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Smart Printing Solutions Ltd.

Who are we? Smart Printing Solutions Ltd. (SPS) was founded at the beginning of 2005, with the vision to create innovative, quality hardware and software solutions for the printing field. Our solutions provide a professional and efficient response to a wide variety of issues in the printing area for companies and organizations.

Who are we? Our products allow printer manufacturers and retailers to give their customers a wide variety of solutions to save time and money, while improving the printing capabilities of the organization. Among our clients are:

Our Solutions A variable data and numeration software designed for printhouses, service offices and variable data sites. A print-engine allowing real-time printing manipulation without changes in the source application. • Numbering • Imposition • Barcodes and labels • Tray control • Variable data • Emulations • Fonts • Barcodes • Logo & Templates x. Press Smart. Printer A security & management solution designed to give organizations maximum control over their printing array • Manage and control • Secure printings • Cost reduction Sentinel

What is An innovating software for the digital press field, allowing the creation of varied applications in black white or color: Labels & Barcodes ü Invoices ü Personalized Letters ü Tickets ü Checks & Vouchers ü Coupons ü Over 150 Print-houses are already working with the software.

Automated Numbering Flat and deep numeration Notebooks Invoices Receipts Delivery Notices Any amount of numerators in a page Ascending / Descending Coupons Vouchers Tickets

Imposition Business cards imposition with crop-marks. Printing several notebooks on a big page for cut&stack. Books and booklets with first-last numbering and full duplex support. 1 100

Variable Data Variable Text Variable Barcodes Variable Pictures Data from any database

Tray Control Printing copies and covers from different trays Back Page 3 Cover Page 3 Copy 2 Page 3 Copy 1 Page 2 Original Page 2 Copy 2 Page 2 Copy 1 Page 1 Original Page 1 Copy 2 Page 1 Copy 1 Front Original Cover

Different applications • Easy and simple creation of a wide variety of application • Saving templates of common applications

Simple User Interface An Easy and simple user’s interface Menus Object Tree Properties Toolbars Workspace

Demonstration

Summery • Easy and Simple user’s interface • Graphic WYSWYG user interface • Print-Preview allows the user to see the whole job, including variable data before printing • Making templates for regular jobs • Multi-language user interface and manual. Simple

Summery • Easy and Simple user’s interface • A wide variety of different applications • Numbering – deep, flat, any amount and from any number • Easy imposition and booklets • Import PDF files and pictures directly • Any number of dynamic and static fields • Barcodes, Optic and magnetic fonts Versatile

Summery • Easy and Simple user’s interface • A wide variety of different applications • Works quickly with any PCL or PS printer • Any paper-size, standard or custom • Macro-on-the-Fly technology sends all the static data once to the printer’s memory, reducing file size and increasing printing speed • Automated tray switching Compatible

Questions? Versatile Compatible Simple

Our Solutions A variable data and numeration software designed for printhouses, service offices and variable data sites. A print-engine allowing real-time printing manipulation without changes in the source application. • Numbering • Imposition • Barcodes and labels • Tray control • Variable data • Emulations • Fonts • Barcodes • Logo & Templates x. Press Smart. Printer A security & management solution designed to give organizations maximum control over their printing array • Manage and control • Secure printings • Cost reduction Sentinel

What is software? Ø A server based print-engine Ø Manages and formats real-time printing jobs Ø Works with any printer but PCL 5 recommended Ø Suits any application or server Over 450 customers are already working with the software

What does it do ?

What does it do? Language Compatibility Allows printers with no embedded fonts to print jobs in languages like Hebrew, Greek, Turkish, Russian etc… Allows automatic support of all types, sizes, and encoding of fonts required by the source application What does it do? (1/6)

What does it do? Converting Print Emulations Allows automatic conversion of printing emulations like Epson, IBM Proprinter, Digital DEC, Ca. PSL, Prescribe etc… to standard PCL 5 Any standard printer can now print documents created for a different printer with a special emulation (i. e. Dot Matrix) What does it do? (2/6)

What does it do? Templates and Logos Adding logo and templates (electronic forms) to any job Eliminates the need of preprinted paper Supports printing different forms on different pages even within the same job What does it do? (3/6)

What does it do? Barcodes Adding barcodes into a job based on data from within the job Support all common encodings: UPC , Codabar , EAN, Code 39 , Code 128 , 2 of 5 , etc. What does it do? (4/6)

What does it do? Computerized Archive and Fax Allows saving printed documents in PDF or TIFF format to a folder for an automated archive Allows to send a print job through a fax server automatically, taking the fax number from the job’s content What does it do? (5/6)

What does it do? Utilizing the printer’s abilities Allows the utilization of all the printer’s abilities from any application, without changing the application ØPaper trays Ø Stapling ØTwo sided printing (Duplex) ØColor printing ØOutput trays and mailboxes What does it do? (6/6)

How does it work ?

