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Quick start guide
Perform the following steps to set up PrintShop Web:
1 After login as administrator click Settings in the menu bar and register your version of PrintShop
Web. Set the default system language and the default system currency. For more information see
the chapter Settings.
2 Add a company to the system. For more information see the chapter Add companies.
3 Add departments to a company if necessary. For more information see the chapter Add
departments.
4 Add users to a company and assign them to a department. For more information see the chapters
Add users and Assign users to a department.
5 Add publication types and assign them to a company and/or department. For more information
see the chapters What are publication types?, Add publication types and Assign a publication type
folder to a department.
6 Define user roles within your own company (Designer, Production Manager and Operator) and
assign these roles to the companies you have defined. For more information see the chapter Add
users.
7 The Designer can now publish documents to PrintShop Web and assign them to the companies
and the publication types folder that are in the system already. For more information see the
PrintShop Mail guide.
8 Edit the documents’ web form: define pricing details, add a volume discount table and enable the
document for the users. For more information see the chapter Modify the documents settings.
9 Setup e-mail messaging to communicate with your customers. For more information see the
chapter Settings.
10 Enable the company.
Your system is now ready for your customers to use. There are many other settings that can be
modified. Please read the manual for the possibilities.