EDC Tips & Tricks & Copyshop News

EDC’s Tips and Tricks will appear regularly in Copyshop News. The first column highlighted some of the problems of creating, viewing and printing PDFs. You can also read the article on the Copyshop News website at http://www.copyshopnews.co.uk click on the Features button and then select ‘PDF Tips’

Marketing Innovations Forum, London College of Communications

EDC are presenting a Variable Data case study at this prestigious event, hosted by the Print on Demand Initiative (PODi) and the British Print Industry Federation (BPIF). The case study shows how a mixed media campaign, using personalised print and email dramatically increased response rates for a customer.

British Print Industry Federation (BPIF) Conference - Adding Value, Slashing Customer Costs

"Over 100 delegates met at Chelsea Football Club to hear speakers discussing profitability and adding value. Slashing your customers’ costs through e-business applications from Philip Mattimoe, Managing Director of The Electronic Document Company, provided great insight into complementary channels for delivering value to customers and higher margins. The company is working with a number of printing companies to help them deliver greater value. Give them a call and establish how you can gain some advantage!" (Source: BPIF website, http://www.britishprint.com/news/article.asp?nid=975&s=1)

International Direct Marketing Fair

EDC have been invited to speak in the Digital Print Pavilion at the International Direct Marketing Fair. The exhibition is to be held at Earls Court, London on 23-24th Feb 2005. You can access the exhibition website here http://www.idmf.co.uk/

EDC launches its own monthly Newsletter

EDC have taken the bold step of creating and distributing its own monthly Newsletter via email. The Newsletter contains handy hints, tips and offers as well as a digest of all of the latest news about the company. If you would like to subscribe to the Newsletter, email us by clicking on the link here.

BPIF eBusiness of the Year Award Winners

Lord Heseltine was the guest speaker at the prestigious British Print Industry Federation (BPIF) Excellence Awards 2004, where The Electronic Document Company were presented with the industry's eBusiness Award. EDC were also finalists in the 'Best Use of Digital
Print' Category. http://www.britishprint.com/industry/awards/ebus04.asp

SSL Security Update

The latest release of DocuPump™ includes SSL security and HTTPS encryption options. "This is a particularly exciting development for customers requiring secure online access to their documents" commented CTO Philip Mattimoe.

PODi Best Practices 4th Edition

PODi announces the release of the fourth edition of their popular Best Practices in Digital Print report. The study of these projects provides PODi with a unique perspective on digital print industry trends and best practices. A new feature is ten in-depth studies of successful projects including EDC and their DocuPump™ application. http://www.podi.org/pdf/resources/case-studies/chameleon_manual_mgmt.pdf.

Short listed Again....and Again!!

EDC and DocuPump™ have been short listed yet again for the prestigious Printing World Awards in an additional category — SME Print Business of the Year.

EDC Short listed Again!!

EDC and DocuPump™ have been short listed for the prestigious Printing World Awards 2004 in the Digital Printing category http://www.dotprint.com/awards. The winner will be announced on July 1 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in London.

DocuPump™ and Xerox at Drupa

At Drupa, Xerox will be outputting samples of jobs that were originally produced using DocuPump™, on their latest DocuPrint print engines.

PIRA highlights DocuPump™

PIRA are to highlight DocuPump™ as a successful demand printing case in their prestigious Digital
Demand publication.

DocuPump™ selected for PODi Case Study

EDC and DocuPump™ have been independently recognised by PODi (the Digital Printing Initiative) who will highlight the company and its Award Winning software as a Case Study, to be published in their prestigious Best Practices report, 2004 edition.

EDC to Present DocuPump™

EDC have been invited to present DocuPump™ during the Digital Print Applications Forum at the Digital Solutions Expo to be held on 22nd October at London's ExCel. CEO Philip Mattimoe will illustrate the potential ROI provided by DocuPump™ based on a real world implementation of the software.

International Recognition

PODi (the Digital Printing Initiative) will highlight the company and its Award Winning software during an Industry Briefing at Graph Expo in Chicago.

E-Business Awards

EDC and DocuPump are currently on a shortlist of 8 E-Business finalists from all industries, in the prestigious UK regional E-Commerce awards, a partnership between industry and government. Industry sponsors include BT, HP Oracle, Cisco, Sage, Royal Bank of Scotland and The Sunday Times. Visit the E-Commerce awards site at http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/shortlist/l.html

DocuPump™ Trademarked

Today, DocuPump™ has officially become a Registered Trademark, recognising unique technology as being identified by strong branding.

Even More Digital Printing Equipment!

EDC have just installed another Xerox 6135 to enhance their digital printing capabilities.

New Team Member at Alperton

Jo Greene has joined our Customer Services Team this week. A great addition, and part of an ongoing process of increasing our customer focus.

DocuPump™ Garners Further New Custom for EDC

One of the largest players in the Health and Safety Industry, have selected EDC and DocuPump™ to manage, print and fulfil their training material. Online orders are digitally printed and shipped within 8 working hours, allowing the customer to maximise the number of delegates per event.

DocuPump™ Welcomes Top IT Trainer

DocuPump™ welcomes a UK Top 5, IT Training Company, as its latest user. "We are particularly strong in this sector and this is another example of the ROI that our customers see from using DocuPump™," commented CFO Veronica Mulcahy.

DocuPump™ Chosen Again!

Prominent UK Conciliation Service choose EDC and DocuPump™ to manage and print their training material.

Digital Colour Investment

"The new digital printing equipment installed today, doubles colour production capacity to over 40 million A4 sides p.a." commented Production Director Gary Cooke.

DocuPump™ Version 6.0 Launch

Version 6 is launched today with a totally new and enhanced document engine. "Our new Order Oriented logic transforms document production from an art form into a manufacturing process." commented IT Director Philip Mattimoe.

DocuPump™ Version 6.0 Beta

Version 5 has been operating successfully in the field for nearly two years, and Version 6 Beta testing in now underway. Scheduled release is 3rd quarter 2002.

£30,000 Grant Awarded

Central Government funded Park Royal Partnership award grant of £30,000 to The Electronic Document Company. "The award recognises the technical excellence of the Document Service Provider project." Commented Financial Director, Veronica Mulcahy.

Web Interface Enhancement

After four months extensive design and development, a new DocuPump™ web interface is unveiled. "We have met all our development objectives by producing an interface that provides continual application navigation whilst running on a thin web client." Commented Design Manager, Derrick Herbert.

EDC Open New DSP Centre

Today, EDC opened its new Document Service Provider facility. The new freehold premises in West London were acquired in early March and an extensive fitting program was undertaken. Production Director Gary Cooke said: "The new premises are an exciting development that will enhance our ability to respond to customer needs by housing IT Services, Software Development, Printing, Storage and Fulfilment on one site."

British Airways Choose DocuPump™

A BA Spokesman commented: "British Airways reviewed several options and chose EDC as it was the best fit for our needs and demonstrated processes which added value to the total proposition. Security is of great importance to British Airways, and it was vital that any system we used satisfied those requirements."