Printavo alternative
The modern Printavo alternative for print & sign shops
Printavo is the name most screen printers know, and it earned that: it is calm to look at, quick to learn, and it understands garment work. The friction shops run into is structural rather than cosmetic. A quote is not its own document — it is an invoice flagged as a quote — every order moves down one linear status list, production is a calendar rather than a board, and the pricing matrices that price your run charges sit on a higher plan than the entry tier. PrinterFlo covers the same trade with those four things answered, at one flat price.
Printavo exports your customers, orders and products cleanly — so switching is quick. Export to CSV, drop it into Settings → Import, and PrinterFlo matches the columns for you.
PrinterFlo vs Printavo
| Printavo | PrinterFlo | |
|---|---|---|
| Quotes | A status on the invoice | Real quote → order documents, each standing on its own |
| Job state | One linear status per order | Tags: art approved, on hold for stock and half printed all at once |
| Quantity/colour pricing | Matrices, on a higher tier | Quantity breaks on any option — included at one flat price |
| Production view | Calendar by due date | Drag-and-drop board that filters by darks, screen set or hooping |
| Starting out | Empty grids to fill in | Pick your trade at signup — the rate card arrives filled in and editable |
| Automations | Status-driven rules | Real events: quote approved → deposit request sends itself |
| Price | Tiered, with matrices held back | One flat price, everything included |
Switching from Printavo
The part everyone worries about, in three steps.
- 01
Export from Printavo
Every system this size will hand you a CSV of your customer list and your product or pricing list. That export is yours — you don't need anyone's permission to take it.
- 02
Import it here
Settings → Import, drop the CSV in, map the columns once. Your customers and your products land with their prices, so the pricing setup you spent hours building doesn't get rebuilt by hand.
- 03
Start new work here, finish old work there
Open orders, invoices and job history do NOT come across — no CSV carries them faithfully, and pretending otherwise is how migrations go wrong. Run the last few weeks of old jobs to completion where they live, and quote everything new in PrinterFlo.
Or don't do it yourself — send us the export.
We'll map and load your customers and products for you, check the prices came across right, and hand it back ready to quote from. No charge, and you don't have to be a customer first.
Where Printavo fits
Apparel shops who want the best-known name in the trade, are happy pricing from one status pipeline, and are on a plan that includes the pricing matrices.
Why shops switch to PrinterFlo
- → A quote isn't a real document — it's an invoice with a quote status, so approving one doesn't produce a separate order record.
- → One linear status per order: a job is in exactly one place, so "art approved, waiting on stock, half printed" has nowhere to live.
- → Per-size upcharges need the same line duplicated per size — the documented workaround, on every apparel quote that charges more for 2XL.
- → Pricing matrices are a higher-tier feature, not part of the entry plan.
- → Production is a calendar view; there's no board to batch by ink colours, screens or hoop type.
- → Price escalation under Inktavo ownership is a recurring complaint from long-time customers.
Printavo alternative — FAQ
Is PrinterFlo a good Printavo alternative for a screen printing shop?
Yes, and it's a closer match than it used to be. Sign up as a screen shop and PrinterFlo opens with run charges by colour count, quantity breaks, screens and ink add-ons already loaded — the pricing grid Printavo keeps on a higher tier is simply how options price here. Where the two really differ is production: Printavo runs one status per order on a calendar, PrinterFlo runs a board you can filter by the things a floor actually batches by.
Does Printavo do per-size pricing for apparel?
Not on a single line. Printavo's own guidance is to duplicate the line per size when sizes price differently — so a 2XL upcharge means two lines for one garment. PrinterFlo handles it as an option on the line instead, which keeps the quote readable and the totals honest.
Is PrinterFlo better than Printavo for a sign shop?
For sign and wide-format work, usually yes — square-foot pricing across substrate, vinyl, laminate and grommets is native here and an awkward fit there. Printavo's own quantity column is described in their product as the fallback for promotional products and signage, which tells you where signage sits in the design.
Can I move my data over from Printavo?
Yes, and it's one of the easier migrations — Printavo exports customers, orders and products cleanly. Export to CSV, drop it into Settings → Import, and PrinterFlo matches the columns for you.
Run your shop on PrinterFlo
A clean production board, fast quoting with a built-in sign calculator, and one-click customer approvals — built for how sign & print shops actually work.
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