🖨️ Industry · Printing — India
Your print floor is running.
But do you know where every job is right now?
From order received to dispatch — live visibility across every stage of your print floor. No more morning status calls. No more missed deadlines you only hear about after the fact.
GP Offset, Mumbai — eliminated 40+ daily status calls
As featured in PrintWeek India, April 2026
Your Production Flow
Every stage. Every bottleneck. Every opportunity.
This is how a print job moves through your business. Clicarity gives you live visibility at every phase — and flags delays before they become client calls.
01
Lead Generation & Order
4 stages
Enquiry Received
Client calls, emails, or WhatsApps with a print requirement.
⚠ Common delay: enquiry not logged, falls through the cracks
Quote Sent
Pricing communicated to client. Awaiting approval.
⚠ Common delay: quote sitting unanswered, nobody follows up
Order Confirmed
Client confirms. Job officially entered into the system.
✓ Clicarity: Job ID created, assigned, production begins
Job Card Created
Specifications logged — size, quantity, paper, finish, deadline.
✓ Clicarity: All specs captured, shared with production instantly
02
Pre-Production & Planning
5 stages
File / Artwork Received
Client sends print-ready file or artwork for processing.
⚠ Common delay: file not received, nobody chasing client
Pre-Press / File Check
File checked for bleed, resolution, colour profile, fonts.
⚠ Common delay: corrections needed, back-and-forth adds days
Proof / Soft Proof
Digital or physical proof sent to client for approval.
⚠ Common delay: client takes days to approve, job sits idle
Plate Making
Printing plates made from approved artwork. Offset only.
✓ Clicarity: Stage logged, timestamps recorded, next stage notified
Paper / Material Procurement
Paper stock or substrate procured or pulled from inventory.
⚠ Common delay: material not in stock, vendor late
03
Production
8 stages
Printing
Job goes on press. Quantity printed, wastage recorded.
✓ Clicarity: Quantity in/out tracked. Wastage visible live.
UV Coating
UV varnish applied for gloss, matte, or spot finish.
⚠ Common delay: machine queue, sheets sit between stages
Lamination
Gloss or matte film applied to printed sheets.
⚠ Common delay: highest wastage stage in most print shops
Die Cutting
Sheets cut into final shape using a die.
✓ Clicarity: Batch tracked, rejection rate visible per run
Folding
Sheets folded to required configuration.
Pasting / Gluing
Glue applied for box or booklet assembly.
⚠ Common delay: second highest rejection stage
Binding
Perfect binding, saddle stitch, or spiral for books/booklets.
Cutting / Trimming
Final trim to finished dimensions.
✓ Clicarity: Final quantity before QC automatically calculated
04
Quality & Finishing
3 stages
QC Inspection
Final quality check. Rejections recorded, reasons logged.
✓ Clicarity: Rejection rate tracked by stage, pattern visible over time
Rework / Reprint
Rejected jobs re-enter production at the failed stage.
⚠ Common delay: rework not tracked, cost invisible
Numbering / Variable Data
Serialisation, personalisation, or variable printing applied.
05
Dispatch & Delivery
4 stages
Packing
Jobs packed, quantity verified, bundles labelled.
✓ Clicarity: Packed quantity logged, shortfall flagged automatically
Delivery Challan
Delivery document raised for the consignment.
⚠ Common delay: billing not notified, invoice delayed 2-3 days
Dispatch
Job handed to courier or own vehicle for delivery.
✓ Clicarity: Dispatch timestamp recorded, job marked complete
Delivered & Confirmed
Client receives goods. Confirmation logged.
✓ Clicarity: Full job history available — from order to delivery
Where Printing Businesses Lose Time & Money
Real bottlenecks. Real costs. Real fixes.
These are the patterns Clicarity helps printing businesses identify — and fix — within the first few weeks.
Pre-Press Stage
Files sitting in pre-press for 2 days before anyone noticed
A printing business in Mumbai tracked their pre-press stage and found that artwork corrections were taking an average of 2.4 days per job — but nobody was following up. Jobs were waiting silently. Once visible, they set a 4-hour response rule and cut pre-press time by 60%.
Pre-press TAT reduced from 2.4 days to 0.9 days
Lamination Stage
18% wastage at lamination — happening every single job
A commercial printer tracked quantity in and out at every stage. Lamination was losing 18% of sheets consistently. The cause: a worn roller that the operator knew about but hadn't escalated. Identified on day 3. Fixed on day 4. Wastage dropped to 4%.
Material loss reduced from 18% to 4% in one week
Dispatch Stage
Jobs ready for 2 days — dispatch didn't know, invoice unsent
A printing house found that finished jobs were sitting in the packing area for an average of 1.8 days before dispatch was notified. Billing didn't know the job was complete until dispatch confirmed. Invoices were going out 3 days late — consistently affecting cash flow.
Same-day dispatch and invoicing — cash in 3 days earlier
Real Printing Business. Real Results.
"My mornings used to start with me running around asking where each job was. Half the time nobody had a clear answer. Now I open one screen and I have everything. The team has also become more responsible on their own — because they know it's all visible."
Read the full GP Offset case study →
What improves in printing businesses using Clicarity
↓ 60%
Reduction in morning status calls
↑ 89%
On-time delivery rate
↓ 70%
Wastage at lamination stage
5 days
To go live — full setup included
One licence. Your entire print floor.
No per-user fees. Full setup by the Clicarity team. Live in 5 days.
Single Licence
₹30,000
/ year
1 user · Annual licence
₹82 a day. Less than a daily meal for one person — for your entire team's visibility, all year.
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Multi Licence
₹55,000
/ year
Unlimited users · Annual licence
₹150 a day. Less than the cost of one missed delivery — for full visibility across your entire team.
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Annual billing · No hidden charges · Full setup included · Go live in 5 days
Questions from printing businesses
How does Clicarity work for a printing business specifically?
Clicarity is configured around your specific print workflow — pre-press, printing, finishing, dispatch — in your terminology. Every job gets a unique ID and moves through your defined stages. You see live status, timestamps, and bottleneck alerts at every stage. The Clicarity team builds everything for you. You go live in 5 days.
Does it work for both offset and digital printing?
Yes. Clicarity works for any print process — offset, digital, wide format, screen printing, or a combination. The stages are configured around your actual workflow. If offset jobs go through plate making and digital jobs skip that stage, both can be tracked correctly under the same system.
Can it track material wastage at each stage?
Yes — with the Multi Licence. At every stage, your team logs quantity in and quantity out. Clicarity calculates the loss automatically. You see wastage by stage, by job, live — not at month-end when nothing can be done about it.
Will my press operators actually use it?
Yes. The update screen has two fields — Job ID and status. Under a minute. No training needed. GP Offset's entire team was using it from day one, including floor workers who had never used a software system before.
See your print floor. Every job. Right now.
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