TankDev installs the system for your print shop, adapts it to your brand, and integrates your products and print templates. Your usage license is provided with the setup.
WEB + DESKTOP / ONE PRODUCTION FLOW
Web-to-Print & Production Automation for Print Shops
Freedom to design.
Precision in production.
Customers design or personalize print products on your own print shop website and place an order. The design and order details arrive together in your dedicated admin panel. A desktop app connected to the website prepares the file for an Adobe Illustrator production workflow. Invitations, business cards, labels and other customizable jobs move through one process instead of separate files and manual edits.
Web-to-print software for print shops connects an online design editor, print order management and Illustrator-ready file preparation in one workflow.
- 01Online designLive customization or from scratch
- 02Print orderFile in the admin panel
- 03Production fileDesktop-prepared for Illustrator
WEB-TO-PRINT FOR PRINT SHOPS
One system from online design to a production-ready file.
For a customer’s on-screen design to move into print production, the order information and production file need to stay connected. This is more than an online print ordering site: the browser editor, admin panel and printer-facing desktop application are built as parts of one process.
How does the customer create a design?
A customer can open an existing print design and edit its text, fonts, dimensions and shapes live. If a template does not fit, they can build a custom design from scratch. Seeing changes in the browser helps them make design decisions before placing the order.
How does an online print order enter production?
When the purchase is complete, the customer design and its production file move into the admin panel. The printer retrieves the order and file from one place. This keeps the customer’s design choices connected to the file used by the production team.
How is a file prepared for Illustrator?
The printer imports the order file into the desktop application. The app automatically converts the chosen text, fonts, sizes and shapes into a print-ready file suited to an Illustrator-based production workflow. The printer no longer needs to recreate the customer design as a separate task.
FROM YOUR WEBSITE TO THE PRESS
Your print shop website, admin panel and production software work together.
We build more than an attractive site for your print shop. A modern website designed around your brand and workflow lets customers customize a print or create their own design and order online. In a dedicated admin panel, you manage your site content and incoming orders yourself. When the printer moves an order file into the desktop app, the design becomes a production file for an Illustrator-based workflow. The website, software and Illustrator are connected parts of the same job.
A website built for your print shop
Instead of applying a generic template, we design a site around your brand and preferred look. Customers explore your print services, create their design and place the order in one place.
An admin panel you control
Your dedicated panel lets you edit site content and follow incoming orders. The design file needed for printing stays with the order in the panel.
Desktop preparation for Illustrator
The printer downloads the file and imports it into the dedicated desktop app. Text, fonts, dimensions and shapes are automatically converted into a print-ready file for the Illustrator workflow.
Clear content for search and AI tools
We prepare clear service and product pages, then add a sitemap, structured data and supporting resources such as llms.txt so the site content is accessible and understandable.
The customer designs and orders on your site. You manage the order in your own panel. The printer prepares the file for Illustrator and moves it into production.
Plan your print shop websiteBUILT FOR BOTH SIDES
Customers design freely. Production stays controlled.
Live personalization
Customers edit existing prints, seeing changes to text, fonts, dimensions and shapes as they make them.
Design from scratch
They can create a custom print design without being limited to a template.
Order to file
A purchased design arrives in the admin panel with its production file, ready for the printer to retrieve.
Automated print preparation
The desktop app converts customer choices into a print-ready file for the Illustrator workflow.
END-TO-END INTEGRATION
From on-screen design to production file.
The website and desktop application work from the same order data. The printer receives a production file instead of recreating the design.
- 01
Browser design
Customers customize an existing print or create from scratch, choosing text, fonts, dimensions and shapes live.
- 02
Order and admin panel
Once purchased, the design file needed for production reaches the admin panel.
- 03
Desktop application
The printer downloads the order file and imports it into our desktop application built for the print workflow.
- 04
Illustrator-ready output
The app converts the selected fonts, dimensions and shapes into a print-ready file for an Illustrator-based workflow.
