Print production board
Every job on one board the whole shop can see.
Print → Lamination → Cutting & Finishing → Sign-off → Delivery. Drag jobs between stages, print job tickets with QR codes for the shop floor, and put the live board on a TV, where it refreshes itself every minute.
The board
"Where's that job?" Answered from across the room.
Stages that mirror how a real print shop actually works, with completed jobs tidying themselves away after three days.
Print 2
Lamination 1
Finishing 1
Delivery 1
Jobs arrive ready to print
Nothing lands in the print column until it's approved and paid; the pipeline stages (approval, payment) sit upstream on the same board.
paid-before-print gateDrag it through the stages
Print, lamination, cutting & finishing, sign-off, delivery or collection. One drag per handover, visible to everyone instantly.
drag-and-dropreal print stagesJob tickets with QR codes
Print a ticket with the full spec for the shop floor. Scan the QR next to the press to open the live order on any phone or tablet.
printable ticketsQR to orderPut it on a TV
Full-screen TV mode auto-refreshes every 60 seconds, so the whole workshop sees the same live picture without asking anyone.
TV board modeauto-refreshWhy printers switch
Calmer mornings, fewer surprises.
Nothing slips
Every live job is visible with its stage, spec and payment status. No more finding a forgotten order in a drawer on deadline day.
Fewer interruptions
The front desk stops walking to the press to ask. The press stops phoning the front desk. The board answers both.
An audit trail per job
Every stage move is logged with who and when, useful for "when did this actually go out?" months later.
Part of the whole flow
The same system handles the quote, approval, payment and Xero invoice that got the job onto the board in the first place.
Questions
The board, answered.
Can the stages be changed to match our shop?
The defaults mirror a real print workflow, and we can tailor stages, labels and rules to fit how your shop actually runs.
What do we need for the TV board?
Any TV or screen with a web browser. A £30 stick PC or an old laptop works fine. Open the board, press full-screen, done.
Is the board an extra cost?
No, it's part of PrintDesk. One subscription covers quoting, approvals, payments, Xero and the production board.
See it with your own jobs.
Book a 30-minute demo and we'll walk a real job through the whole flow: quote, approval, payment, Xero invoice, production board. £39.99 + VAT a month, everything included, live within 48 hours.