1. TotalFlow Print Manager
An overview of Ricoh's software for output management for production printing
TotalFlow Prep is an application that enables users to assemble and prepare documents for production print, including page management, finishing, tab design and imposition. Along with TotalFlow Path for business integration and Print and Production Manager for output management, there is a solution for nearly every challenge in the small to mid size production print environment.
Version 4.1

2. Ricoh Solutions
Our Ricoh developed solutions address customer requirements from small print shops to enterprise organizations with multichannel communications, business management, and marketing asset management.
Critical Communications
Marketing Automation
POD Essentials
Professional Services
Offset to Digital
EOM

3. Software
TotalFlow
We offer a comprehensive range of software and solutions that enable our customers to maximize technology investments, perform at benchmark levels and achieve greater efficiencies across their entire organization.

4. Critical Communications
Secure, control, compliance.
Ricoh ProcessDirector
Critical Communications
POD Essentials
Makeready, output management, JDF integration
TotalFlow Prep, PM & Path, Mobile
Marketing Automation
POD Essentials
Enterprise Output Management
Transform, ERP applications
InfoPrint Manager
Professional Services
Offset to Digital
MIS, Color management, PDF workflows
Avanti Slingshot, TotalFlow BatchBuilder
Offset to Digital
EOM
Marketing Automation
Composition, Precision Marketing
MarcomCentral
Professional Services
Consulting, implementation, support
Cloud & On Premise

5. TotalFlow Suite - Purpose and Goals
Avanti and other MIS
Support Ricoh common GW controllers for low cost solutions
Ricoh GW controllers
Support new Ricoh TotalFlow Print Server controllers
Marcom and other W2P
New Ricoh TotalFow Print Server
Drive partner (Fiery) controllers for Ricoh and other printers
Many other business applications
To illustrate this business oriented architecture approach I have just described, today I am very pleased to announce the European rollout of Avanti Slingshot, starting in The UK.
Avanti Slingshot is the next generation Print MIS (Management Information System), incorporating business intelligence, production planning, shipping and billing into one easy-to-use, easy-to-implement system.
It has everything you would expect from a leading MIS, plus it has the unique benefit of being available as a cloud-based solution and so making it more accessible.
As a browser-based application with an easy-to-use GUI, Avanti Slingshot provides “anytime, anywhere” access to the system from any device such as desktop, laptop, or mobile device.
Avanti Slingshot has seamless integration into Ricoh’s TotalFlow solutions but is also designed to easily integrate with third party applications and equipment with robust Application Programming Interfaces (API’s), using industry standard protocols such as JDF/JMF and XML, to ensure a streamlined business and production workflow.
Support for multiple lines of business including offset, digital, large format, fulfilment, mailing and marketing services is uniquely offered by Avanti Slingshot.
And finally, make better business decisions with business intelligence about your customers and the profitability of their jobs, provided via the integrated CRM system, dashboards and reporting tools.
EFI Fiery Controllers
Connect to other business operations to reduce touch points and mistakes.
Enable Printer sales!
Connect to Ricoh family applications such as Avanti and Marcom

6. TotalFlow Prep and Print Manager
Web to print
MIS
Shipping
Other
Business Integration
TotalFlow Path
Print production
Submission
Pre-Press
Print
TotalFlow Print or Production Manager
PDF
Editing
Imposition
Settings
PDF
TotalFlow
Prep
DOC
Designed to optimise the productivity and enhance the capabilities of our cut sheet presses, the TotalFlow Prep and Production manager solutions provide PDF based Make Ready and Production management capabilities to your workflow.
Page level editing and an integrated imposition are two modules that are included in Prep, along with Enfocus PitStop which is fully embedded for pre-flighting and that will detect and automatically fix the most common errors in PDF files
Job Error recovery and in-built transforms are featured in Production Manager
And TotalFlow can also manage the output of jobs to non Ricoh devices in a multi vendor environment.
So this may be all you need to manage print workflows to maximise the productivity and performance of your digital presses
Just a word on colour management, which is a critical requirement in the prepress process.
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XLS
PDF
PPT
Scheduling Error recovery
Media handling
PCL/PS transforms
finishing
PUB
TXT

7. Production Markets Served
GRAPHIC ARTS PRODUCTION MARKET
IN-PLANT PRODUCTION MARKET
ENTERPRISE MARKET
§ Corporate Data Centers
§ In-plant Production Shops
§ Internal Copy Centers
§ Small- to mid-size Commercial Printers
§ Large Commercial Printers
§ Book Printers
§ Direct Mailers
§ Digital Service Providers
§ Service Bureaus
§ Franchise & Quick Printers
§ Corporate, Government & Education Offices
§ Legal
§ Insurance / Benefit
§ Healthcare
§ Manufacturing
§ Retail

8. TotalFlow POD Essentials
Prep
Create a job and set up the order of pages
Assign job properties, such as special instructions
Perform simple edits, add tabs and define finishing options
Select media based on what is defined in the target printer or media catalog
Preview the final file
Production
Manager
TotalFlow Print Manager Functionality Plus :
Print transforms
Digital print load balancing, preflight integration, color management integration
Automated proof prints and approvals
Path
Enables static and dynamic print workflows that are easy to configure
Automates digital print workflow elements such as manual tasks, print, prepress and VDP
Enables rules-based print automation using conditional logic
Print Manager
“Light version” of Production Manager
Organize like jobs so they can be printed together with the correct media
Simplify workflow building using drag-and-drop icons
Save operator time with the intuitive interface and visual ticketing
Expedite production workflows with digital print scheduling

