Workflow
Innovative workflows
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Ten years ago, with backing from his father-in-law, Bobby Smith, Steve Hagan launched ZebraGraphics (Paducah, KY). I had no choice but to succeed, he...
Big screens, packaging workflows & more
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By AP staff
At Drupa, Heidelberg (Kennesaw, GA) will unveil a new version of its Prinect Axis Control spectrophotometric color measuring system, fully integrated...
A new era for PDF-based workflows
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Martin Spaar
Conventional prepress workflow solutions control processes from data entry through plate exposure. There are dozens of PDF workflow solutions, including...
Networked solutions
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel
The PrintCity Alliance hosted a pre-Drupa media summit in picturesque Tegernsee, Germany, this February. The group announced its new theme and plans for...
Conversion Breakthrough
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Gavin Anderson
If you have been in the print industry for any length of time, you know that there are certain file types printers dread receiving from customers. Right...
Ready, set, Goe
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Veerle Pieters
As fun and exciting as the Web can be, it's still no replacement to physically holding something you created in your hands. An essential tool in doing...
Just the W2P facts
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
PIA/GATF's Web-to-Print Primer is a model of clarity on an unwieldy topic. The book covers five key topics: business models, what to do before you get...
Soft Touch: Times are leaving hard proofs behind
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Carrie Cleaveland
While some customers aren't ready to give up hard-copy contract proofs, many are changing with the times. Some printers and agencies don't have a choice:...
Hybrid proofing: Finding the hard-copy, soft-copy middle ground
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Trevor Haworth
Once the gold standard and still preferred by some in the marketplace hard proofing technology now is challenged by the virtual option, which many tout...
Speed & Accuracy
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel
For Bill Kaufman, president of Allegra Printing & Imaging in Portage, MI, workflow was all about matching proofs to press sheets. We struggled for the...
EFI gets connected
Jul 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Patrick Henry
EFI Connect is in a class by itself. Having outgrown its origins as a joint meeting of the former Printcaf MIS user groups, this users group meeting has...
User 2 User
Jul 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Prepress manager Sam Hargis describes himself as the original PDF robot. Over the years, he grew tired of the seemingly endless string of tedious manual...
Hitting color
Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Dan Remaley
Process control best practices, part 1 from our five-part online series...
PDFs
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Julie Shaffer
It's a simple fact of computing life: Software applications and file formats are updated on a regular basis. Because the Portable Document Format (PDF)...
