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The way we address W2P for Wide Format is similar to the way we address the rest of the industry in general. The major difference between regular print and wide format which makes wide format complicating are its SIZE. SIZE DOES MATTER. We have 2 overarching technologies. The first and longest standing technology is our…

Powered by the proficiency of Racad Tech’s Web to Print Shop software and Bloomtools™, BCT Southwest is proud to announce the launch of its new, state of the art website: www.bctsouthwest.com. Having provided exemplary, customer-friendly, wholesale printing services to the southwestern United States since 1981, BCT entrusted Racad Tech and Bloomtools to manufacture their brand…

(Toronto, Ontario) April 19, 2017 – Eden Advertising & Interactive Inc. and Racad Tech Inc. are proud to announce the launch of joint client website project for Rainbow Printing https://rainbowprinting.ca/. With 30 years of commercial and security printing expertise, and an established brand in Atlantic Canada, Rainbow Printing entrusted Eden & Racad to construct their…

Reuben Quesus, the Director of Business Development at Racad Tech, was chosen as one of seventeen print industry experts to present at AATCC and SGIA’s unique educational conference, Digital Textile Printing: The Future is Now. The conference is to be held December 6-7th at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham, North Carolina. This two-day program…

(Toronto, Ontario) July 14, 2016 – GoPrint2 launches terminal server version of their PDF Print Driver for Dillner’s Accounting Tools, Inc. Dillner’s Accounting Tools, Inc. is a technology company based in Westminster, Maryland, that provides software and support to accounting firms for their multi-client processing. Accounting firms can send password-protected financial documents to their clients…

At this year’s SGIA Expo in Las Vegas, Reuben James, director of business development of Racad Tech, and developer of Web To Print Shop, will be speaking about how open source innovations can be leveraged in the web-to-print industry, and the implications for businesses and consumers. Mr. James’s presentation, titled “Leveraging Open Source Technology for…

Racad Tech is proud to announce that it is the sponsor of Digital Impressions’ upcoming webinar titled “Leading the Technology Curve in Web-to-Print”. The webinar is scheduled for March 9, 2016 at 2pm EST (11am PST). The webinar promises to be an eye opening event that will cover a lot of hot topics and technologies…

Racad Tech is pleased to announce the release of their W2P Shop – uDRAW plug-in for WordPress. The release of version 3.3.31 coincides with their publicly available version directly through WordPress at https://wordpress.org/plugins/udraw/. The release allows web-savvy and economically conscientious printers to integrate a flexible and affordable web-to-print solution. The plug-in, publicly available on WordPress,…

Web To Print Shop by Racad Tech will be presenting at SGIA on November 4-5 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia World Congress Centre! This show supports the wide format printing community, sharing the latest technology and information available for all types of specialty printing – including wide format web-to-print technology, digital imaging, finishing, screen…

Web to Print Shop was pleased to exhibit at the CONSAC 2015 show this weekend from Thursday September 24 to 26 in Toronto. CONSAC is a prestigious sign show hosted by the sign show association of Canada. CONSAC attracts companies from all over the world. Graphics and sign printing companies gather to see and share…

Typically, when investing in a Web to Print technology, even an affordable Saas-based technology, you are buying into a system that is completely “closed” in that the only human resources that can support your technology investment is the company familiar with it. Once you decide to stop paying that support fee, or if that group…

How should you determine the right W2P provider for your business? That’s really a subjective question. You may base who your provider is based on price without much consideration for anything else. You may also want to consider someone that comes recommended by someone you know or close to your operation. If you are going…

While on the subject of statistics, there are close to 1 Billion websites on the internet. WordPress powers close to 100 Million of them. That being the case, anyone with a bit of proficiency can now go to WordPress (or any of the other website & e-commerce platforms) and set up their own website, integrate…

Having said that, where would the uninitiated go from here? For starters, if your web initiatives were to follow the stats, and you want to create a open source Web to Print infrastructure that will be supportable in the long term, you want to choose a website platform that is used by the majority and…

