Ditial Prepress--Beta Watch!

Shaffer, a longtime proponent of Agfa, overseeing a printing operation that runs multiple Agfa prepress technologies—including an Avantra 30 imagesetter, an Agfa Sherpa ink-jet proofer, AgfaScan T5000 and Agfa's Taipan RIP—saw promise in the violet laser Galileo.

The beta: Early on in the beta process, Shaffer realized the move to the Galileo VS would be more extensive than he had envisioned. Workflow issues were clear. To maximize the Galileo, Agfa's Apogee PDF-based workflow was need-ed—a new, but pivotal, addition to Eastern Rainbow's prepress environment.