Bangalore, February 5, 2010 : Printo today announced the launch of the first print services store on New BEL Road. This addresses a long standing demand in this vibrant North Bangalore locality, bringing professional printing to the neighborhood. Printo's store will provide people residing and working in and around the area access to instant high quality print services and personalised products.
Along with high quality colour and black and white prints, this one-stop print-shop will be offer high end personalized products such as calendars, posters, photobook, diaries, large prints on paper and canvas etc. They will also cater to large volume offset print requirements of their customers. Printo promises to offer a great experience to every customer that uses the services at the store irrespective of the size of the order or the purchasing power or status of the customer. Says LP Nagaprashanth, alumnus of MS Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies on BEL Road, "As design students, we would have to travel to Chamrajpet or Malleswaram for quality presentation printing or thesis binding. While we had several photocopy shops, we sorely missed a store like Printo. This new store is going to few a boon for present students and designers in that area".
With a modern store design, well trained staff and cutting-edge printing and finishing equipment, Printo's consumer-driven experience is a novel concept in the printing industry. Printo uses a unique model wherein customers can choose form hundreds of templates to create business cards, brochures, posters, calendars, diaries, photobooks, greeting cards and invitations. This personalised product approach helps customers reduce printing time and costs, while increasing choice. Printo follows a transparent pricing policy with volume-based discounts built into the pricing of all products.
Commenting on the launch of its 11th store in the country, Lalana Zaveri, Director (Operations)
About Printo:
Printo is redefining the digital printing business by offering consumers and businesses a radically easy and practical model for meeting their printing requirements. Printo believes that the Indian print customer is hugely under-served in terms of quality and reliability and does not have easy access to a reliable, hassle-free print provider. Printo's vision is to make printing accessible and hassle free by establishing 250 outlets across the country. Printo also has a range of solutions to help manage print costs for large corporate customers and clients include Cafe Coffee Day, Infosys, Wipro, Dell and Titan.
Printo is a professional, board-managed company co-founded by professionals from the document printing and the IT services industry. The company has attracted investments from Seedfund and Sequoia Capital – two of the biggest names in the investor community. Its investors include Pravin Gandhi (co-founder Infinity Ventures and SeedFund), Sridar Iyengar (Director, Rediff, Infosys and ICICI) and Naresh Malhotra (ex-Cafe Coffee Day).
