Prinect Closes Gap in Workflow Between Offset and Digital Printing
09/08/2005
At Print 05 Heidelberg set to show a JDF-based link between the
Prinect workflow and digital printing workflow systems
For the first time, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is presenting a future extension of its Prinect workflow system at Print 05, which takes place from September 09 to 15 in Chicago. Using an open architecture based on the industry standards JDF and PDF, Prinect is connected to leading manufacturers' digital printing system workflows.
The solution on display at Print 05 will enable printshops operating both offset presses and digital printing systems to take advantage of the flexibility and cost benefits of the fully integrated Prinect workflow when using digital printing.
Functions and customer benefits with the new Prinect interface
The new Prinect component will standardize the prepress workflow for offset and digital printing, removing redundant workflows and enabling both job types to be controlled together through the production process. Standardization and automation of the prepress processes will also lead to more reliable production and shorter throughput times for digital printing too, with the result that for short runs, preliminary runs, and print-on-demand jobs, printshops can select the fastest and most cost-effective print method or a combination of the two print methods as appropriate. Production data from the digital printing system flows back to the Prinect workflow, allowing the production status in Prinect to be followed at any point.
"With JDF-based integration of digital printing systems into the Prinect workflow, Heidelberg is closing a major gap on the road to printshops achieving end-to-end integration. In the future, Prinect will offer printers the flexibility to switch between print processes, therefore allowing them to select the optimal production solution. In this way, printshop processes can be standardized and costs cut," says Dr. Peter Leu, Vice President Product Management Prinect, explaining the benefits of the new Prinect component.
Heidelberg plans to roll out the linking between digital workflow and Prinect in the first quarter of 2006.
The company will be showcasing the connectivity to the workflow systems of the following digital print suppliers at Print 05:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Matthias Hartung
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 77
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail:
For the first time, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is presenting a future extension of its Prinect workflow system at Print 05, which takes place from September 09 to 15 in Chicago. Using an open architecture based on the industry standards JDF and PDF, Prinect is connected to leading manufacturers' digital printing system workflows.
The solution on display at Print 05 will enable printshops operating both offset presses and digital printing systems to take advantage of the flexibility and cost benefits of the fully integrated Prinect workflow when using digital printing.
Functions and customer benefits with the new Prinect interface
The new Prinect component will standardize the prepress workflow for offset and digital printing, removing redundant workflows and enabling both job types to be controlled together through the production process. Standardization and automation of the prepress processes will also lead to more reliable production and shorter throughput times for digital printing too, with the result that for short runs, preliminary runs, and print-on-demand jobs, printshops can select the fastest and most cost-effective print method or a combination of the two print methods as appropriate. Production data from the digital printing system flows back to the Prinect workflow, allowing the production status in Prinect to be followed at any point.
"With JDF-based integration of digital printing systems into the Prinect workflow, Heidelberg is closing a major gap on the road to printshops achieving end-to-end integration. In the future, Prinect will offer printers the flexibility to switch between print processes, therefore allowing them to select the optimal production solution. In this way, printshop processes can be standardized and costs cut," says Dr. Peter Leu, Vice President Product Management Prinect, explaining the benefits of the new Prinect component.
Heidelberg plans to roll out the linking between digital workflow and Prinect in the first quarter of 2006.
The company will be showcasing the connectivity to the workflow systems of the following digital print suppliers at Print 05:
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HP Indigo Production Flow: Prinect communicates either
with HP Production Flow, which in its role as a workflow and
front-end system outputs jobs on the HP Indigo digital press, or
with HP Press Production Manager of an HP Indigo 5000.
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Kodak NexPress: Prinect communicates with the KODAK
NEXSTATION front end, which manages the workflow on KODAK
NEXPRESS digital production color presses, as already shown at
drupa 2004 as part of a technology study.
- Xerox FreeFlow: Xerox and Heidelberg demonstrated how digital printing can work within offset environments, using the Xerox FreeFlowTM Digital Workflow Collection and Prinect. Xerox and Heidelberg showed job ticketing, pre-press, printing and finishing integrated into one JDF pipeline, expediting workflow from start to finish.
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Matthias Hartung
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 77
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail:
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