ONE SYSTEM / MANY PRINT JOBS
Whatever your customer prints, design and order stay in one workflow.
This print shop software is not tied to one product. Customers can customize your existing templates in the browser or create an original design. We configure editable fields, product options and production preparation around your catalog and the way your shop works.
Invitations and occasion prints
Customers edit names, date, venue, type and layout in a live preview.
- Names and text
- Date and venue
- Font and size
Customers edit variable details in an existing invitation template online. The approved design and text move into production with the order.
WHERE CAN IT BE USED?
These products illustrate use cases; we configure the system around your actual catalog and production method.
Business cards and stationery
Customers change business details in a live preview. The shop receives the design data and selected dimensions with the order.
Labels and stickers
Copy, logo, dimensions and shape are captured in the online order, then carried into production preparation.
Posters and signage
Artwork, copy and print dimensions are settled during ordering. The final design the customer saw reaches production.
Brochures and flyers
For repeat brochure or flyer jobs, customers enter content changes and the approved version stays attached to the order.
Magnets and personalized prints
Customers edit photos and personal details live. Your shop can offer its own product options in the same system.
A PRINTER’S DAILY WORK
Stop reopening design files for every small revision.
One customer changes an invitation date, another updates a phone number on a business card, and a third adjusts a label size. Pulling details from messages, matching them to orders and rebuilding print files takes time. When customers make changes on your website, the final design stays with the order; your panel makes the job visible and the desktop app prepares the file for your Illustrator workflow.
- 01Customer edits on your website
- 02Order and design reach your panel
- 03Desktop app prepares the file
- 04Illustrator workflow to print
A PRACTICAL PRODUCTION NEED
More than a design editor: a print production workflow.
An online design editor matters to a print shop only when the order can be carried into production. Here, the customer preview, purchased design, admin-panel file and desktop-prepared Illustrator output are tied to the same order.
Personalizing existing print designs
Customers edit the print designs offered by the shop online. The printer can process the order file without manually repeating each requested change.
Custom design orders
Customers can create a design independent of a template. Their choices carry through purchase and file preparation, keeping custom and standard orders in one connected process.
Consistency between web and desktop
The browser provides an accessible design experience. The desktop application adapts the same design data to the printer’s Illustrator-based production environment, connecting the two sides.
ILLUSTRATOR-READY
PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PRINT SHOPS
The customer’s design becomes the file the printer needs.
Your customer-facing website, the dedicated panel you manage and the desktop software that prepares files for Illustrator work from the same order data. We build the process from design to production as one system.
Discuss your projectFrequently asked questions
What is web-to-print software, and what does this system cover?
Web-to-print lets customers create print designs and place orders online. This system connects a live design editor, post-purchase admin panel and a desktop app that prepares production-ready files for Illustrator.
Can customers only edit existing print designs?
No. Customers can personalize existing designs live or create a custom design from scratch. Text, font, size and shape choices stay with the order.
How does an online print order reach the printer?
After purchase, the design file needed for production appears in the admin panel. The printer downloads it and imports it into the desktop application.
What does the desktop app prepare for Illustrator?
It automatically converts the customer’s selected text, fonts, dimensions and shapes into a print-ready file for an Illustrator-based workflow.
Does the system replace Adobe Illustrator?
No. It prepares the production file required by the printer’s Illustrator workflow and works alongside the existing production environment.
How do the website and desktop app work together?
The web interface captures the design and order data. The order file from the admin panel is imported into the desktop app, which converts the same design into a production file.
Do you build the print shop website and admin panel too?
Yes. We develop a website suited to your brand, a dedicated panel for managing content and orders, an online design editor and the desktop print-preparation app as a connected system.
Does adding llms.txt guarantee more sales from Google or AI tools?
Not on its own. llms.txt is a supporting information resource for some AI tools. The foundation is a crawlable website, clear product and service content, sound technical SEO and an ordering experience customers can use easily.