This is the story of how Truyol used Enfocus Switch to automate production and grow without scaling the team at the same rate. Visiting clients is always one of the most rewarding parts of my job. It’s a chance to step outside the Enfocus office and see how our software impacts real print shops. Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting Truyol, a leading print service provider in Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain—and what a story they have!
A family business with vision
Truyol began in 1983 as a small photo printing workshop. By the 1990s, they were already making bold decisions—being the first in Madrid to invest in digital printing machines. Growth came quickly, but the real turning point came in 2014, when they began to adopt automation.
Today, Truyol is a thriving business with 177 employees, 180 machines (and more on the way) and the ability to handle between 700 and 800 jobs daily, exceeding 1000 during peak seasons, often with same-day or next-day delivery.
Not bad for a company that just a few years ago processed barely 100 jobs a day!
A warm welcome
On September 11th, I arrived in Truyol accompanied by Pedro, our videographer. We were greeted by Marisa, the Marketing Director, Joaquín, the CEO, Alexandra from the Marketing team, Miguel, the Automation expert, and Walala, the family’s friendly dog, who followed us everywhere.
From the first handshake, we felt the warmth of a company that is more than a workplace — it’s a family.
Leadership that inspires
Miguel spoke proudly about Joaquín, the CEO:
He grew up in this business and has shaped it into what it is today. I’ve seen him emerge from under a printing press with his hands covered in grease. He knows every detail of this company.
Miguel Abarca
That leadership has fostered a culture where employees feel valued, respected, and want to stay. As Miguel summarized it:
We’re happy here; we feel like family. Automation has allowed us to increase profits, improve salaries, and still offer lower prices to our customers. Everyone wins.
Miguel Abarca
One of my favorite anecdotes? Joaquín once brought in a supermarket trolley to move orders around the workshop. At first, the employees were puzzled, but it quickly proved so useful that they added more trolleys. Sometimes, simple, ingenious ideas make the biggest difference.
Adopting automation with Switch
Truyol started using Enfocus Switch in 2018. For those unfamiliar with Switch, it stands out as the most flexible and affordable automation platform in the graphics industry:
- Connectivity – integrates with any application, hardware, or system.
- Appstore – Enfocus’s online store where you’ll find hundreds of ready-to-use workflow solutions.
- Scripting – the limit is your imagination; if you can think it, you can do it.
Initially, Truyol used Switch for only one workflow. But once the team discovered its true potential, expansion was rapid, implementing processes across the entire company.
Miguel shared how he relies on the active and collaborative Switch user forum, as well as the growing Appstore, to complement and expand his workflows.
The secret to maximizing the use of your digital printer
By combining Switch with PitStop, Truyol completely transformed the prepress process:
- They went from 10 people in prepress managing 100 jobs a day
- A 6 people in prepress managing 700–800 jobs daily, exceeding 1000 during peak seasons.
- The other four members were reassigned to customer service, where they now generate added value for customers.
Miguel summed it up perfectly:
There would be no way to achieve such a smooth and efficient order processing for those 700–800 jobs without PitStop and Switch. Without them, the prepress process would take hours, the machines would be idle, or we would have to halt processes here and there. Thanks to Switch, we have a continuous flow of orders to the machines and deliver without interruption.
Miguel Abarca
That’s efficiency, scalability, and customer focus, all rolled into one. At Truyol, no two years are alike. Growth has meant constant building expansions, new equipment, new product lines, and more colleagues joining the family.
We work with HP, Canon, Xerox, Fuji… We have many different machines that speak many different languages, and Switch helps us act as the translator to communicate with them all. It allows us to prepare files perfectly for each case, starting with a single input file, and even output the same file prepared for different machines.
Miguel Abarca
Ahead of their time
Miguel is largely the mastermind behind Truyol’s automation success. Long before web-to-print solutions and MIS systems were widely available, Truyol had already developed its own in-house systems.
And yet, Enfocus software can be seamlessly integrated with these custom tools. This flexibility has been key to its continued growth.
PitStop in action
We also met Jonas from the prepress team, who praised how Enfocus continues to improve PitStop with each version. PitStop is essential for quality control and correcting all possible technical aspects of a PDF file to ensure a perfect print.
