PREFLIGHTING -- Getting a Fix on Files

A new subscriber to Preflight Online is charged a $6,000 setup fee and then pays for each file submitted using its setup and plug-in. The standard fee is 95¢ per file, but volume pricing is available.

As good as the tools are getting, fixing file errors remains a stop-gap measure. The ideal solution would be to wipe out these bugs at the source, so they never make it into files. Hopefully, that won't require killing off all the creators of bad files. Getting them more involved in preflighting may be the right first step, since people don't like to make work for themselves.