Following a positive response to the initial event, Fontware has announced a second free training session on PlanetPress Virtual Stationery (PPVS) for the Xerox ColorQube.

Scheduled for Friday 17th June, the training will again be held at the Xerox offices in Winnersh, near Reading, Berkshire, making use of the ‘Model Office’ training and demo facilities.

The first session in May attracted a wide range of CCSS contacts, with representatives from small and large CCSS and from locations all over the country. Feedback from those who attended was very encouraging, with everyone leaving fully capable of installing and supporting the solution without any assistance from Fontware. PPVS experts from Objectif Lune, who delivered the training, reported a successful day and were impressed with the high calibre of attendees.

Here’s what Thomas Hammant from Document Express thought of the event:

“I found the day very helpful generally and I thought it was conducted in a very open and friendly manner. Questions were answered with very good detail and I came out feeling like I had a good grasp of the product. Previous questions regarding the best way to sell the product and why you would use it were also answered well.”

Xerox CCSS can book places for as many staff as they wish, to support their PPVS sales and earn more Amazon vouchers in Fontware’s ‘Points Make Prizes’ incentive programme. With CCSS reporting a positive response from customers, PPVS has prompted a lot of interest and is widely regarded as an excellent opportunity to generate revenue.

CCSS can enhance their ColorQube offering to customers by presenting a virtual stationery solution that eliminates expensive pre-printed paper, streamlines print workflows and dramatically cuts costs. By uploading headed paper electronically and using plain paper from any tray, customers can make dramatic savings on the costs and labour associated with sourcing, storing and loading different hard-copy letterheads.

For Xerox, the PPVS system represents a significant addition to the print solutions portfolio, complementing and enhancing the ColorQube offering, driving sales opportunities and supporting customer business efficiency.

The session on 17th June will run from 9.30am until 4.00pm, including hands-on training for installation, set-up and functionality, and full access to all the equipment required although it is helpful if you are able to bring your own laptop.

Tea and coffee will be provided but to maximise the time available there will not be a formal lunch – please bring your own sandwich and we will schedule a break so that you can catch up on emails and phone calls or network with other attendees.

For event enquiries or bookings please email marketing@fontware.com or phone 01489 505075.

For one day only, Fontware is offering a free training session on PlanetPress Virtual Stationery for the Xerox ColorQube.

The event is open to all Xerox Concessionaires, and will be held on Friday 27th May at the Xerox offices in Winnersh, near Reading, Berkshire. This is the only occasion that the session will be free-of-charge.

To support its new ‘Points Make Prizes’ sales incentive programme, Fontware is encouraging Concessionaires to attend the training as an opportunity to boost sales of PlanetPress Virtual Stationery and earn as many Amazon vouchers as possible.

The training, which would usually be chargeable, will qualify attendees to install and support PlanetPress Virtual Stationery without any assistance from Fontware. Concessionaires can book as many staff as they wish onto the course, which is already set to be a well-attended and high-value event.

Experts from Objectif Lune, the developers of PlanetPress Virtual Stationery, will deliver the training and be available throughout to handle demonstrations and share best-practice. In addition to product presentations, delegates will receive hands-on training about functionality, installation and set-up, and will have full access to all the equipment required. There will be plenty of opportunity to see the system in action, using Xerox’s ‘Model Office’ training and demo facilities.

The training session will run from 9.30am until 4.00pm. Tea and coffee will be provided but to maximise the time available there will not be a formal lunch – please bring your own sandwich and we will schedule a break so that you can catch up on emails and phone calls or network with other attendees.

To register for the event please email marketing@fontware.com or phone 01489 505075.

A unique charging model combined with virtual stationery and solid ink delivers impressive savings on cost, time and waste – and free headed paper>>

New printing technology is enabling customers to re-think their printing strategies and break free from expensive pre-printed paper. PlanetPress Virtual Stationery (PPVS) for the Xerox ColorQube streamlines the print workflow and dramatically cuts costs, with no compromise on colour or quality.
Customers can save time, money and by uploading headed paper electronically and eliminating pre-printed supplies. Virtual stationery is stored on the printer’s hard disk as PDFs and can be printed on demand from any Windows application, in black and white or colour, using plain paper from any tray of a Xerox ColorQube. PPVS saves money on all the costs and labour associated with sourcing, storing and loading different hard-copy letterheads.

The transition to virtual stationery is completed in minutes, with little or no change to the print process, and no impact on users. In fact PPVS saves time and effort, with no manual intervention or paper tray configuration. Users simply choose the right version, depending on job content and destination, and in one quick, energy and space-saving action, the printer outputs the document on the correct headed paper. A web interface allows for printer, user and group setup, and users or groups can assign or virtually load up to five stationery types each. Stationery is automatically downloaded to the printers’ hard disks for optimized printing.

