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News Release from: EskoArtwork | Subject: Scope workflow
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 November 2005
Connect Digital features full production
workflow
Linking Scope with their Topax MIS system boosts efficiency and productivity.
Connect Digital Imaging in Bury, Lancashire is confidently predicting a turnover for 2005 in excess of 3 million GBP Moving to JDF within an Esko-Graphics Scope workflow has helped the packaging pre-press specialist to boost its efficiency and productivity
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 5 Apr 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Our operation has unique systems providing a service to packaging printers and end users," says Production Director David Piercy.
"We have used Esko-Graphics packaging workflow and CDI flexo plate imaging equipment since we were established in 2000 and all our files are now full pdf.
The recent addition of JDF support within BackStage, a key module of the Scope workflow, has allowed us to automate links with our Topax MIS system." "We definitely work faster," says Piercy.
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"All the folder structures are created by the job ticket, which saves time.
There are fewer duplicates because of the JDF integration into BackStage from our Topax MIS system.
Prior to this we had to retype all the parameters for the dot gain.
JDF has speeded up our workflow and reduced errors." The routing of the whole job is determined and monitored by Topax, from order entry to production, shopfloor data collection, quality assurance, platemaking and shipping.
The reporting module generates management information such as production reports, performance indicators and commercial statistics.
Topax and BackStage form an impressively integrated system for production and administrative data exchange.
"Scope is a very productive workflow and we have used it from the beginning," says David Piercy.
"Production supervisors set up job tickets that define a sequence of Task processes automatically applied to the job.
The Tasks available include: file format import (PostScript, EPS, PDF, Illustrator/AI); CertIn PDF normalising; optimisation of PostScript, clean-up of LW objects, colour management; ColourStitch vector trapping; FlexRip ripping; output to digital proof; and output to high resolution film or plate." Connect Digital will shortly open its asset management system to customers on-line who will be able to call up jobs that are automatically processed by the BackStage servers.
A new LES 10 communications system for very high speed Internet has been installed to cope with large data streams.
Wim Delagrange, Product Manager at Esko-Graphics, says: "I've heard many companies asking the question what is the future of JDF.
I believe that Connect Digital is an excellent example of how real it can get today.
As an early adopter of BackStage, the company clearly understood the advantage of digitally connecting the two systems without having to go into large customisation projects, building on the fact that BackStage offers standard technologies like JDF (job specifications) and XML (job status feedback).
This way they have expanded the functionality of BackStage as a production workflow server.".
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