Workflow Software

When properly utilized, automated workflow solutions create the potential to drive down costs, slash production time, eliminate errors.

Heidelberg has acquired DOCUFY GmbH in Bamberg. DOCUFY develops software solutions for technical documentation.

The team behind ESKOWorld, the North American user conference for users of ESKO packaging, printing and finishing solutions, with the help of their customer advisory council, created a well thought out agenda that addressed the needs of over 500 users and 100 brand owners and agencies.

Avanti’s Slingshot has been certified for connectivity with Kodak Prinergy Business Link software.

DALIM SOFTWARE focused on collaboration, asset management and omni-channel at the recently concluded US DUO Conference.

Mike Herold, director of global marketing, Inkjet Solutions, discusses Ricoh’s product lineup, pillars to success at the Inkjet Summit.

Michael Phillips has returned to Agfa as VP of Newspapers. He was most recently VP of sales and operations for Southern Lithoplate.

The fifth annual installment of the Inkjet Summit recently took place in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. I have been lucky enough to attend all five Summits, and once again, it did not disappoint. Each year, approximately 100 printing company owners and senior-level operations and sales executives attend this invitation-only event.

In another series of workflow blogs we have been walking through the path of auditing the current workflow in your environment and identifying ways to optimize through automation. It’s a long story that has been unfolding over many months. Along the way, many have asked specific questions about some of the fine points of automation and what tools would be on the “must review” list.

I've been in the industry long enough to have witnessed a small parade of attempts to develop universal print-and-finishing interfaces. In the 90’s, there was an effort to develop a common interface among inkjet printers being used on offset finishing lines. In 1999, a much more ambitious effort by the CIP4 consortium led to JDF (Job Definition Format) ... So, where are we now?