CIP3--A Giant and the Consortium

The Delta Force
Heidelberg Prepress (first joining the CIP3 consortium as Linotype-Hell) concentrates its CIP3 work around the Delta RIP, running CIP3's PPF. As part of the Delta post-interpreted workflow, Heidelberg Prepress creates a CIP3 file form with the same file that created the plate—which guarantees the exact same results as the plate by avoiding an additional PostScript interpretation. PressGate is a Delta module that runs on any Delta workstation, creating the CIP3 file from the DeltaList of the imposed signature.