Checks on upload
The system spots problems when the file arrives, explains them and offers a corrected version.
Kastomiko / Web-to-print software development
From the browser to the machine
Web-to-print software and print file automation
Between the customer’s design and the printed product there is usually someone fixing files by hand. We automate that step: checks on upload, sheets laid out for your machine and files that print the first time.
What you get
What we automate
Print sheet layout
Designs are arranged on the sheet by your settings: rows, columns, positions and DPI.
Machine-specific handling
Left and right splits, offset correction, white alignment lines and trimming of empty space.
Labels on the sheet
Order number and colour information printed next to each item, so nothing gets mixed up.
Order data in the file
A config file travels with each design, so the layout tool knows what it is printing.
Packaging files
Box and blister layouts in PDF with bleed and separate die line layers, ready for the print house.
Desktop or web
We build the tool where it belongs. Our UV sheet generator is a Windows app next to the printer.
Connection to orders
Files come straight from the configurator and warehouse, not from email.
A real example: white stubble
Customers’ prints with stubble and soft shadows came out as white specks. Semi-transparent pixels on a UV printer get a full white underlay, and no customer could know that.
- We now check every uploaded print for semi-transparent pixels.
- If there is a risk, the customer sees how it will really print, next to a corrected version.
- The check covers faces, the back of the head, torsos, sides, legs and arms.
- Fewer reprints, and fewer awkward conversations after delivery.
Signs you need this
- One person prepares files all day, and everything stops when they are away.
- Reprints come from file errors, not machine errors.
- Layouts are rebuilt by hand for each batch.
- Designs arrive by email in unpredictable formats.
FAQ
Questions we often get
Which printers do you support?
Layouts are set per machine, so the tool is not tied to one brand. Our daily experience is UV printing, and we scope other techniques such as DTF or sublimation for each project.
Should it be a desktop or a web app?
If it needs to sit next to the machine and work with local files, desktop often wins. If several people or locations use it, web is easier. We have built both.
Can it fit into our current process?
Usually yes. We start by automating the single most painful step and leave the rest of your process as it is.
Can you connect it to a configurator?
Yes, and that is where it gives most. See product configurators.
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What should we build for you?
A few lines are enough. We'll reply with what we can do and how we'd approach it.
Prefer email? work@kastomiko.com