CIP3--Digitizing Prepress, Delivering Promise

Testing CIP3
Tests are ongoing with several major press vendors (MAN Roland, Heidelberg, Komori, etc.) that are the typical PPF file consumers. Similar test cycles are ongoing with PPF files generated by other systems that are CIP3 suppliers.

In the first implementation, the Agfa systems will be considered PPF file suppliers. The CIP3 option, implemented on the Apogee PrintDrive, will generate CIP3-compliant files (PPF files) that are intended to be used by press manufacturers for ink key presets. The option replaces the need for a plate scanner and, consequently, the processing time/manpower of a plate scanning operation.