Want to learn more about PlanWell Collaborate?

 Here is a video that explains what PlanWell Collaborate is designed to do - Contact us if you have any questions or would like a demo.

On Special - Color prints on All Weather Paper

Now that we have entered the fall / rainy season here in the northwest you may want to consider having your color prints made on our Rite in the Rain all weather writing paper using our Oce Colorwave machine. This machine uses a wax based ink which will not smear or dissolve when it gets wet. This combination of wax ink and all weather paper makes for a beautiful and very durable print.  From now until November 30th we are offering this print combination for $1.00 per square foot! Thats right a dollar per square foot! 

To take advantage of this special offer you can mention this post when placing your order or print out a copy of our Google Coupon and while you are there feel free to write a nice review about why you love Reprographics Northwest.

PlanWell Collaborate Launch Date 09-15-10

Today American Reprographics launched its cloud based document management tool called PlanWell Collaborate.

PlanWell Collaborate features include:

Outlook Integration: Work entirely inside Outlook, reducing training and ensuring faster project starts
Project Dashboard: Quickly view project status, tasks, documents and more from a single screen
Team Networking and Notifications: Easily capture, view and catalog team communication in real time for better and faster communication
Direct Publish: Upload files and large documents quickly and easily with tracking and automatic updates  to project participants
File Viewer: Quickly view and markup any file without software; revision tracking is automatic
Check In/Out and Change Control: Track and control access to documents
Project Calendar and Tasks: Get summary or detailed information from real-time calendars on deadlines, milestones and tasks
Project Images: Track site progress and activity with project images for team members, stakeholders and clients

General Availability:
PlanWell Collaborate is available as software-as-a-service (Saas) for individuals, project teams and business enterprises of all sizes. Standard pricing is set at $25/seat per month.
For more information or a 30-day free trial, visit http://www.planwellcollaborate.com/, or call Aaron Storck at (206) 624-2040.


Email Scam - Selling URLs or Addtional Web Address of Your Domain Name

Be aware that there is an email scam that is targeted to people that own or run websites. The email warns you that an overseas company is interested in buying all of the available extensions of your domain name (.net, .ca, .eu, .asia ETC) and to protect yourself and your company you can buy these domain names through their company and overly inflated prices.  Although it is not a bad idea to protect your brand by securing these domain names you can purchase them for a much lower price by buying them from the same company that you purchased your original URL from in the first place.
Here is a copy of the email we received -
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Dear Manager,


We are a professional intellectual property rights consultant organization, mainly deal with the global domain name registration and internet intellectual property rights protection.

On August 31, 2010, we formally received an application from Hongbao (Hong Kong) Investment Co., Ltd,

They want to apply for registering the following domain names and Internet keyword:


Domain Name :


repronw.asia


repronw.cn


repronw.com.cn


repronw.hk


repronw.com.hk


repronw.eu


repronw.de


repronw.ru


Internet Keyword :repronw
During our preliminary investigation, we found that these domain names' keyword is fully identical with your trademark. Therefore, we need to confirm with you, whether you consigned Hongbao (Hong Kong) Investment Co., Ltd to register these domain names with us or not? Or, is Hongbao (Hong Kong) Investment Co., Ltd your business partner or distributor? If you have no relationship with this company, we assume that they have other purposes to obtain these domain names.

Currently, we have already suspended this company's application temporarily due to the seriousness of this issue. In order to avoid the vicious domain name grabbing, please let the relevant person make a confirmation with me via telephone or email as soon as possible. Thank you for your support to our work!

Best Regards

Edward Fan


Auditing Engineer


Asia Domain Name Registration Limited


http://www.asiadnr.net


4A, Units 20/F, Far East Consortium Bldg.


121 Des Voeux Road, Central, HongKong


Tel:+852-6517 0670


Fax:+852-3069 6940


Email:edward@login-idc.hk

NW Contractors Network Office gets a face lift

 

I have been working out of this office for about 3 months now and I was not able to see out into our lobby because the window had been boarded up with a piece of foamcore that had been mounted to the window with an industrial strength adhesive.  We nearly broke the window removing it and the solvents made our heads swim a bit but thanks to Sean Eaton and Patrick Kay the new window cling is installed and I think it looks great. The best part is it does not feel like I work out of a supply closet anymore, I can see out the largest window in my office.  NW Contractors Network is cruising right along and now that I have some official signage I need to make it work.  If you are a contractor looking for bid projects, stop in and see me in the Seattle location and I will show you what we have been working on.

 The website is: http://www.nwcontractorsnetwork.com

TA-DAAAA!

PlanWell Moves to a Subscription Model on August 1st 2010

This change will not affect users of EWO or Public Planrooms, these services will continue to be free.
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As our customers continue to adopt our technology solutions to improve efficiency, expanding our infrastructure in our technology centers has become a necessity. And this expansion has caused additional operating costs. This affects you because in the past the print orders you have placed with us on the PlanWell technology platform has completely subsidized the expense of our technology development and support capabilities. This model is no longer viable.

Effective Sunday, August 01, 2010 you will be required to purchase individual seat licenses for Users of PlanWell.

Seat Licenses will cost:
          $10 per month for a PlanWell Standard User ($120 per year)
or
          $20 per month for a PlanWell BidCaster User ($240 per year)

Data Storage will cost:

$20 per month for users requiring data storage on the PlanWell network. ($240 per year)

Even if you use PlanWell via telephone orders, it is imperative that you sign up for an account so you can access your company projects stored in PlanWell.

These new monthly usage charges can be invoiced for project reimbursement. Please contact Customer Support to assist you with specific invoicing needs.

In the next few months you'll see exciting new additions to PlanWell that will further enhance and support your digital workflow. For more information on PlanWell logins, please go to www.repronw.com  

Again This change will not affect users of EWO or Public Planrooms these services will continue to be free.

PlanWell on the iPad?

April 3rd was a big day for gadget fans and geeks alike as they waited for the release of the first iPads from Apple. I have been exploring the advantages and disadvantages of working in the cloud the idea of a portable device that accesses my content from anywhere is a really great concept but there are plenty of naysayers that think the device is nothing more than a big iPhone.


I am dating myself here but when people were first introduced to the idea of a cell phone there were naysayers as well. I remember my parents saying "if I need to make a call I can just pull over and use the pay phone, why would I need a phone to carry around with me?" When is the last time any of you used a pay phone?

The iPad is betting that the data you currently store on a laptop or desktop machine will eventually be moved or copied to a web server or cloud. This way you do not have to be in front of or connected to the machine you store your information on you can simply access the server that it resides on and utilize the data from anywhere you can get an internet or cellular signal.

This is where PlanWell is going to be perfectly positioned to take advantage of this type of a technology on the iPad platform. The PlanWell website contains a user interface that makes it easy to navigate, view, and order prints or download files. For contractors in the field having a device like this is the equivalent of being able to carry around every document that has ever been created for the project that you are constructing; and with a few clicks or gestures you have the answers you need.

I am doing some tests on the platform now and will post again with my results.

Happy Computing,