Printer's Plan

Printer's Plan by PagePath Technologies (now part of Print Reach following a 2019 merger) has served print shops for years with comprehensive features and a team that "understands printing and printers." Many users appreciate the software's reliability, noting it has "never once crashed" and "always accurate and gets the job done," with a great customer service team ready to help when needed.

However, some print shop owners are exploring alternatives due to:

• Extremely difficult programming and setup — Users report "usually spending hours to get the system to calculate cost and mark up properly on new items," making it time-consuming and frustrating to add products or adjust pricing structures
• Complex category and pricing creation — Creating new categories and pricing structures is described as "a bit difficult," requiring specialized knowledge and significant time investment that could be spent on more productive tasks
• Limited concurrent user capacity — The system is "limited to a certain number of people on at one time," creating bottlenecks during busy periods when multiple team members need access simultaneously
• Mandatory internet connectivity — Users "have to be connected to the internet to use" the software, meaning any internet outage completely halts estimating and order processing, leaving shops unable to quote or process work
• Price increases with cloud transition — Users note that "the price has gone up with the transition to cloud-based hosting," with current pricing at $395 per month, representing significant cost increases for long-time users
• Steep learning curve — The difficulty in programming and setting up new items means new employees require extensive training, and even experienced users struggle with configuration tasks

If you need software that's easier to configure without spending hours on pricing setup, want unlimited concurrent users without bottlenecks, or prefer a solution that works offline when internet connectivity fails, the alternatives below offer more user-friendly and flexible approaches to print shop management.