ZaiCon Conference Marks the Shift Towards Modular, Flexible Print Industry Software That’s Plug and Play

• Zaikio kicks off the new 12 months with a effectively-attended conference for the print application marketplace.
• Reps of approximately 50 providers focus on how to speed up development and much better handle printer’s demands
• Attendees exchange their views on the worries and tendencies in modular networked program for the print sector

The ZaiCon printing business conference focused on the issue of how the effectiveness-improving exchange of data between diverse methods in the printing field can be optimally shaped 

Much more than 120 innovators from each the mechanical engineering and software program enhancement sides of the print field fulfilled on January 17 and 18 at the initially ZaiCon print software package sector convention in Frankfurt, symbolizing practically 50 businesses.

The concentration was on optimising the information exchange in between unique systems, intended to enrich effectiveness in the print sector. The ZaiCon conference is the brainchild of the software enterprise Zaikio, which develops both of those an open up, modular software program platform for the print marketplace and apps on reported system.

Nearly all the applicable software package suppliers in the sector had been there, the massive names as properly as the tiny experts, exchanging views on the tech and organization developments and issues of the in close proximity to foreseeable future. The displays and talks covered subjects like software package-as-a-provider, the platform company and, more typically, the digitalisation of the print business. “The nicely-attended celebration and the inspiring talks confirmed when once again that we are on the ideal path to the upcoming of the print industry”, claims Zaikio running director Matthias Prinz.

Companions make clear what’s in it for them
Besides the Zaikio specialists, speakers from program vendors these types of as Tessitura, PrintPlus and Calibrate also presented their techniques to this. Markus Morawe from Tessitura spoke about how machine devices in print shops can be connected substantially much more quickly as a result of open up platforms to make the processes in the businesses significantly extra effective. Peter Kleinheider of Calibrate (Austria) introduced an straightforward way to get present occupation definitions into the Zaikio platform.

Alex Sturzenegger from MIS vendor PrintPlus (Switzerland) stated how programs can use a variety of knowledge to enhance calculations and output setting up. All these shows obviously indicated the present craze in the print market in the direction of far more cooperation and a lot more connectivity.

Zaikio assists associates pace up enhancement and far better address printer’s demands
An vital ingredient of this is Zaikio itself. By a present day open up cloud interface, Zaikio connects all players in the print store software marketplace on an equal footing. This lets printers to decide on from a broad assortment of programs for distinctive responsibilities and nonetheless retain full compatibility correct from the get started. Zaikio also provides a detailed toolkit to take care of principles like consumer management and info trade amongst purposes. This enables print store application builders to concentrate on sophisticated operation.

With the Zaikio App Store, developers can simply broaden into new markets without the need of getting to stress about global accounting and tax administration. With the Zaikio Application Shop, print retailers find all the computer software they require in just one put. In addition, with Zaikio Mission Management, operators can see at a look what is going on in their print store. A true-time dashboard, Mission Command mechanically visualises details from the applications a print shop is using.

The initial collecting in a extended time for the print store computer software market
It has been a handful of several years given that so lots of important players in the printing software program business have achieved in such a convivial atmosphere. In the casual conversations in among the programme objects, the participants ended up also equipped to uncover new points of get hold of with just about every other and initiate new jobs. Zaikio is now leveraging the momentum from ZaiCon and is performing in direction of the subsequent milestone: to offer a full range of modular print store computer software in time for Drupa 2024.

“We are proud that we could deliver with each other so a lot of important marketplace gamers at our pretty 1st ZaiCon. This is a sizeable step in the direction of our intention of creating printers extra economical and long run-proof through modular software from different suppliers”, claims Matthias Prinz.

All shows will be obtainable shortly as videos on zaikio.com/zaicon.