Many customers are unaware that a high proportion of JPY's business is in direct specialist IT consultancy to customers in the publishing industry. Companies often have complex networks and workflow requirements, and in a world dominated by PC/Windows, it is often difficult for customers to get expert consultancy in the areas of pre-press, PDF workflow, Unix/Linux and Mac OS X, etc - areas in which JPY specialises. Typical consultancy tasks include:

 

• Design of PDF workflows
• Help in bringing "repro" in-house
• Analysing and designing networks
• Setting up secure remote access to digital assets
• Product installation and training

 

In view of the fact that consultancy costs can vary so much - for example, remote log-in is much cheaper than an overseas site visit - we have recently restructured our consultancy charges to reflect this.