From web order to job ticket in your print MIS

The order, its options and the print-ready file reach your MIS, and job status returns to the buyer's account.

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Quoted per project, no obligation. The assessment is free and carries no price list.

An approved design on the order, ready to become a job ticket. Demo store, sample products and prices.

The short answer

We connect a Cmsmart Ecommerce or WooCommerce web-to-print store to your print MIS so each paid web order becomes a job ticket with the print-ready file, options and quantity. Job status returns to the buyer's account. API access goes through your MIS vendor. A free assessment comes first, then a quote.

Key facts
Scope	Order to job ticket, print-ready file, options and quantity, due date, job status back
What syncs	Job ticket to the MIS; job status, proof requests and ship date back to the store
Typical inputs	MIS API access from your vendor, a product and option list, example jobs
Deliverables	Data map, integration on staging, tested jobs, monitoring, run book
How pricing works	Free assessment, then a quote per project paid by milestone. MIS licences and API access are paid to your vendor.

Data flow

How the data moves

Web order to job ticket. The buyer chooses options and designs the product. The paid order produces a print-ready file and job data. The integration creates a job ticket in the MIS. Job status returns to the buyer's account.

The problem

What does re-entering web orders into your MIS cost?

Web orders re-entered as estimates or jobs by hand
Print-ready files downloaded and attached manually
Options such as substrate and finishing read from emails
Buyers asking for status that lives only in the MIS
Prices in the store that differ from the MIS estimate

What syncs

What moves, which way, and when

Data	Direction	System of record	Trigger	Notes
Job ticket	Store to MIS	WooCommerce, then MIS	On payment (webhook)	Product, quantity, substrate, finishing, due date, customer
Print-ready file	Store to MIS	Cmsmart designer	With the job	One file per line
Job status	MIS to store	MIS	Webhook or polling	Shown in My Account
Proof request	MIS to store	MIS	On event	Optional link to artwork approval
Ship date and tracking	MIS to store	MIS	On change	Added to the order
Invoice	MIS to store	MIS	On change	If the MIS issues invoices

Typical defaults. The final directions, triggers and frequency are set in the assessment. JDF or XML hot-folder exchange is used where the MIS needs it.

Systems

Print MIS systems we can connect

Any MIS with an API, or one that reads files from a hot folder, can be connected. API access normally goes through your MIS vendor. Product names belong to their owners.

printIQ
Printavo
ePS Pace
Avanti Slingshot
PrintVis
Tharstern

Facts we could read on 10 October 2026: printIQ publishes an IQconnect API page, and Printavo publishes an API v2 reference built on GraphQL. For the others, the API is available via the vendor.

Source: printIQ IQconnect API, Printavo API v2 (GraphQL reference) (read 10 October 2026).

Approach

Connector, integration platform or custom code

The free assessment compares the three on fit, cost driver and limits, and tells you which one we would pick and why.

A. Marketplace connector

A licence from the WooCommerce Marketplace or the system's own app store, configured for you.

Fits: Standard flows and a well-supported system.

Limits: Limited to what the connector exposes; fees are paid to its vendor.
B. Integration platform

A hosted integration platform that moves data between apps, for example Celigo, or Make for light flows.

Fits: Several systems, or upkeep by a non-developer team.

Limits: A monthly platform fee, and platform-specific logic.
C. Custom integration

WooCommerce REST API and webhooks connected to the other system's API, with a queue, retries and logs, built as custom development.

Fits: B2B prices, personalised files, multi-supplier routing or an unusual system.

Limits: We build and maintain it, so it is quoted per project.

Often a mix: a connector or platform for the standard flows, plus custom logic for B2B prices, personalised files or multi-supplier routing. Built as custom development.

The Cmsmart angle

What is core, and what is built for you

Cmsmart Ecommerce is built on WooCommerce. The designer side is part of the product. The bridge to your other systems is custom development.

Core Core in Cmsmart Ecommerce

Each personalised order line carries its own design
The designer exports a print-ready PDF for a design
WooCommerce REST API and webhooks (WooCommerce core)

Custom Custom development

The bridge that sends a file or an order to another system
Field mapping, price-list logic and routing rules
Queue, retries, logs and alerts

Scope

Included, not included, and extra

Included

A data map from options and quantities to job-ticket fields
Order to job ticket, with the print-ready file attached
Job status and ship date back to the buyer's account
JDF or XML hot-folder exchange where the MIS needs it
Queue, retries, logs, alerts and testing on staging

Not included

Implementing or configuring the MIS itself
The MIS vendor's API licence or fees
Implementing or licensing the other system itself (ERP, CRM, MIS or supplier account)
Fees charged by the other system, a connector or an integration platform
Changes inside the other system's configuration beyond the agreed scope

Extra, quoted separately

Proof and artwork approval link
Invoice or payment status back to the store
Multi-site or multi-press routing rules

What we need from you

MIS API access, or a hot-folder specification, from your vendor
Your product, option and finishing list
Example jobs from start to ship
Admin or sandbox access to the other system, and an API user with only the rights needed
A named owner on your side for each synced object (products, stock, prices, customers, orders)
A staging copy of your store, or approval to create one
Examples of real orders, including the awkward ones (partial shipments, refunds, custom items)
Your volumes: orders per day, number of products and the busiest days

Process

How an integration project runs

Each phase is a milestone, approved and invoiced one at a time in your dashboard. The timeline is set in the assessment, because it depends on your systems and volumes.

Free integration assessment. We review your systems, the owner of each field, your volumes and API access, and tell you what is feasible.
Architecture and data map (milestone 1). A signed-off design that states what syncs, which way, how often and which system owns each field.
Build in sprints on staging, using sandbox accounts of your systems.
User acceptance testing with your own order, price and file scenarios.
Go-live with a cut-over plan, a back-fill of open orders and monitoring switched on.
Support. Tickets in your dashboard, health checks, and updates when either system changes its API.

Enterprise support tier

For integrations your operations depend on

Response targets, monitoring and review cadence are set in your agreement, not on this page.

Monitoring of sync health and failed jobs, with a monthly sync report
A named team that stays after launch
A security review before go-live
WooCommerce and connected-system upgrades tested on staging first

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See what connecting Print MIS would take

Tell us about your store and the system. We reply with what is feasible, which route we would pick and a quote, with no obligation.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can a web order become a job ticket in my print MIS?

Yes, as custom development. The paid order, its options and the print-ready file are mapped to the MIS job fields through its API, or through a hot folder if that is what the MIS offers.

Does my MIS have an API?

Many do, and access usually goes through your MIS vendor. We confirm in the free assessment what your MIS exposes and which route fits, an API or a file exchange.

Do you have a ready-made connector for my MIS?

We build the bridge for your project as custom development rather than selling a ready-made connector. The assessment states what is feasible with your MIS version.

Can job status show in the customer's account?

Yes. Status, proof requests and ship date can return to My Account and to the order emails, by webhook or polling.

Which print-ready file does the MIS receive?

The Cmsmart designer exports a print-ready PDF for a design. The integration attaches it to the job. File format and bleed rules are confirmed in the data map.

How is the project priced?

There is no public price. After the free assessment you receive a quote, with the data map as milestone 1.

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