CIP3--Digitizing Prepress, Delivering Promise

Does Agfa see CIP3 growing? Absolutely. "As CIP3 implementations are new everywhere, we foresee some implementation issues still to be solved. Therefore, a selected step-by-step approach to a product is required," Bloomquist states.

"It's really been the advent of the whole eight-up CTP workflow that has made delivery of CIP3 viable, particularly ink key settings. The revolution to CTP has not only encouraged the implementation of CIP3 standards, it has made it possible," she adds.