SYSTEM INTEGRATION -- Process Ins and Outs

System integration used to be a fairly straightforward problem in the graphic arts arena, even if productive solutions were sometimes hard to come by. The challenge was to get different pieces of electronic prepress equipment to communicate and work together efficiently in a unified workflow. While the digital revolution was redefining the front end of the printing process, it overshadowed the more quiet advances computerized controls were making into the pressroom and bindery.