CIP3--Time to Celebrate?

Most recently, Hagen Systems announced that it joined the CIP3 consortium—the International Cooperation for the Integration of Prepress, Press and Postpress. Bringing computerized management solutions to CIP3, Hagen Systems expects to contribute to the PPF file format in a number of ways, including allowing information contained in Hagen OA's estimating, order entry, scheduling and client files to provide the basis for creating the initial PPF file for use in the early stages of print production. Hagen also reports it will be working with the consortium to create a standard CIP3 data transfer process.