Artwork intake from brands and converters
File upload portal, preflight, and customer-spec validation up front — so files don't sit in CSR inboxes waiting on a missing die line.
Flexo prepress software · Trade shop edition
Flexo prepress software that runs the business, not just the imager.
Most flexo prepress software stops at the RIP. Flexoworks runs everything around it — artwork intake, quoting, plate tracking, gang allocation, converter delivery, and plate-area invoicing — on one purpose-built system for flexographic trade shops.
Plate area · jobs · customers · AR — one system of record
Why most flexo prepress software is half the picture
Your imager isn't your business. Plate area, customers, and AR are.
Esko, Hybrid, Kodak, and Miraclon make excellent flexo prepress workflow software — for the file-prep and imaging side. What they don't do is run the trade shop. Quoting, customer rate cards, plate-area billing, gang allocation, converter shipments, and AR all happen in spreadsheets, a 15-year-old offset MIS, and a CSR's head.
Workflow software ends where the plate ships
Esko Automation Engine, Hybrid CLOUDFLOW, and Kodak Prinergy are imaging tools. They don't know who the customer is, what they pay, or whether the invoice went out.
Generic print MIS doesn't model plates
Sheet-fed offset MIS counts impressions. Flexo trade shops bill on the square inch of imaged photopolymer plate — a completely different unit of business.
Spreadsheets break at gang allocation
When small jobs share a plate, allocation has to run across multiple customer POs. Manual Excel exports leak margin every Friday afternoon.
Converter delivery is its own logistics flow
A plate kit shipping to a converter for a scheduled press date is not the same as a printed-job delivery. Generic shipping modules don't model it.
Flexoworks is the operating system that sits next to your prepress workflow tool. It reads plate area straight off the step-and-repeat, runs your rate card automatically, allocates gangs across POs, ships kits to converters, and closes the loop in AR — so the workflow engine can stick to what it does well.
What Flexoworks does
The business side of flexo prepress — modeled natively.
Quote, intake, plate tracking, gang allocation, converter delivery, and plate-area invoicing in one record. Without retrofitting an offset MIS or rebuilding it every quarter in Excel.
Quoting by plate area, gauge, and screening
Pull plate area off the step-and-repeat, apply the rate card by plate type and substrate, and quote in seconds — not in a spreadsheet on a Friday afternoon.
Live plate tracking from imaging to ship
Every plate carries a job ID through imaging, washout, drying, finishing, QC, and outbound shipping. CSRs and customers see live status without calling the floor.
Gang allocation across customer POs
When unrelated jobs share a plate, allocation runs automatically against the right POs and rate cards. No exports, no margin leakage on the rush gang.
Converter delivery & kit assembly
Build kits by job, generate carrier labels, give converters real-time receiving status — the actual delivery flow flexo trade shops run, not a tacked-on shipping module.
AR by brand, converter, and designer
Statements, aging, and payments routed to the right party — without month-end QuickBooks reconciliations and ledger guesswork.
How it fits
Runs alongside Esko, Hybrid, and Kodak — replaces the rest.
Flexoworks does not replace your prepress workflow software. It connects to it. Most flexo trade shops keep their existing RIP and imaging engine and replace the spreadsheets, the offset MIS retrofit, and the QuickBooks gymnastics that surround it.
Prepress workflow software
Your existing engine handles RIPping, screening, step-and-repeat, and CDI imaging control. Flexoworks reads the imaged plate area off it — and writes job-side context back.
- Esko Automation Engine
- Esko Flexo Front End
- Hybrid CLOUDFLOW / PACKZ
- Kodak Prinergy
- Miraclon FLEXCEL NX
Spreadsheets, offset MIS, and ledger workarounds
Flexoworks consolidates the business layer that today lives across Excel, an outdated MIS, a CRM tab, and your accounting clerk's head. One record per customer, per job, per plate — auditable end to end.
- Quote & order tracking spreadsheets
- Offset-era print MIS systems
- Manual gang allocation exports
- QuickBooks reconciliation workarounds
- Standalone CRM trackers
Who uses Flexoworks
Flexo prepress shops, in every shape they actually take.
Independent flexo prepress trade shops
100 to 10,000 plates a month. Already running prepress workflow tools but stitching the business side together with spreadsheets and a 15-year-old offset MIS.
Captive prepress at converters
In-house plate departments that bill internal cost centers and sit alongside a converter ERP. Flexoworks gives you the plate-aware MIS layer without forcing the parent business onto a new ERP.
Multi-site plate operations
Two to ten plate rooms across regions. Consolidated customers, jobs, and AR across sites — with per-site rate cards, per-site imaging capacity, and one shared GL.
Plays nicely with the rest of your stack
Connects to the tools your shop already runs — instead of fighting them.
Flexoworks integrates with the workflow, accounting, shipping, and CRM systems most flexo prepress shops have already invested in. The point is to replace the systems that don't fit a trade shop — not the ones that already do.
- Prepress workflow
- Esko Automation Engine
- Esko Flexo Front End
- Hybrid CLOUDFLOW
- Kodak Prinergy
- Accounting & GL
- QuickBooks Online
- Sage Intacct
- NetSuite ERP
- Shipping & logistics
- ShipStation
- FedEx Web Services
- UPS APIs
- Sales & CRM
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Pipedrive
Common questions
What flexo prepress shops ask before they switch.
Is Flexoworks a replacement for Esko Automation Engine or Kodak Prinergy?
No. Esko Automation Engine, Hybrid CLOUDFLOW, and Kodak Prinergy are prepress workflow tools — they handle RIPping, screening, step-and-repeat, and CDI imaging control. Flexoworks is an MIS. It runs the business layer around them: quoting, plate-area billing, plate tracking, gang allocation, converter delivery, and AR. Most flexo trade shops keep their existing workflow engine and run Flexoworks alongside it.What's the difference between flexo prepress software and a flexo MIS?
Flexo prepress software (workflow software) prepares the file and images the plate — it's a production tool. A flexo MIS runs the business of the trade shop — quoting, customer rate cards, plate-area invoicing, gang allocation, converter delivery, and AR. A modern flexo trade shop typically runs both: one workflow engine and one MIS, integrated.Do you handle plate-area billing automatically?
Yes. Plate area reads directly off the step-and-repeat at imaging time. The customer rate card applies automatically by plate type, gauge, screening, and substrate, and every line item — file prep, proof, mounting, rush, shipping — is captured at intake instead of reconstructed at month-end.How long does implementation take?
Most flexo prepress shops are live on quoting and intake in 2–4 weeks. Full migration — customer data, rate cards, AR, integrations — typically completes in 6–10 weeks depending on volume and stack complexity. We do the data load and rate card build.How is Flexoworks priced?
Per active user with usage tiers based on monthly plate area billed. Plans start at $119/mo. Full breakdown at /pricing.
See it on your real shop data
A 30-minute walkthrough — on your plates, your customers, your AR.
Bring a quote, a job ticket, and a recent invoice. We'll show you the same job in Flexoworks end to end — quote, intake, plate area, gang allocation, ship, AR. No slideware.