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PrintShop Web Administrator Guide | 7
PrintShop Web basics
To use PrintShop Web effectively, you need to understand a few basic concepts. Read this section
if you are new to PrintShop Web or if you need a quick refresher. If you are new to PrintShop Web,
we recommend that you read the How to... chapter in this document, to familiarize yourself with the
individual features of PrintShop Web.
Workflow
The following diagram shows the overall workflow with the following roles:
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Designer: The Designer produces documents and publishes the documents to the web, taking into
account any corporate branding. Designers add companies and subsequently place the documents
in a folder specific to each individual company.
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Production Manager: The Production Manager is able to make modifications to a web form,
assigning documents to departments and making documents available to users. The production
manager automatically receives an e-mail notification every time an adjustment to the job status is
made.
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Customer: Customers select documents, enter data, connect database-files to documents and
order or release print jobs. The Customers are able to monitor their print job at any stage during the
production process.
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Operator: The Production Manager or Operator places any ordered print jobs in the In-plant folder.
The Operator prints and on completion dispatches the print jobs. Either the customer or the printer
marks the print job as Completed.
The PrintShop Web workflow