Client/Server--Bolstering Throughput

Now, prepress is following suit.

Yes, client/server architecture—a term just vague enough to encompass a variety of digital workflow solutions that link users at their desktops to the servers processing their files—is targeting prepress.

Why? The benefits of client/server architecture in prepress include: wider access to information on the server; improved visibility in a digital workflow; improved communication across shifts, departments and locations; and improved system reliability—one client workstation can crash without affecting other users.