DIGITAL digest

Vision’s steps toward building an integrated operation have been technological and organizational in nature. An example of the latter is locating the company’s prepress/ preflight technicians, CSRs and front-office staff in one room. Prepress output—CTP, proofing, etc.—is located one floor up.

The technological integration begins with the shop’s Creo Prinergy workflow providing color data to enable automatic ink zone setting on the presses via PECOM JobPilot. All of the presses are monitored and controlled by the PECOM operating and automation system. Press operators are still given paper dockets along with digital job tickets, Steputis points out.