The Next Wave - Digital Directions

Too bad—the next wave of PDF functionality, digital front-end output flexibility, thermal CTP strides and competitive advancements in digital color proofing devices are poised to make 1999 another hot year for digital developments.

Still, hearing the tech talk isn't always easy, as many a prepress director can readily attest. "I'm so tired of hearing about platesetters, digital color proofing, PDF, color management, the Internet, remote proofing and variable data," confesses Paula Tognarelli, director of prepress at Somerville, MA-based United Lithograph. "But I could just be having a technology midlife crisis," she quips.