System and method for remote monitoring of print systems

1. A system for generating resolutions to errors with print systems, the system comprising:

a first print system comprising a first printing device, first color reading device, and first software client;

a second print system comprising a second printing device, second color reading device and second software client;

a server in communication with the first print system and the second print system;

a first database connected to the server for storing first monitored color data read using the first color reading device from a proof generated by the first printing device at the time an error condition occurs;

a second database for storing solutions related to error conditions generated by the first print system associated with the color data stored in the first database;

a third database for storing second monitored color data read using the second color reading device from a proof generated by the second printing device at the time an error condition occurs;

one or more processors operative with software to:

perform a first comparison of the color data stored in the third database with the color data stored in the first database, when an error condition exists in the second print system;

perform a search of the solutions in the second database based upon the first comparison;

communicate a solution to the error condition in the second print system to a user of the second print system utilizing the second software client based on the search.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the first database, second database and third database are the same database.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the first and the second monitored color data is a color value.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein the color value is gray balance.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the first and the second monitored color data relates to density.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the first and second monitored color data is print contrast.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the first and second monitored color data relates to the first print system's output quality.

8. A method for remotely monitoring a print system comprising a printing device with a printing plate, a plate reading device, at least one database and a software client comprising the steps of:

generating a benchmark for the printing plate;

reading data from the printing plate using the plate reading device;

generating a message at the software client indicating whether the read was successful;

translating the data read by the plate reading device;

storing the translated data in the at least one database of the print system;

communicating the translated data to a remote server system that comprises one or more databases using a communication channel;

storing the translated data in at least one of the databases of the server system;

comparing the translated data with the benchmark to generate a first comparison value;

generating a signal that alerts a user of the print system to a first condition when the first comparison value exceeds a certain pre-defined value;

sending such signal via the communication channel;

comparing the first comparison value with a plurality of stored comparison values to generate a second comparison value;

proposing a solution via a chat interface generated by the software client to the user of the print system based on the second comparison value.