‘World-first’ app for designing and printing business stationery

 

SYDNEY-BASED company uPrintX has created what it believes to be a world-first iPad application for designing business stationery and print marketing material that is then professionally produced and delivered direct to the customer.

The app aims to overcome one of the most common frustrations experienced by start-up and early-stage businesses -- seeking professional design and print services in a rapid and cost-effective manner. It may also become a useful tool for business advisers and marketing companies in assisting their clients.

According to co-founder and uPrintX director Stephen Coudounaris, the free templates, logos, icons, textures and fonts are sourced from graphic designers globally to provide a variety of design elements to cater for various tastes and business needs. He said an intuitive design screen was developed to enable users to prepare their stationery and flyers quickly and easily “irrespective of their design skills”. 

Mr Coudounaris said the motivation behind the uPrintX App was born from frustration with existing practices.

Together with his brother, George, and cousin, Peter Magiros, he had originally attempted to organise business stationery for a family member only to find the entire process laborious, troublesome and expensive. Convinced that there had to be a far more efficient way, the trio investigated numerous possibilities before agreeing that an app empowered with foolproof print and design capability was the most feasible and effective option.

“After our own experience we simply wanted to create a design and print process that was fast, cost-effective, reliable and which did not inhibit creativity,” Mr Coudounaris said.

“With the uPrintX App, the entire process is just that. It’s also user-friendly and professional, and, we believe the quality of the printed material is outstanding.”

This also has a lot to do with the service partner uPrintX has chosen to work with, print consolidator myonlineprinter.com, which Mr Coudounaris described as an “award winning, eco-friendly printer”.

Created with flexibility in mind, the uPrintX App permits users to incorporate existing logos and icons. Using dropbox integration, users select the file and the app automatically pastes the existing logo or icon onto the design screen.

Mr Coudounaris said the app was designed to be foolproof, also automatically ensuring the design meets all print finishing requirements prior to printing. It eliminates any concerns about providing bleed, adding crops and embedding fonts, simplifying the entire process.

Mr Coudounaris said the uPrintX app offers unique user capabilities in the way it also enables users to share data via the internet regardless of their location. The uPrintX app features a portfolio of free templates, logos, icons, textures and fonts from which individuals can pick and choose to design their projects before forwarding the design and artwork for digital printing.

“It’s all about making the design, production and printing process as simple as possible,” Mr Coudounaris said. “With the uPrintX app, businesses no longer have to spend valuable time or money on expensive design and production of collateral.

“It’s also extremely convenient. You can basically create your flyers and stationery from wherever you are at a time that suits you,” he said.

Once completed, users forward their design files for high quality digital printing. The printed matter is delivered within five business days of receipt of artwork to anywhere in Australia.

“Our print prices are very competitive and there are no hidden costs,” Mr Coudounaris said. “The app is free and you only pay for the collateral you want printed.”

He said the design files are automatically saved locally, or to the user’s Dropbox or iCloud account for easy storage and retrieval.

www.uprintx.com

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