More Orders, Less Manual Work: What AI-Powered DesignO 2.8 Now Makes Possible

Running a print business in 2026 means handling more complexity than ever. Orders need manual attention before they reach production. Artwork revisions get stuck in email threads. Customers need design help you can't always provide. And complex products are hard to configure and sell online. 

Most print businesses absorb this friction quietly. It shows up as extra hours, delayed jobs, and orders that never convert. 

In this live session on 7th October 2026, Umang Chotai (Product Head, DesignNBuy) and Pinky Agarwal (Customer Success Manager) will walk through how print businesses are solving these problems using DesignO 2.8. 

No theory. No slide deck. Real workflows, run live, with open Q&A throughout. 

Automate the Order-to-Production Path 

One of the most time-consuming parts of running a print shop is not printing. It is everything that happens between an order being placed and a job reaching the press. 

In this session we will walk through DesignO 2.8's job automation. You will see how orders can be automatically routed, checked, and sent to production without anyone in the middle. We will show the full setup, the trigger conditions, and the output so you can judge if it fits your workflow. 

What this covers in DesignO 2.8: 

• Automated job routing based on product type, quantity, or customer tier 

• Preflight and output rules that run without manual review 

• How the system handles exceptions 

Artwork Approvals Without the Email Thread 

Artwork approval is where print jobs slow down. A file gets submitted, feedback goes over email, a revised file comes back, someone checks it manually, and three days have passed. 

We will show DesignO 2.8's versioning and approval workflow. You will see how customers submit artwork, how teams review it, and how approved versions are locked and tracked. For businesses managing high volumes of custom jobs, this is one of the most useful updates in the release. 

What this covers in DesignO 2.8: 

• Artwork versioning with side-by-side comparison 

• Multi-stage approval chains for internal teams and customers 

• A full audit trail for every version and decision 

AI That Helps Customers Design 

Many print businesses lose orders not because the product is wrong, but because the customer could not figure out how to finish their design. AI changes that. 

We will walk through DesignO 2.8's AI Design Suite, how it works inside the customer-facing design studio, what it generates, and how it is set up. It is not a chatbot added on top. It is AI built into the design workflow to reduce drop-off between interest and order. 

What this covers in DesignO 2.8: 

• AI-generated design suggestions inside the design studio 

• Background removal, image enhancement, and layout assist 

• Configuration options for different types of print businesses 

Sell Complex Products Online 

Variable page sizes, ICC colour profiles, configurable finishes, 3D previews. These are the features that make print products worth buying online. They are also the ones most platforms handle badly. 

We will show how DesignO 2.8 handles product complexity on the storefront side. You will see how customers interact with it, how the system manages the technical layer underneath, and what this means for selling harder-to-configure products. 

What this covers in DesignO 2.8: 

• Variable page sizes and document configurations 

• 3D product preview with materials 

• ICC profile management for accurate colour output 

• External SVG import for advanced template workflows 

Speaker Section

Meet Your Hosts 

Umang Chotai — Product Head, DesignNBuy 
Umang leads product at DesignNBuy and works closely with print businesses to understand where workflows break down. He will be running the live demos during this session. 

Pinky Agarwal — Customer Success Manager, DesignNBuy 
Pinky works day-to-day with print businesses using DesignO and helps them get the most out of the platform. She will handle Q&A and bring real-world context to what works in practice. 

Who Should Attend

This session is most useful if you: 

• Run a print business handling variable or custom orders 

• Are managing artwork approvals or job routing manually today 

• Sell or want to sell configurable print products online 

• Are evaluating DesignO 2.8 or planning an upgrade 

Final Thoughts

Manual work in a print business does not disappear on its own. It stays until you replace it with something better. 

DesignO 2.8 is built around exactly that. From automated job routing to AI-assisted design to structured artwork approvals, it gives print businesses the tools to run faster without hiring more people. 

The session is on 7th October 2026 and it is free to attend.