KIRKWOOD PRINTING -- Energizing Color

In July, the company was awaiting delivery of an Agfa Grand Sherpa proofer, which is an ink-jet device that can reproduce a halftone dot. "We currently have a problem proofing duotones on the Epson," Monfette notes. "Having dots will give us a much better proof."

He also is pushing Agfa to incorporate online proofing, so clients can approve PDFs over the Web. In a related move, the company is preparing to roll out an implementation of Internet-based preflighting for use by its customers.