The previous article: Proprietary vs. Open Source needs to be taken with a grain of salt. There are some people that delude themselves into thinking that an entire web based print conglomerate can be formed without spending a penny. That is certainly not the case as there are open source Web to Print expenses. Perhaps…

Open Source vs. Proprietary Technology practices varied between the print industry and the general web population because print technology is highly technical. The culture within the larger web development community was substantially different and generally more efficient. The print technology industry, because of its highly technical nature, was generally a proprietary nature and “closed” environment,…

In explaining the dynamics of successful business, a successful businessman taught his young son a basic principle in making wise investments. 1 – Buy low, sell high. 2 – Invest in what will make you the greatest return over the longest period of time. With that in mind, we will venture off in to the…

Finding the Right Web to Print Technology: I often recommend that people in search of such technologies be cautious of which technologies they invest in. Often, the amount of years a Web to Print development company has been around is reassurance that your investment in technology is safe. However, I have seen all too often…

Modularized Web to Print Taking It All Apart Most web to print technology providers will not have all of the above. They may claim to have it all but very few do. They often specialize in one or some of the above. They may license or partner with other companies that have other technologies to…

Order Management, E-Commerce & Reporting If you want to get into Web to Print, minimally you need to have an E-Commerce system with your online solution. You want to change your payment practices so that you minimize the need to chase your invoiced customers and have your customer prepay. An E-Commerce system is the perfect…

Corporate B2B Print Portals: One of the early incarnations of e-commerce based Web to Print (probably earlier than retail printing) included the ability to engage a printer’s existing customer base, and catalog their frequently ordered materials in a structured and convenient portal. Such portals, typically saved documents in PDF format and allowed for variations within…

Variable Data Printing & Marketing To a large degree, variable data is an extension of the above. What Web to Print VDP does, is allow any portal visitor or consumer to select a product from an established product library or catalog, and modify the elements within the template allowing originality, creativity, and furthermore uniqueness. Variable…

Retail B2C Print Portals: Whereas the first initiatives in Web to Print were taken to create a smooth and convenient experience for established print customers, the expansion of web to print in the retail space now focuses on attracting new customers to an online print business. Business to consumer (or B2C) Web to Print portals…

Online Print Estimating Software: Nearly any standard e-commerce system and shopping cart would be a sufficient medium for most industries to sell their wares. However, the same is not true for the printing industry for two reasons. Most widgets are manufactured and sold as they are with very few options to customize or personalize. In…

Online Printing & File uploading: At the most basic level, Web to Print involves tools such as emails and FTP servers that allow print consumers to deliver originally designed files to print suppliers via the web with online printing and file uploading. Early initiatives online printing and file uploading were undertaken by the major manufacturers…

Online Sign Studio is a new wide format web-to-print technology under the Web To Print Shop umbrella. Combining graphic design tools with wide format web-to-print, Online Sign Studio makes it simple for customers to create custom signs, banners, posters, and other wide format products. Once designs are approved by clients and finalized, Online Sign Studio’s…

Racad Tech has unveiled WebToPrint.Solutions which is a new web-to-print resource website. The website contains some basic information about web-to-print. More interestingly, webtoprint.solutions is a repository of resources that will aid people in utilizing web-to-print technology to facilitate their printing. The website currently includes a new tutorial that walks new customers through the process of…

Racad Tech is pleased to announce a host of new features that advance the capabilities of their web-to-print technology, uDraw. Over the past couple of months, Racad Tech has been fine-tuning features on uDraw, the intuitive web to print plug-in for WordPress and other popular website platforms. Some of uDraw’s new and improved features include:…

On April 16, 2015, at the Graphics Canada tradeshow at the International Centre, Racad presented its newest innovation under the Web To Print Shop banner. Racad’s director of business development, Reuben James, presented uDraw, a WordPress-based web-to-print plug-in that brings unprecedented affordability and customization to the web-to-print industry. With an instructive presentation at Graphics Canada,…

Web-to-print innovator and veteran web developer Racad Tech has rebranded and launched a brand new web-to-print resource for printers looking for the latest, most innovative web-to-print solutions available in the marketplace today. Web To Print Shop, launched in August 2014, is a modular solution for printers seeking cutting-edge web-to-print technology. The developers at Racad Tech…

