

In those days, humankind painted (or scratched) metaphoric similes and esoterica on rocks and cave walls, to express experiences, concepts and ideas. People have been making signs since the Paleolithic era. Workflow and improved productivity were the revising engineers’ keywords.

SAi also offers its PhotoPRINT™ product family that comprises PhotoPRINT SERVER-PRO,™ a client-server RIP package that features editing, a color profiler and a layout and design station PhotoPRINT SERVER,™ a client-server RIP networks software for production environments that adds job-priority, page-nesting and job-nesting tools and, PhotoPRINT DX,™ a layout package with design features for text, shapes and effects that will RIP and print to two devices simultaneously PhotoPRINT SE, ™ designed for single-workstation environments, will directly RIP and print from such popular design applications as Adobe Photoshop® and Illustrator®, QuarkXPress® and CorelDRAW®. It adds an advanced RIP, ICC profile support and built-in drivers, plus design, cut, RIP and print tools. FlexiSIGN-PRO,™ SAi’s flagship product, offers total software solutions for any signmaking operation. It also features design, text serialization and color-tracing features, as well as job-estimating and design templates. FlexiEXPERT,™ designed for professional signmakers, adds advanced, vinyl-cut and bitmap edit tools, without color-printing output.

Next up is FlexiSIGN,™ a mid-level signmaking package that, in addition to design, vinyl-cutting, scanning and tracing capabilities, features Job Statistics and Text Styles. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, American-owned SAi can also be found in Brussels, São Paolo, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo.Īt a glance: FLEXI’s varied software packages begin with FlexiLETTER™, an intuitive, entry-level, vector-based, text, design and layout program for use with vinyl-cutting plotters.

In 1998, it merged with Amiable Technologies, Inc. Company Profile: SA International (SAi), recognized as a global leader for professional - design to production - software for the signmaking, digital-printing, screenprinting and CNC machining industries, has strong OEM relationships with industry leaders, a worldwide network of resellers and approximately 100,000 customers in more than 50 countries (its products are available in more than 13 languages).