Solid ink delivers substantial benefits
Xerox solid ink has proven to deliver colour printing benefits like no other, offering consistently high print quality across all media. The clean, safe, biodegradable technology removes mess and dramatically reduces waste. Good news for printing budgets and for the environment. Solid ink sticks are easy to use, with simple drop-in loading and no messy toner cartridges to handle and dispose of.

Three-tier billing saves money – and letterheads for free!
Most metered plans charge the same price for a small amount of colour on a page as they do for full colour. Xerox ColorQube printers include a unique three-tier billing model which only charges customers for the actual colour they print, so that low-colour coverage documents mean low colour printing costs.

Tier 1: Black plus useful colour
Black-only pages and pages with low colour coverage (such as typical emails, memos and Microsoft Word documents) are billed at the black-only rate

Tier 2: Everyday colour
Pages with moderate colour coverage (such as typical flyers and Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint documents) are billed at slightly more than the black-only rate.

Tier 3: Expressive colour
Pages with high colour coverage (such as typical photos, brochures, newsletters and marketing materials) are billed at the current market rate for colour.

Print letterheads for free
With three-tier billing, users pay less overall for colour and, since most pre-printed stationery falls into Tier 1, it means letterhead documents can be produced for the same cost as black-only prints. This means that customers get colour letterheads at no extra cost.

Maximise benefits, minimise costs
As well printing costs, the hidden cost of pre-printed stationery is also significant. Staff can spend considerable time ordering and managing stock, and ensuring the correct letterhead is in the correct tray and in the proper orientation. IT departments can spend hours installing printer drivers and configuring trays.

And what about flexibility? What if customers want to change a logo, modify contact details or add a new location? What happens to the current inventory of pre-printed paper supply? And that’s not even mentioning the impact of waste on the environment and your budget. Analysing both the direct and indirect impact of pre-printed paper highlights the extensive cost and resource benefits on offer with PlanetPress Virtual Stationery (PPVS) for the Xerox ColorQube.

Businesses currently using pre-printed stationery will be well aware of the expense incurred with purchase and stock management. Pre-printed paper is even more expensive in terms of time and labour, as well as wastage and environment issues.

Xerox concessionaire Aspen Solutions approached an office interiors business that had highlighted concerns about printing and stationery costs. Their volume of spending on colour toner was escalating, and with various letterheads for different parts of the company, paper storage was also a problem. Locating and loading the right letterhead into the right tray every time was taking considerable time and effort.

Not surprisingly, the firm was anxious to reduce costs by controlling ink expenditure, minimising storage space and decreasing the time staff spent operating the process. Having evaluated the issues, Aspen Solutions proposed installing a Xerox ColorQube, which would significantly reduce spend on colour due to its solid ink technology and three-tier billing scheme, which also helps to save on ink.

Aspen Solutions also suggested PlanetPress Virtual Stationery from Fontware, to solve the company’s issue with letterheads. PlanetPress Virtual Stationery for the Xerox ColorQube enables users to save time and money by moving their pre-printed stationery to the virtual world by uploading all their headed paper electronically. Virtual stationery is stored on the hard disk as PDFs and can be printed on demand from any Windows application, with black and white or colour letterheads from a Xerox ColorQube.

Users simply choose the right version depending on the content and destination of the prepared letter. In one quick energy and space-saving action, the printer outputs the letter on the correct headed paper.

The project was a great success. The customer has reported significant savings on ink and outstanding print quality. They also have found the PP virtual stationery has given them significantly more flexibility and saved their company in numerous ways:

Space saving – office space previously needed to store the various letterheads has been put to better use
Time saving – staff no longer need to leave their desk to load the tray with the correct letterhead or to locate paper stock
Cost saving – expenditure on outsourcing the various letterheads to an external printing supplier has been cut, and the one-pass print process has also delivered energy savings
“Aspen as a new reseller and user of PlanetPress Virtual Stationery through the Xerox ColorQube machine find the product exciting, innovative and highly cost effective. Therefore we feel that this will be a great addition to many of our existing and new customers businesses.” Vincent Harkins – MD of Aspen Solutions

Aspen has become one of the foremost Managed Services suppliers in the UK, providing full business solutions for Print services, IT services, Telecom services, IT hardware and software, Online and offline sales, Document Management solutions and Environmental disposal services.

A few weeks ago Fontware held a webinar to introduce the new solution – Xerox Virtual Stationery – an application that allows pre-printed stationery print volumes to be transferred to the ColorQube.

The low cost per print of the ColorQube combined with the simple to use Xerox Virtual Stationery application is ideal for attracting new customers and increasing your color print volumes.

Watch a recorded version of the webinar online here…