Putting PDF into Production

Regardless of the current PDF positioning of any specific printing organization, the fact that PDF will continue to take root in the printing industry is undeniable. Prepress technology companies from Agfa to CreoScitex to Heidelberg to Fujifilm to Screen to IPTech, and on and on, it seems, are developing new PDF workflows or enhancing tools and capabilities in existing PDF workflows. The number of third-party PDF solutions is growing at a healthy pace as well, further enabling PDF to the mass market of commercial printers looking to go digital.