Migrate from PrintPlanR
Move from PrintPlanR to PeakSpitz, safely.
Moving off PrintPlanR should feel like restoring from a backup, not a leap of faith. Your print MIS data is read into a PeakSpitz environment of your own, checked against your real numbers, and run in parallel — while PrintPlanR keeps running, untouched, the whole time. Here is exactly how, step by step.
PrintPlanR (by Infomaze) is an affordable, browser-based print MIS that bundles estimating, job management and a Web2Print storefront into one cloud system — a genuine strength for digital, offset, large-format and promotional printers who want online ordering without a heavy on-premise install. Because it is a print-specialist MIS, accounting and VAT commonly live in a separate package connected over its API, so as a shop grows, running the MIS and the books as two systems starts to cost time and reconciliation effort. Teams typically migrate when they want the print workflow, a storefront, real accounting with VAT and payments joined up in one platform rather than stitched together across tools.
The safe way to leave PrintPlanR
Work down the list at your own pace. Nothing here is irreversible, and your current system stays live throughout.
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Before you touch anything — get a backup you own
Get a copy of your data out of PrintPlanR that you control — a file held on your side, not just a setting inside the system. Confirm in your contract that you have the right to export, and note any renewal, notice or lock-in dates so the timing stays on your terms.
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Export your data
Pull customers, estimates, jobs, stock and invoices out of PrintPlanR in the most complete format it offers — CSV, spreadsheet, or an account/API export. Take the history too, not just open items: past records, documents and contacts are worth keeping.
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Send us a sample
Before you commit, send us a representative slice — a handful of customers, a few recent orders or bookings, part of your catalogue. We map it into PeakSpitz and show you the restored result, so you see exactly how your print MIS data lands before you move the rest.
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See what maps to what
We line PrintPlanR up against PeakSpitz: customers, estimates, jobs, stock and invoices become customers, catalogue, orders, documents and ledgers in one joined-up system. Anything without an obvious home is flagged early, not discovered late.
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Bring it in — a read-only restore
Your data is read into a fresh, isolated PeakSpitz environment of your own. Nothing inside PrintPlanR is touched, changed or switched off — it keeps running exactly as it is.
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Verify against your numbers
Before you trust it, reconcile the totals — balances, counts, tax and revenue — against what PrintPlanR shows today. The numbers have to match before anything goes live.
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Run both in parallel
Keep PrintPlanR live and run PeakSpitz alongside it for as long as you like. Compare like for like, move one area across first, and build trust before you depend on it. No big-bang cutover, and no deadline from us.
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Cross over and decommission — on your terms
Switch over only when PeakSpitz has earned it. Keep your PrintPlanR export archived as a safety net, and close the old subscription when you are ready — not a moment before.
What maps where: PrintPlanR → PeakSpitz
PrintPlanR
CRM contacts (customers & suppliers)
PeakSpitz
Customers & Suppliers
PrintPlanR
Estimate / Quote (press, substrate & imposition calcs)
PeakSpitz
Quote → Job/Order
The quote's calculation logic is rebuilt as PeakSpitz pricing and configuration, then validated against known quotes.
PrintPlanR
Electronic job card / job
PeakSpitz
Job tickets / Orders
PrintPlanR
Web2Print Storefront (online ordering & approval)
PeakSpitz
Built-in online storefront
The storefront is native in PeakSpitz, but products, pricing, artwork-approval and customer logins are re-set-up, not migrated.
PrintPlanR
Purchase Orders & deliveries (to paper merchants)
PeakSpitz
Purchase Orders & shipping
PrintPlanR
Stock / substrate inventory & invoices
PeakSpitz
Stock items and Invoices (with real accounting & VAT)
Map the stock unit of measure — sheets, weight or roll — deliberately.
What to watch when leaving PrintPlanR
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Mind where the accounting actually lives. If PrintPlanR invoicing feeds an external accounting package over its API, that ledger and VAT history sits in the external system — PeakSpitz brings accounting with VAT in-house, so decide what closed financial history to archive read-only and which opening balances to re-key at cutover.
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The Web2Print storefront is re-created, not migrated. PeakSpitz ships its own built-in storefront, but products, price rules, artwork-approval flows and customer logins are set up fresh; treat re-standing-up online ordering as a deliberate step, not an import.
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Estimating rate cards are a configuration decision. Press, substrate and imposition calculations are re-expressed as PeakSpitz pricing/configuration — rebuild once and validate a few representative quotes to confirm they match.
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Open job cards mid-production need a cutover rule, and prepress stays put. Decide which jobs finish in PrintPlanR and which are re-created; artwork and imposition files remain in your prepress/design tools — the MIS move is the business records.
Common questions about leaving PrintPlanR
Does PeakSpitz include a Web2Print storefront like PrintPlanR?
PeakSpitz ships a built-in online storefront, so credit PrintPlanR's Web2Print — it is a real strength. The difference is that in PeakSpitz the storefront is part of the same system as orders, inventory and accounting; you re-create products, pricing and approval flows rather than importing them.
We use PrintPlanR's API to connect our accounting — do we still need that?
Often teams run the PrintPlanR MIS alongside a separate accounting package over the API. PeakSpitz puts real accounting with VAT and payments (card, cash, bank & SEPA) in the same system, so that integration is typically no longer needed — and there is still an open REST API plus webhooks for whatever genuinely stays external.
How long does switching take, and do we need consultants?
Most businesses are live in about a week without consultants. Your quote and rate-card logic is rebuilt once and validated against known jobs, and historical documents archive as read-only records for reference.
As much help as you want
Do it yourself, or have us map your fields, run the import and reconcile the result with you. Support is a ladder — you start where you are comfortable and step up only where an area needs it.
See the full safe-migration approach →Why people leave PrintPlanR
PeakSpitz runs the whole business on one AI platform — not a single corner with the rest bolted on — with Spitz AI and unlimited users included. See the difference side by side.
Compare PeakSpitz vs PrintPlanR →Bring your PrintPlanR data in safely. Cross over when you are ready.
Send us a sample of your data and we will show you the restored result — no commitment, no risk to your live system.