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Printing press software modules

These are the ERP modules inside MinePress. A printing job moves from the estimate to the gate pass through sales, production, materials, GST billing and delivery.

One path for every job

A book, a notebook order, a brochure or a label run all move through the same spine. Steps that a customer does not need can be switched off for that party.

1QuotationPaper, print, plates and finishing priced together.
2Job cardAccepted quote becomes the production order.
3Pre-pressDesign, DTP, CTP and plates, with versions.
4PrintingMachine, impressions and make-ready.
5BindingBinding, lamination and special processes.
6InvoiceGST bill, receipt and job profit.
7DispatchChallan, gate pass and delivery.

Sales & Quotation

Estimators stop rebuilding the same quote in a spreadsheet. Rates stay with the party, and an accepted quote opens the job.

  • Party master with contact, GSTIN and payment terms
  • Quotations with paper, printing, DTP, plates, binding, lamination and other processes
  • Party-wise rates so repeat customers are not re-priced from memory
  • Open quotations and follow-ups
  • Revision history when quantity or finish changes
  • Convert an accepted quotation into a job order
The rate calculator prices the job before it becomes an enquiry.

Job & Production Management

The job card is the file everyone shares — estimator, designer, machine operator and dispatcher.

  • Job number, party, product, size, colours, quantity and due date
  • Status from design through printing, binding and delivery
  • Scheduling across the day’s machines
  • Live updates when a stage is completed
  • Hold and delay flags when plates, paper or approval is waiting
  • Estimated cost beside actual consumption
Accepted work lands on the job order list, with amount and status.

Pre-Press & Design

Artwork, DTP, CTP and plate making stay attached to the job, including which version was approved.

  • Artwork intake and version history
  • DTP tasks and who they are assigned to
  • CTP and plate-making records
  • Proof approval before the job is released to print
  • Traceability from file to plate to printed sheet
Cover, text, plates, binding and finishing stay on the same job.

Printing & Machine Management

Know which press is running, how many impressions it took, and what the make-ready cost.

  • Allocate jobs to offset, digital or other machines
  • Impression counts and production logs
  • Make-ready and running time
  • Machine-wise output against the planned quantity
  • Colour and machine notes on the job
The command center shows which press is running, and which job is on it.

Binding & Finishing

Post-press is part of the job, not a note in the margin. Binding style and special processes are costed and tracked.

  • Section sewing, perfect binding, center pin, spiral and hardcover
  • Lamination, creasing, folding and numbering
  • UV, foiling, die-cutting and other special processes
  • A post-press queue so binding is not guessed from the floor

Inventory & Raw Material

Paper is not one item. MinePress tracks it the way the godown stores it, then issues it to a job.

  • Paper by size, GSM, brand, sheets and reels
  • Ink, plates, chemicals and other consumables
  • Stock issued against a job
  • Live balance and low-stock alerts
  • Visibility of what is reserved for open jobs

Purchase & Vendor Management

Paper, plates and outwork have suppliers, orders and receipts — linked back to the jobs that needed them.

  • Supplier directory and rate comparison
  • Purchase orders
  • Goods receipts into stock
  • Buying for a specific job or for general stock
Outwork such as plates is ordered against the job, not in a separate notebook.

Accounts & Finance

Billing sits on the same job the press already ran, with GST and a view of whether that job made money.

  • Tax invoices, receipts and credit notes
  • GST breakup for the bill
  • Customer outstanding and collections
  • Expenses recorded against the business
  • Job-level profit against the original estimate
Outstanding, cash and the account books open from one ledger home.

Dispatch & Delivery

What left the press is documented. Partial deliveries stay visible until the order is complete.

  • Delivery challan from the finished job
  • Gate pass for material leaving the premises
  • Partial dispatch with the balance still pending
  • A list of jobs waiting to go out

Approvals & Workflow

Quotes, artwork, jobs and invoices can wait for the right person instead of moving through chat messages.

  • Approval steps from purchase through production to dispatch
  • A named owner for each step
  • History of who approved what, and when
  • Work stays in one workspace instead of side conversations
Approvals wait on the workspace until the right person accepts or rejects them.

Reporting & Analytics

Owners see sales, production, stock and money without asking three people to export a sheet.

  • Sales and open quotations
  • Production and machine use
  • Costing and job profitability
  • Inventory and wastage
  • Outstanding and GST summaries
Each quote keeps a cost breakdown the office can reopen later.

Multi-Tenant & Multi-User

One press, several branches, or a group of companies. Each person sees the work their role allows.

  • Separate companies or branches on one installation
  • Users for estimator, designer, operator, dispatcher, accountant and owner
  • Role-based access by module
  • A workspace per tenant, with its own parties, jobs and stock

Products, documents and party flags

The same press rarely prints only one thing. MinePress keeps the product, the paperwork and the optional processes explicit.

BooksText, cover, sections and binding on one job.
NotebooksRuling, page count, cover and binding.
RegistersAccount books and ruled commercial stationery.
BrochuresFolded commercial print with finish options.
CatalogsMulti-page sales pieces with their own costing.
LabelsShort and repeat runs tracked like any other job.
PackagingCartons and packs with special processes.
And moreLetterheads, calendars and other commercial work.

Documents on the workflow

Each document is a stage, not a separate register.

  • Book job record
  • Binding instruction
  • Delivery challan
  • Tax invoice
  • Receipt
  • Dispatch
  • Gate pass

By-party flags

Turn a step on or off for a customer. A publisher who sends print-ready plates does not get charged for DTP or CTP, and those tasks do not appear on the job.

Design
DTP
CTP
Plates
Printing
Binding
Finishing

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