GRAPH EXPO 2006: Prepress & Software — Putting All of the Pieces Together

• job data (CIP3/PPF and now JDF) passed to subsequent processing stages;

• Web-to-print interface to customers;

• monitor-based color proofing up to a contract proof and into the pressroom; and

• bidirectional links to MIS.

Vendors and printers, alike, are still working to assimilate a number of these developments and put the pieces together to build a seamless workflow. Increasingly, this also means being able to efficiently drive digital and offset printing from a common data stream.