Your customers
- Shops and showrooms
- Political parties and workers
- Event and wedding decorators
- Schools and coaching classes
- Builders and real-estate projects
- Corporate and retail chain branding agencies
- Government departments
Printing, packaging and media · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a flex and signage printer
Set up the way a flex and signage printer runs: printed flex, vinyl and sunboard by the sq ft; sign boards (ACP, acrylic letters, LED) by the job; framing and fitting by the board or day; design charges. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.
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What this solves
What a flex and signage printer deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Hours lost quoting, resizing and re-sending proofs on WhatsApp. Reprints from spelling and number mistakes customers deny approving.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 8 licences for a flex and signage printer, with an AI team that reads your own records and prepares the work.
What changes
The right person is reminded at the right time, approvals wait for whoever decides, and every licence has a renewal reminder. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.
Where you sit
MatruOS starts from how your business earns
Who you sell to, who you buy from, how credit moves and where you sit in the chain decide how your screens, reminders and reports are set up.
- Media maker/importer
- media supplier
- flex printer
- customer (shop, party, event); sometimes via an advertising agency
Your suppliers
- Flex and signage media supplier
- Ink dealer
- ACP and acrylic dealer
- Iron and aluminium frame fabricator
- Printer service engineer
Credit and cash
Walk-in and retail 50% advance, rest on delivery; political and event orders often on credit and paid after the event; agencies and corporates 30-60 days; media suppliers give 15-30 days
Media and ink bought on 15-30 days. Retail cash comes in daily. Political and event dues are slow, so election months bring both peak sales and peak dues. Printer heads and machine EMIs are the big fixed costs.
Your screens use your words
CustomerPartyOrderJobItemBoardInvoiceBillproductPrintSupplierMedia dealer
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a flex and signage printer
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Flex and signage printer", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a flex and signage printerRoutines, workflows, registers, items, licences and the AI team for this trade are set up for you.
- Bring your dataCustomers, items and balances come across from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others. For Tally, our team helps you move the data while Tally import is checked on the live app.
- Approve and runThe AI team prepares the routine work. A person approves anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes.
Your AI team
What the AI team does for a flex and signage printer
Each job goes to a member of your AI team. It reads your own records and prepares the work. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.
Works out sq ft and price from sizes and media, drafts the quote and proof message with spelling and numbers highlighted, and logs the advance due
Asks you before sending
Ages unpaid bills by party, drafts polite reminders with the job photo, and lists parties to stop credit
Asks you before sending
Compares sq ft billed with media used, flags wastage above 8% and media running low before rush dates
Works it out and shows you
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How you run
Your routines, already on a timetable
Each routine has a time, a person and its steps with the checks that matter. MatruOS reminds the right person and keeps the record. Open one to see its steps.
Every day
9:30 amPrinter start-up and nozzle check
- 1Print nozzle check pattern; clean heads if lines missing
- 2Ink levels and waste ink bottle
- 3Room temperature and humidity near the printer
10:30 amWalk-in and WhatsApp orders with proof and advance
- 1Note size, media, quantity and delivery time in the job book
- 2Send proof with spelling and phone numbers highlighted
- 3Take 50% advance before printing
7:00 pmNight print run and finishing for morning delivery
- 1Nest jobs on the roll to cut wastage
- 2Dry, trim, eyelet or pocket each print
- 3Tag each job with job number and party
Every week
Sat 6:00 pmWeekly dues and supplier payments
- 1List unpaid bills by party and age
- 2Send reminders; stop credit for parties over 60 days
- 3Pay media dealer within credit days
Every month
2ndMedia used vs sq ft billed
- 1Sq ft billed vs sq ft of media used per media type
- 2Wastage and reprints above 8% flagged
- 3Ink litres per 1,000 sq ft
10thGST returns
- 1File GSTR-1 by the 11th; match media purchases in GSTR-2B
Every year
JunPrinter annual service and head replacement plan
- 1Service engineer visit in the monsoon lull; heads, dampers and encoder strip
- 2Renew hoarding and shop licences
Workflows
Each stage goes to the person who handles it
Work passes stage by stage to the right person. Stages marked for approval wait for the person who decides.
Order to fitted board
- 1Order and size taken
- 2Proof approved and advance paidNeeds approval
- 3Printed and finished
- 4Framed and fitted
- 5Balance collected
Registers and SOPs
Your registers and standards
Registers hold the fields this trade records. SOPs carry the steps and checks, so work is done the same way every time.
Job book
Media and ink stock
Party dues
Print quality and proof check
Avoid reprints from spelling, colour and size mistakes
Safe fitting at height
Fit boards without falls or electric shock
Items and licences
Your first bill is right, and no licence lapses
Starter items arrive with unit, HSN and GST rate. The registrations this business usually needs are listed with a reminder before each one expires.
| Item | HSN | GST |
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| Frontlit flex printing (normal) | 4911 | 18% |
| Star flex printing (premium) | 4911 | 18% |
| Backlit flex printing | 4911 | 18% |
| Vinyl print on sunboard | 4911 | 18% |
| One-way vision print | 4911 | 18% |
| ACP sign board with acrylic letters | 9405 | 18% |
| Glow sign box (LED backlit) | 9405 | 18% |
| Roll-up standee with print | 4911 | 18% |
| Iron frame and fitting | 998729 | 18% |
| Design charges | 998391 | 18% |
- GST registration
- Shops and Establishments registration
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- Trade licenceIf it applies
- Hoarding permissionIf it applies
- Pollution consent (CTO)If it applies
- PF registration (EPFO)If it applies
- ESI registration (ESIC)If it applies
Your people
The people who run it, each with their own login
Each person sees the screens and reminders for the work they do.
OwnerQuotes big jobs, deals with parties and agencies, buys media, collects dues.
Designer (DTP operator)Takes walk-in orders, designs in CorelDRAW, sends proofs on WhatsApp, prepares print files.
Machine operatorLoads media, runs the printer, head cleaning, cuts and eyelets.
FitterFrames, carries and fixes boards and hoardings, removes old ones.
Not covered yet
- Sending messages, bills and reminders on WhatsApp from MatruOS is not live yet. Today they go by link, QR code or email, and from your own phone in one tap.
- Live bank and UPI feeds are not connected yet. Upload a bank statement and MatruOS reads it into payments for you to confirm.
Questions people ask
How long does it take to set up MatruOS for a flex and signage printer?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Flex and signage printer". MatruOS picks this business type and sets up everything on this page in a few minutes. You then get a 7-day free trial, no card needed.
Do I have to type all of this in?
No. The routines, workflows, registers, items, licences and AI team on this page arrive already set up. You change what is different in your business, and bring your customers, items and balances from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others, with our team's help for Tally data.
Can I change the routines and workflows?
Yes. Every routine, workflow, register and SOP is yours to rename, retime, switch off or add to. MatruOS keeps the rest of the system in step with your changes.
What does the AI team do without asking me?
It runs routine checks and prepares drafts. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval. The one exception you can choose is payment reminders, which go out on their own once you have checked them and switched them on.
Printing, packaging and media
Other makers and factories in printing, packaging and media
Run a flex and signage printer on one system Set up for your trade when you sign up.
Describe your business once. MatruOS sets up your apps, brings in your data and puts Muni and the AI team to work, with your approval on every step that matters. 7-day free trial, no card needed.
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