CIP3--Digitizing Prepress, Delivering Promise

Currently, the information for the ink key presets is found on the plates by using a plate scanner. The information from the scanner is either manually or electronically sent to the press engine.

CIP3 was designed to describe several processes in the graphic arts in a standard way, so that the same information could be exchanged among the different stages in the production process. Therefore, the specification of CIP3 breaks down into two main topics: semantics and syntax. Here are brief details on the two.