Most importantly, despite having a fully automated environment, PitStop Pro continues to provide added value in terms of customer service and specific manual changes that the customer may require.
At Truyol, they have also integrated Switch and PitStop Server into their online approval process — another example of how they adapt tools to improve the customer experience on their own web store.
As Pedro and I were leaving, they gave us a folder full of Truyol product samples: calendars, puzzles, stickers, boxes, cards, and more. Each piece showcased different papers, inks, and finishes. It’s comforting to know that our software has contributed to producing such consistent and beautiful results.
Final reflections
Truyol is a true example of what happens when visionary leadership , a committed team, and intelligent automation come together. Their journey from a small photography studio to a digital printing powerhouse is simply inspiring.
And for us at Enfocus, it’s a reminder of why we do what we do: helping printing companies like Truyol grow, evolve, and thrive.
What Enfocus Switch automation actually solves in a print shop
In a digital print shop the bottleneck is rarely the press. It is file preparation: receiving the client’s PDF, checking bleed, resolution, fonts and colour profile, fixing what can be fixed, returning what cannot, and only then releasing it to production. Enfocus Switch automates exactly that band — the one that consumes operators rather than machine time.
The practical effect is that volume stops being limited by how many people are checking files. Orders arriving at 3am enter the workflow at 3am. Rejected files go back to the client with the error report, without waiting for someone to open an inbox. That is what lets a print shop grow in orders without growing prepress at the same rate.
Where a print shop should start automating
The most common mistake is trying to automate the whole operation at once. What works is choosing one high-volume, low-variation product — a standardised card, flyer or label format — and automating it end to end. That pilot shows the team what Enfocus Switch really does and produces the first measurable return.
From there, each new product enters the workflow reusing what already exists. It is also worth deciding from the start what happens to a rejected file: who is notified, with what wording and how quickly. Automation that rejects well is as valuable as automation that approves fast.
What to measure after deploying Enfocus Switch
Three numbers show whether the automation is delivering. The first is the share of files passing through the workflow with no human touch — the most direct measure of capacity. The second is the time between file arrival and release to production, which should fall from hours to minutes on automated products.
The third is the most revealing: how many files are rejected, and how many of those come back corrected by the client. A high rejection rate is not a sign that Enfocus Switch is too strict — it usually means problems the operator used to fix silently are now visible. That invisible work, once measured, almost always surprises. Explore the Enfocus solutions distributed by Aufiero Informática and check the official Enfocus site for Switch and PitStop details.
Frequently asked questions about Enfocus Switch
What is Enfocus Switch?
Enfocus Switch is a workflow automation platform for the graphic arts. It receives files from multiple sources — email, FTP, hot folders, web portal — applies automatic checks and corrections, and routes the job to the next stage without manual intervention.
What is the difference between Switch and PitStop?
PitStop inspects and corrects the PDF itself: bleed, resolution, fonts, colour profile, overprint. Switch is the orchestrator deciding when PitStop runs, what happens to an approved file and what happens to a rejected one. They are normally used together.
Which print shops benefit most from automation?
Mainly those handling a high volume of orders with files coming from many different clients, where manual PDF checking already takes up much of the prepress day. The greater the variety of file sources, the larger the gain.
Where should prepress automation start?
With one high-volume, low-variation product — a standardised card, flyer or label format — automated end to end. That pilot delivers the first measurable return and becomes the foundation for later products, which reuse the workflow already built.
Does automation replace the prepress operator?
No. It removes repetitive checking of standardised files and leaves the operator for cases that need judgement: special jobs, problem files and colour adjustments. The volume one team can handle grows, but human judgement is still required.
What to measure after deploying Enfocus Switch
Three numbers show whether Enfocus Switch is delivering. The first is the share of files passing through the workflow with no human touch — the most direct measure of capacity gained. The second is the time between a file arriving and being released to production, which should fall from hours to minutes on the products that were automated first.
The third is the most revealing: how many files are rejected, and how many of those come back corrected by the client. A high rejection rate rarely means the rules are too strict. It usually means problems the operator used to fix silently are now visible, and that invisible work — once measured — almost always surprises management.
With those three indicators in place, expanding the workflow stops being intuition and becomes a decision. Reviewing the set each quarter is worth the effort, because the product mix shifts and a rule calibrated for last year can start rejecting good work or letting bad files through.
