[PrintOwners] Re: PrintSmith Users in the $500-750, 000 range

[Borzou Azabdaftari]

We've been doing our estimating by hand for almost 20 years (4 for  
me), so I'm new to the market, and have done fairly unbiased  
research. We're a much smaller shop (2 macs 2 pcs), but for me  
Printers Plan was so much easier to use, and fit my needs so much  
better, its worth buying windows for the Macs to have it.  Granted  
you'll need intel-based macs, so that upgrade may have to happen  
first, but then you can run windows and mac osx on the same screen,  
and bounce back and forth seamlessly.  Obviously you don't want to  
upgrade your computers just for this, but until then you're stuck  
with PrintSmith.  I do think its bush league that Printer's Plan  
doesn't offer a Mac version anymore though.

Borzou Azabdaftari
Falcon Print and Copy
1921 Gallows Road
Suite 150
Vienna, VA 22182
t.703.442.0124
f.703.442.0134
borzou at falconprintandcopy.com



On Oct 30, 2007, at 3:36 PM, James Diorio wrote:

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> The last I checked Printers Plan has only support for the PC  
> platform.  We have 12 computers here running Printsmith on Mac  
> preventing us from making a change.  If anyone knows differently I  
> would love to hear about it!
>
> James
>
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> On Oct 30, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Charlene Sims wrote:
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>> Craig I will say what John can't as a consultant and remain  
>> unbiased.  This
>> discussion about estimating software has been one of the hottest  
>> things on
>> an ongoing basis and that might be why people have been a little  
>> quiet.  I
>> would feel safe to say that the #1 recommended software that a lot  
>> of people
>> on this list would recommend would be Printers Plan.  They have an  
>> excellent
>> program with superb support.  I myself use PrintSmith but will be  
>> changing
>> in the next 6 months to Printers Plan because of some of the  
>> capabilities
>> that I see as being very powerful and useful.
>> ch
>>
>> Charlene Sims
>>
>> The Master's Press, Inc
>> 14550 Midway Road
>> Dallas, Tx  75244
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>> 000 range
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>> In a message dated 10/30/2007 10:41:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> craig at sutterprinting.com writes:
>>
>> what is  your
>> favorite? Maybe we should upgrade thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> Craig, I initially avoided your question because I really don't  
>> think  it is
>>
>> my place to recommend a specific program. After all is said and done,
>> virtually all of the computerized estimating programs out there  
>> today are
>> incredibly
>> powerful programs and all can do the job they were intended for  
>> if  set up
>> properly.  It would be a very unusual set of circumstances to   
>> find myself
>> recommending that someone actually switch or change from one   
>> estimating
>> program to
>> the next. I think it would be a rare situation where the  software  
>> itself is
>>
>> the primary source of fundamental problems being  encountered  
>> within a shop.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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