For printing press associations

Software for Printing Press Associations

Run a printing press association of offset and digital printers from one place: member presses, annual fees, receipts, a printers’ directory by process type and meeting attendance, without a job-ticket style notebook for membership that only the secretary understands.

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Offset printing machine and stacks of printed paper in an Indian printing press shop

The problem

Printers track every job. Membership still lives in a diary

Members are on presses and finishing. The association still needs a current press list, dues and turnout for the monthly sitting.

Offset, digital, screen

Process types differ. The fee should differ; the diary does not.

Fees collected between jobs

The treasurer catches owners at the press, writes a receipt, and later cannot read the name.

Who can print what

A member wants a press for a special job, and has to call around the market.

Sitting after press hours

Attendance is a signature. The next committee cannot see who came.

Press sold, membership unclear

A unit changes hands. The association still calls the previous owner.

Meeting time in a group

The sitting time changes in a busy group while presses are running. Half the members still arrive late because nobody reopened the last forward.

How Associan helps

Presses as members, a directory the market will open

Each card is a feature available in Associan today.

Joining from the press office

A printer applies with firm name, GST, area and process category from a phone between jobs.

Fees by process

Set separate fees for offset, digital and associate members.

Pay between jobs

UPI or card. Cash at the association desk is recorded against the same press.

Who prints what

Members search by city and category to find a specialist press.

Sitting with a headcount

RSVP and QR check-in after press hours.

A receipt the press can file

Every payment creates a numbered PDF in the association’s name.

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A month with Associan

How the secretary runs a printers’ Saturday

The secretary emails presses whose membership ends this month. Owners pay between jobs. Each payment issues a receipt.

A new digital press applies with GST after closing. The committee sees it before the weekly sitting. The directory shows the press under the right process.

Saturday’s sitting starts with QR check-in. The unpaid list is filtered, and the meeting time sat on one notice board all week. When a member asks who in the body can handle a large-format job, the secretary points them to the directory filter instead of making three phone calls across the market.

Where Printing Press associations use it

New press joining. Firm, GST and process category in one form.
Offset vs digital fees. Membership types with their own amounts.
Printers’ directory. Find presses by area and process.
Monthly sitting. RSVP and QR attendance.
Annual dues. Reminder emails, UPI and cash entry.
Meeting circulars. One notice board for sitting times.

What changes

What printers’ committees get back

Dues between jobs

Pay without stopping the press for a receipt book.

A directory the market uses

Process and phone stay current.

Sittings of the right size

RSVPs replace a verbal maybe.

Accounts without a Sunday

Receipts and an export for the treasurer.

How it works

From joining link to certificate

The same simple flow for every printer, set up for your association in about a day.

1
Share your joining link
Post it in your group or on your letterhead. Each printer fills the form on their phone.
2
Documents and details
Firm details, GST and the documents your committee needs are uploaded with the application.
3
Approve and collect
The committee approves and the fee is paid online, or recorded if paid by cash or cheque.
4
Certificate and pass
Membership number, PDF receipt, certificate and QR member pass are issued automatically.

Case study · National operator association

How All India Car Rentals runs its association on Associan

AICR moved operator joining, fee collection, certificates and chapter-meet check-in onto one white-label app with its own name, logo and CIN on every PDF. Applications, document checks and payments that used to live in WhatsApp groups and spreadsheets now sit in one place the committee can see.

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Online joining with document upload
Pay-before-approval, set in Settings
Certificates and receipts with the CIN
Members scan in at meetings with their QR pass

FAQ

Printing Press association software: FAQs

What is printing press association software?

It is an app for associations of offset and digital printers to manage member presses, fees, receipts, a directory, meetings and circulars.

Can offset and digital presses pay different fees?

Yes. Create membership types with their own fee, renewal fee and duration.

Can members find other presses by process type?

Yes. Use business categories and the member directory.

Can we still collect cash at the desk?

Yes. Record cash or cheque against the press.

How are renewal reminders sent?

Associan tracks each membership end date and sends reminder emails.

We are a city printers’ association. Is it worth it?

City bodies feel the dues and directory work most. Setup takes about a day.

How do we see a demo?

Book a free demo or message us on WhatsApp. We will show Associan set up for a printing press association.

For Printing Press associations

Simplify your printing press association with Associan

See how member presses, fees, the directory and sittings look in one app. Free demo, setup in about a day.

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