KIRKWOOD PRINTING -- Energizing Color

In addition to improvements in screening, the prepress exec says he was looking to implement a more automated workflow. The shop had been using a line work/CT-based workflow that required a high level of operator intervention, often to fix problems in processing files, he says.

"We spent way too much time setting and checking traps, for one thing," Monfette continues. "RIPing a PDF file to a one-bit TIFF and eliminating line work/CT have probably eliminated 70 percent of the problems, if not more. The Agfa system definitely increased our throughput, and with fewer workstations."