CIP3 Comes Home

What will DRUPA 2000 hold for CIP3? Over the past five years, the CIP3 initiative, at any given time, has been called the tool for linking printing processes; a giant step in establishing an all-digital workflow; a vital piece of the digitization puzzle for print production.

Still, has the CIP3 movement truly permeated the prepress-to-postpress activities of commercial printing? Yes and No. While there are dozens of commercial printers in the United States testing and operating all-digital workflows that adhere to the PPF, these printers, for today, are in the minority. Hesitation exists.