Print orders from the allocation
The print quantity is derived from the allocation, so it moves with the allocation right up until it is locked.
Print management · for brands and their estates
Print management, from the approval to the door
Approved lines become print orders with live quantities and prices. Your suppliers see precisely what to produce for which stores, and the commercial trail — every line, every rate — writes itself.
The problem
Typed again at every hand-off
The artwork is approved in one place, the order is keyed into another and the delivery is chased by phone. Every hand-off is a chance for a quantity to change, a version to slip or a price to drift.
How it works
Print management, step by step
01
Approve
The artwork is signed off with its version recorded, so the order can only ever be for the file that was approved.
02
Order
Approved lines become print orders, the quantity the sum of the allocation plus spares, never a number typed from last week’s sheet.
03
Buy
One specification priced by every trade printer an account is held with, the cheapest first and the faster ones after; the PDF checked before it goes.
04
Track
Ordered by purchase order or card and followed by the courier’s own tracking, all the way to the door.
What it does
Print management: what it does
One specification, every printer
Size, stock, finish and quantity priced by each trade printer through their own systems, ranked by price and by speed.
The PDF checked first
Artwork is checked before it is sent, not after the printer rejects it.
Purchase orders or card
Each order paid the way your accounts team wants it paid, with the order number kept against the job.
A clean supplier hand-off
Suppliers see exactly what to produce for which stores, without a spreadsheet to interpret.
A commercial trail per order
Every line, every rate and every change kept with the order, ready for whoever reconciles it.
Questions
Print management: what people ask
Do we have to change printers?
No. Your printers stay your printers and see exactly what to produce for which stores. Where work goes to trade printers, one specification is priced by each and ranked for you.
How are print quantities worked out?
From the allocation: the stores’ quantities summed, with spares added, and kept up to date until the allocation is locked — never typed in by hand.
Can head office approve orders before they are placed?
Yes. Orders go through approval, and an order a store places through its portal is approved by head office before it goes anywhere.
Can trade printers be paid by card?
Yes. A trade order can be placed against a purchase order or paid by card, and it is tracked to the door either way.
Works with
Licensed on its own, better together
Every module shares one estate and one sign-in, so adding the next is a decision, not a migration.
Print costing and quotes
Rate cards per client, a brief priced into a quote, margins approved before the job runs.
Delivery tracking
Every parcel to every store from the courier’s own tracking, exceptions first.
Artwork approval
Versioned, preflighted artwork with comments on the proof and recorded sign-off.
Store ordering portal
Your own shop for your stores, in your brand: PO ordering, editable artwork, approvals.
Request access
Get your estate on Inkari
Access is by invitation — tell us about your estate and we will set it up properly, with your stores, your products and your suppliers in place from day one. We reply within one working day.
- A guided walkthrough with your own campaign as the example
- Your estate structured before you first sign in
- Licence only the modules you need — add more when they earn their place
- No self-serve trial to fight with — a person, then a portal
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