Dear Friends and PrintSmith Users,
I have received many inquires on whether someone should upgrade and renew their maintenance with PrintSmith or let it elapse. I share no comments on this subject, other to say that it is a decision you should weigh and make your own conclusion.
I do and I will support any version of PrintSmith and my onsite visits include unlimited support (or you can purchase PUSH Support for any version), but only EFI/PrintSmith can upgrade you to the lastest verson.
Also, in the event you are running an older version of PrintSmith, and your hardware stops working (hard drive crashes), you may not be able to find a computer that will work with your version of PrintSmith. If you are running OS9 you won't find a new Mac to run OS9 and thus you would have to upgrade your computer AND PrintSmith to run OSX. The same would be true if you are using the serial port dongle on a PC machine, most if not all new PC's do not have the serial ports and as such you would have to upgrade to a USB Dongle..
It is a business decision to upgrade, just like hiring and firing. Should you have any questions on which version I would support or weather to upgrade, please call me, as an Independent Consultant I will give you my direct answer!
Also, make sure you backup correctly and test your backups on a regular basis..
I always look forward to your comments.
The latest version of PrintSmith as of today is 8.1.14.
Sincerely,
David Ashkenaz
Independent PrintSmith Consultant
954-977-7811