Antigro Interviews
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Intergalactic Ambassador To The Printeverse – Deborah Corn
An interesting interview with the Intergalactic Ambassador To The Printeverse – Deborah Corn. Discover what Deborah says about the current challenges in the printing industry and how to overcome them using Antigro Designer. Explore the possibilities highlighted by Deborah and learn about her impressions after familiarizing herself with our software and its capabilities. Enjoy!
[Waclaw Mostowski]
Okay, I’m here with Deborah Corn, the Intergalactic Ambassador To The Printerverse And we were we were talking with Deborah about our solution. So, Deborah, what do you think How the printing companies in the US can benefit from using software like ours?
[Deborah Corn]
I mean, the printer companies in the US can definitely benefit, but I think everybody around the world could benefit too. One of the bigger problems we’re having right now in the printing industry is that the emergence of online design tools that say everybody can be a designer if you just go to this platform. And that is true. But not everybody can print those files that come from those platforms because they’re not necessarily formulated for the optimal for the printer. So the printer doesn’t have to do a lot of work on them so that the printer can have print ready files and really keep with the workflow optimization that these tools should provide. What I’ve learned from all of you over these past few days that we’ve been hanging out together, is that your tool Antigro Designer solves that problem. Not only can I go on and pretty much design anything you can think of printing, but if it’s not even in there, you can design a template for it. For example, we were walking around yesterday at a trade show. We saw skateboard wheels and we saw playing cards and we saw glow in the dark T-shirts. There is no limit to the your imagination. And the best part about it, as I mentioned before, is that it allows printers to keep their sanity, because if someone’s not ordering a large quantity of business cards or a lot or large quantities of T-shirts or vehicle wraps or whatever the application might be, the printer doesn’t want to spend a lot of time fixing that file. This solves so many problems. And my favorite thing about it is that it’s not attached to anything. It’s not attached to a storefront. It’s not attached to a MIS system. You have a very, very low set-up cost and people can pay and go as they move along. You’re not locked into anything. And it is you’re built the ability to really create sticky customers, as we say, in the United States. If I’m designing on your site, I can print order and print on your site. I don’t have to take my file from an online design tool and then go try to find a printer to print it out. So I think it’s an excellent solution. And we spoke to a lot of people yesterday who agreed with that.
[Waclaw Mostowski]
Okay. And I have one more question. Maybe a little bit more general. What is your opinion, why printing companies in the U.S. mostly are a bit hesitant about software, about implementing software to their, to their let’s say businesses?
[Deborah Corn]
I think that in many ways, the printers have been approached with these very big integrations that have a lot of functionality that they might not need or they might need to grow into. So they get very hesitant about putting something in. Also, there is a work shortage of people. So if they have to really train somebody, they’re investing time and money in that training. What if that person leaves? What if I can’t find the right person? So that is another really advantage of your program because it’s just a platform anyone can go on and pick. I mean, you all know how the online design tools work. And this this works exactly like that, except for the products that you make. So if you don’t offer mugs, don’t put mugs. Don’t let your customers want to, you know, print, make mugs. If you don’t make T-shirts, don’t do that. But everything you do, get a template, stick it in, let them design it or offer them or let them bring their own art. It’s customizable in so many ways, really. You’ve turned me from a fan into a spokesperson.
[Waclaw Mostowski]
Deborah, thanks a lot for being with us today. And yeah, it’s great to have you here.
[Deborah Corn]
Thank you so much. I usually say print long and prosper, but today I’m going to say design long and prosper.