Your Print Jobs Are Too Special to Automate? Think Again! 路 Hans St枚ger 路 OneVision 路 FLOW 2026
“Every job is different, so we can’t automate.” Sound familiar? According to Hans St枚ger from OneVision, that’s one of the biggest misconceptions in the printing industry. If a process can be described and rules can be defined, it can be automated.
At FLOW 2026 in Bad Hersfeld, Pat McGrew meets Hans St枚ger to explore how OneVision has evolved from its roots in PostScript and PDF processing into a comprehensive workflow automation platform serving multiple print segments.
Prepress remains one of the biggest bottlenecks in print production. From preflighting and normalizing PDFs to handling job tickets, routing files, and driving different output devices, OneVision focuses on removing repetitive manual work and making production more predictable.
But automation doesn’t have to happen overnight.
Hans explains how OneVision typically begins with a short workflow audit, followed by a proof of concept that demonstrates how a customer’s existing processes can be automated. From there, printers can expand their automation step by step without having to transform their entire operation at once.
Artificial intelligence also plays an increasingly practical role. Rather than adding AI simply because it’s fashionable, OneVision uses it to solve specific problems, including image upscaling, intelligent bleed generation, interpreting job metadata, and turning complex preflight reports into explanations that production teams can actually understand.
From wide-format and commercial printing to high-volume, on-demand production, the fundamental challenge remains the same: getting files into production quickly, correctly, and with as little manual intervention as possible.
And perhaps Hans’s most important advice is that every printing company needs someone who takes ownership of its workflow. Technology can automate processes, but people must understand and drive the improvements.
A practical conversation about overcoming automation barriers, applying AI where it creates genuine value, and why even the most complicated print production environments can become more efficient.
Recorded at FLOW 2026 路 Bad Hersfeld, Germany 路 INKISH
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