9. RICOH TotalFlow Print Manager
version 4.1
An overview of Ricoh's software for maximizing printer investment and minimizing operator intervention

10. Print Manager TotalFlow VISION OPPORTUNITY SOLUTION
Recent trends in production print operations indicate a rise in the number of smaller jobs and a decrease in expected turnaround times. This is pushing businesses to search for ways to automate and validate, reducing time spent per job.
TotalFlow Print Manager and TotalFlow Production Manager (collectively referred to as TotalFlow PM) provide the tools necessary to maximize printer usage while minimizing operator interventions and printing mistakes
Production print operation solutions are evolving to adapt to changing demands on the business. The increase in short run, tight turnaround jobs has dramatically challenged the profitability of many types of work. What is needed are methods to minimize touch points, maximize throughput and printer usage, while automating error prone manual steps. TotalFlow Print and Production Managers were created with just this in mind.
SOLUTION
TotalFlow Print Manager provides powerful basic output management to handle load balancing, error recovery, easy submission and scheduling. TotalFlow Production Manager adds simple workflow activities to handle preflight, proof printing, approvals, data conversions and other useful operations.

11. Features & Benefits TotalFlow Print Manager
Printer pools for load balancing and error recovery to minimize errors and down time
Intelligent scheduling based on media and finishing provide maximum printer utilization
Full PDF job submission with ticketing for file integrity and accurate production
Late stage job edit for last minute corrections reduce the number of jobs returned to client
Display of scheduled work for clear representation of job completion status, shop wide
TotalFlow Print Manager is the base output management product but provides a long list of features to help print businesses maximize profitability. Print Manager offers key integration points between disparate printers, users and other optional components such as web to print and MIS connectivity. In this print production gathering point, all common needs such as spooling, balancing, error recovery, scheduling and reporting are provided in a very cost effective package.
Reporting features to track printer utilization and user or group volume

12. New in version 4.1 TotalFlow Print Manager Feature Benefits
New, high speed database
Replacing the database will enhance installation, remove failures and provide higher performance.
Generic Printer Support
With version 4.1, we will offer the ability to connect to the majority of PostScript printers available regardless of the vendor, extending the benefits of output management to more devices in the shop.
Drag and drop file submission
Version 4.1 also includes the ability to drop PDF files onto the
interface to create a new job in the system. This increases productivity, reducing the touch points required for jobs. Also enabled in the JST.
Due date tracking
In PM 4.1, we now track the due date assigned to a job.
Extending on the Print Manager core features, TotalFlow Production Manager offers a very simple but powerful workflow solution to automate such common tasks as file conversions, preflight, proof print and approvals to reduce the staff training requirements and therefore errors generated. In as little as a couple of minutes, a workflow can be configured to assure valid print jobs and reduce the touch points that have become all too common from users with limited experience in production print.

13. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISTRIBUTE OUTSIDE OF RICOH
Ricoh Target Customer Profile – TotalFlow PM
In-plants, POD printers and other small to mid-size production environments
Customer desires load balancing and scheduling to keep printer production optimized
Customer has existing PostScript or PCL data sources that need to be part of managed output flow
Customer needs general output management for controllers that have no queuing (GW)
Customer would like due date tracking and current status and projected completion of jobs
FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISTRIBUTE OUTSIDE OF RICOH

14. Print Manager Differentiators
TotalFlow
Print Manager Differentiators
Unlike competitive products, TotalFlow PM offers these capabilities:
Non-proprietary
Works with all Ricoh production printers using Ricoh and EFI controllers, plus an extensive list of inline and off line finishing. Enable other devices easily through pass through with tray and finishing translations. No longer rely on single, closed source with expensive accessories and options
Integrated
Solid integration with TotalFlow Path and Prep for business operations and document preparation
Intelligent
Recognizes the media catalogs of the new Ricoh and Fiery Server controllers for easy document layout and reliable scheduling and printing
With TotalFlow PM, rest easy in the knowledge that you are not tied to proprietary software. Data formats are primarily PDF and JDF, and support of both EFI and Ricoh controllers is assured for flexibility today and expanded growth opportunities tomorrow.

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The feature set reduces the chance of a mistake and makes the best use of hardware, regardless of the situation.
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TotalFlow PM
Summary
TotalFlow Print Manager adds a great productivity boost to the TotalFlow solution family by providing features that maximize printer utilization
TotalFlow Print and Production Manager can play a key role in many solutions for production print, whether it is simple output management or as an integral part of a larger workflow that may include TotalFlow Path for broader business integration. Plan for Print or Production Manager to be the work horse in your new, optimized production environment.

16. Competition – Output Management

17. Schedules
Prep English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch available now
Prep All above plus Japanese – July
Prep and Production Manager Advanced Imposition for Japanese – TBD, but likely late 2016, early 2017
Automation, training, professional services and customizations

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