How does it work? A textual print job designed for a dot-matrix printer is created in the main computer and sent to the print server (instead of to the printer) Central Computer How does it work? (1/4)

How does it work? The job is received in the print-server and the software processes it Print Server The software is installed on the print-server Central Computer How does it work? (2/4)

How does it work? The formatted job is sent to the printer Print Server The software is installed on the print-server Laser Printer Central Computer How does it work? (3/4)

How does it work? The job is printer in high quality and quickly, using the full resources of the printer Print Server The software is installed on the print-server Laser Printer Central Computer How does it work? (4/4)

Demo Application

Demo Application A Textual job containing ESC/P commands is sent to a dot-matrix printer Demo Application (1/4)

Demo Application Step 1: Converting the Epson commands to standard PCL commands for laser printing Demo Application (2/4)

Demo Application Step 2: Adding a form to the document according to a key Demo Application (3/4)

Demo Application Step 3: Duplicating the document for an Original + 2 Copies and printing each copy from a different tray. Adding barcode and Stamp. Demo Application (4/4)

Capabilities Fonts Emulation • Allows printers with no special fonts to print in languages such as Hebrew, Russian, Turkish, Greek, etc… • Enable automatic support for any character set, font style and font type required by the source application. • Allows automatic translation to PCL 5 of printer emulations such as: Epson, DEC, Ca. PSL, Prescribe, etc. . . • Any standard printer can now print documents written for any specific printer emulation. Design • Allows adding a custom graphic template based on the printed page content. • Allows adding graphic elements, barcodes, copies, and text. • Allows changing existing print-out, changing fonts, styles and even positions. Printer • Choose a paper tray for each page, add duplex capabilities, output bin, etc… • Allows automated sending as fax to either fixed or content-based fax number. • Allows automated saving of print-jobs as PDF or TIFF files for a digital archive.

Advantages ØA quick and painless upgrade of printers ØAbility to implement in stages ØFull utilization of printer capabilities ØCustom application by demand ØFast formatting and processing of job

Questions? Fonts Emulation Design Printer

Our Solutions A variable data and numeration software designed for printhouses, service offices and variable data sites. A print-engine allowing real-time printing manipulation without changes in the source application. • Numbering • Imposition • Barcodes and labels • Tray control • Variable data • Emulations • Fonts • Barcodes • Logo & Templates x. Press Smart. Printer A security & management solution designed to give organizations maximum control over their printing array • Manage and control • Secure printings • Cost reduction Sentinel

What is The system is a new product designed for organizations who need better control and supervision over their printing array. The system allows: Management ü Control ü Economy ü Security ü

System Description The system is composed of a physical controller and a central server software. Each controller has network input and output sockets, and is connected between the printer and the LAN. The software is installed on the print server.

Sentinel software receives the The job is captured identification from saved by theand controller and Sentinel software locates the user print jobs The Print Process Database Sentinel controller Department Printer User station The job is printed The print server Department Printer Sentinel controller Sentinel software User identifies A print job is created by user and sent himself User station

System Capabilities ü To print, a user must identify himself. ü Each user sees and takes only his/hers jobs. uri Sec y nom Eco ü Alerts the supervisor when a problem occurs by email. ty ü Printed material isn’t left without supervision. Control

System Capabilities ü Pages are picked by the user who sent them and don’t get lost and re-printed. Sec uri y nom Eco ü Allow users to print only to specific printers. ü Users cancel unwanted print jobs before they are printed. ty ü Printing Quota can be assigned to each printing type: Color, Black & White, etc… Control

System Capabilities ü Follow-me-printing allows users to transfer jobs from the original printer to another. ü Collecting all printing data in a database. Sec uri y nom Eco ü Centralized web-based server allows users and administrators to access the system from any workstation. ty ü Detailed reports and intersection about the printed jobs, users and printers. Control

System Advantages ü Printing is enabled only after identifying. ü Counting and controlling the amount of pages each user prints. ü Transferring a job from printer to printer simply by placing a card. ü Allowing only certain users to print to certain printers.

System Advantages ü A complete Web interface allowing the user to control print jobs sent and not yet released.

System Advantages ü Assigning quotas for color and black & white printing. ü Manufactures reports and intersections. ü Real-time notification in case of error. ü Displaying personal messages to the user in the browser or the controller.

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Additional Solutions LPT 2 USB Adapter for printing from a computers Parallel port (LPT) to a printer with only a USB port. Allows modern printers with no legacy port to work with applications that still require the legacy port, or old terminal computers.

Additional Solutions Fonts and Templates Creating PCL Fonts for laser printers (Scalable or Bitmapped). Creating technical fonts like OCR, Barcodes, etc…. Creating PCL macros and templates to use with Flash memory of the printer.

Additional Solutions Barcode Data Verification Solution Target: Integrate powerful color and B/W printers to produce combined variable information documents in minimum cost and maximum speed, while verifying data integrity.

Barcode Data Verification Assuming that the data is composed of a color cover page followed by several B/W pages. Dear Mr. John Smith Congratulations for purchasing our newest fork lift

Barcode Data Verification Existing Problems: ØPrinting all pages in a color printer will be expensive. ØPrinting all pages in a B/W printer will not give proper result. ØPrinting parts of the job in color and parts in B/W may cause a mix when

BDV Solution Print only color pages in a color printer and place an identifying barcode on each page.

BDV Solution Place the printed color pages in the B/W printer (preferably in the interposer paper tray).

BDV Solution Inside the B/W printer there is a small and powerful barcode reader (sometimes 2 readers) which reads each page, and reports the readings to a PC with the BDV software on it.

BDV Solution The BDV software analyze the incoming data and make sure that the pages are coming out in the correct order, and that no page is missing or wrong.

BDV Solution In case the BDV software detects an error, it reports it to a log file, alerts the machine operator and stops the machine using the Stop Plug which simulates an “out of paper” situation for the printer causing a soft-stop

BDV Solution The BDV has 2 operation modes: ØDirect Read – checks that the pages are printed in the correct order. ØCompare to index file – checks that each page is correct by checking it against a given index file.

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