[PrintOwners] Printsmith to Printer's Plan Advantages?

[Tom King]

Snip> is it the software that is so superior or is it the people behind the
software that make it superior? Hands on personal service by the 
> owners of any business go a long way toward developing a loyal 
> customer base.

Snip >It is just a matter of time before there are changes at PP due to the
owners' age, health or other reasons. Those changes may turn out to be good
but they also may be bad so what do you do then? 

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I don't know 'nuthin about Printsmith or much about computer programming
stuff, but one advantage PP might have is that the whole program is done in
Microsoft Access which makes it relatively simple for them to make changes,
upgrades and alterations to the program. That's also one of the reasons the
program is so stable and 'bulletproof'.

As far as the future of PP, if they closed their doors tomorrow, which of
course they won't, someone smart could rewrite the program so you could
continue to use your existing files. All of the tables are open and
accessible and even someone as dense as me can, and has, used Microsoft
Access to make their own queries and reports based on the raw information in
the tables without even using the Printer's Plan 'interface' (Don't try this
at home, kids! I do it just 'cause I'm a computer geek and like to mess with
stuff like that). 

Just my thoughts.

Tom King
King Printing
1305 W. College Ave.
State College, PA 16801
Phone: 814-238-2536
Fax: 814-237-5238
Email: TomK at KingPrintingOnline.com