Label Traxx, the management information software (MIS) solution
provider for the label converting industry, today announced it has completed
integration with HP PrintOS Print Beat Jobs API. As a result, Label Traxx job
costing analysis can capture information from HP Indigo presses to include in
costing.
With the new Label Traxx collaboration, HP Indigo digital press users
can connect Label Traxx to HPs PrintOS to access information captured by the HP
Indigo press, including production time, ink and media usage captured by the HP
Indigo press. The data fed from PrintOS Print Beat Jobs API is thereby included
in the Label Traxx cost analysis to reach accurate job costing. Label Traxx is
the first MIS provider in the label industry able to import valuable HP Indigo
digital press data from the jobs API feature in HP PrintOS Print Beat.
“We finally have the remaining piece to the puzzle when it comes to
post-production calculations for digitally-printed jobs,” said Ken Meinhardt,
president of Label Traxx. “HP Indigo press users now have the real ‘actual’
data when it comes to comparing estimated ink, media and production time versus
actual production.”
Innovative Labeling Solutions (ILS) in Hamilton, OH, has grown
business significantly by utilizing HP Indigo technology, Label Traxx, and
finishing from AB Graphic. “Label Traxx is now taking press data directly from
our fleet of HP Indigo machines, giving us the most accurate shop floor data
collection we have ever had before. We can be sure that our job costing
calculations on profitability are accurate,” said Jay Dollries, owner.
“With the accelerating trend of short runs, automation is becoming key
for label converters. Integration between HP Indigo and Label Traxx enables
label converters not only to accurately perform job costing, but also to reduce
touchpoints and simplify their production practices,” said Alon Bar-Shany,
General Manager, HP Indigo.
HP PrintOS is a cloud-based print production operating system with web
and mobile apps that help label and packaging manufacturers get more out of
their HP presses while simplifying production. HP PrintOS – an open, secure
cloud-based platform – makes it easy to manage print jobs from submission to
shipment with partner collaboration.
Label Traxx and its new HP PrintOS Print Beat Jobs API integration
will be demonstrated at Dscoop Edge in Orlando, March 29 - April 1, 2020.