Veteran web developer and leading web-to-print innovator Racad Tech recently combined the GoPrint2 within their Web To Print Technology (W2P Tech), powered by Go ePower, and W2P Shop web-to-print platforms. GoPrint2 is a convenient and easy-to-use custom-branded print driver that facilitates file transfers by expanding current file receiving capabilities and removing file size restrictions. This…

According to Wired.com, an FTC complaint filed by a prominent security researcher and Ph.D. student, Christopher Soghoian, reveals the popular online storage system called Dropbox has deceived its users about the security and encryption of its services. Dropbox has told its users that their files were encrypted so that Dropbox employees could not see the…

Toronto, May 19, 2011 – Over the last decade, Racad Tech has been helping print companies like Print Three add real value to their business. The success of Racad Tech’s suite of web-to-print solutions – Web To Print Technology, powered by Go ePower – will now be felt in the UK with the partnership of…

Toronto, Ontario, October 7, 2010 – Web-to-print specialists, Racad Tech is the proud recipient of the 2010 XMPie “Best of The Best” award for their interactive , direct marketing solution created for client, AlphaGraphics. The personalized variable marketing campaign was designed to collect AlphaGraphics clients’ demographic information and promote its print capabilities. This demonstrated how…

Toronto, September 13, 2010 – Racad Tech announced the sale of 155 FingerPrintPics licences to Australia’s Snap Franchising Ltd. Containing ready-to-go marketing materials, the FingerPrintPics.com marketing portal enables licensees to immediately promote 1-to-1 variable data marketing collaterals to their customer base and sell effective ready-made personalized direct marketing solutions to business clients. As one of…

Toronto, April 20, 2009 – Racad Tech, a leading provider of internet-based solutions, announced today that it has released a new 1-to1 marketing portal called FingerPrintPics.com that allows for the creation of uniquely personalized print materials. This marketing portal allows printers, advertising agencies, marketing companies, and corporate America to create personalized marketing collateral and print…

Toronto, November 24, 2008 – Racad Tech, a leading provider of internet-based solutions, announced today that it has released the GoSendExpress.com file transfer tool, a software that enables businesses and individuals to send and receive digital files without file size limitation. This web application will benefit graphic artists, printers, publishers, photographers, film editors, and advertising…

Toronto, November 18, 2008 – GoPrint2.com, a leading provider of internet-based file transfer solutions for the print and graphic arts industry, announced today that it has released their Web PDF Engine module, a PDF conversion engine that enables a printer’s customers to convert files into PDF format via the web. The universal PDF format is…

Toronto, November 12th, 2008 – After having launched their web-accessible custom print driver for the print industry on April 7, 2008, Racad Tech, a leading provider of internet-based solutions, has evolved their GoPrint2 service into a composite suite of web-to-print solutions. Included in this suite is the new file transfer capability available via the GoPrint2…

Innovative, revolutionary software eliminates many of the obstacles associated with traditional methods of processing jobs. In a way, it’s like having your own print shop located in the business offices of every one of your clients. It’s also a very clever way to promote your services online without lifting a finger. In April of this…

Toronto, May 5, 2008 – Racad Tech, a leading provider of internet-based solutions, announced today that it has signed an OEM license agreement with Gravent S.A, the largest distributor of paper in South America, to distribute the GoPrint2 print driver to Argentina’s graphic and print market. “This license agreement further demonstrates the need of OEMs…

Toronto, April 28, 2008 – Racad Tech, a leading provider of internet-based solutions, announced today that it has signed an OEM license agreement with Tecnomax S.A., operating as Xerox Uruguay, to distribute the GoPrint2 print driver to Uruguay’s graphic and print market. “This license agreement demonstrates the need of OEMs to find practical web-based solutions…

Toronto, April 7, 2008 – Racad Tech, a leading provider of internet-based solutions, announced today that it has released the GoPrint2 print driver, a software that enables businesses to be listed as an active print driver on their clients’ computers. This software will benefit businesses that are seeking web-to-print solutions with no set-up or installation…