19. Printavo: Constantly Evolving
- Most importantly: Printavo exists to ensure the long-term
success of your business. The printing business is changing
rapidly, so you want a team that’s serious about keeping
their software relevant.
- With resources to help you manage your complicated
decisions and software to make those decisions a reality, the
team behind Printavo is serious about making your shop a
success.

20. I Couldn’t Do This Without Printavo
- It took years to learn the lessons that made Campus Ink
what it is today. As I learned the business and started to
understand what really went into it, a tool as simple and
flexible as Printavo became something that I couldn’t live
without.
Printavo’s ease of use and short learning curve make it
immediately valuable.
- Flexibility is inherent in the software: you run your shop the
way you like, and Printavo helps make it all happen. You
don’t have to run your shop “ the way the software wants
you to.”

21. I Couldn’t Do This Without Printavo
- There’s no restrictions on user counts, and you can use it
from anywhere. Customers can even use the software to
track and place their own orders. Send texts and emails with
invoices to streamline collecting payment.
- Printavo makes art approval & storage an afterthought
rather than a burden. No more wondering if the customer
saw the art!
- Best of all, Printavo is made by a Chicago-based team that
cares about your business and wants to see you succeed.