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April 29, 2009 The Graphic Arts Workflow : April 29, 2009 The Graphic Arts Workflow MIS / PPS Conventional Production Digital Production Conventional SheetfedOffset Workflow : April 29, 2009 Conventional SheetfedOffset Workflow Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition Platemaking Sheet Printing Cutting Folding Collecting Binding Digital Workflow : April 29, 2009 Digital Workflow Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition RIPing Document Printing Collating Cutting Binding Comparison of the workflows : April 29, 2009 Comparison of the workflows Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition Platemaking Sheet Printing Cutting Folding Collecting Binding Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition RIPing Document Printing Collating Cutting Binding Why are they still so different? CIP4 / JDF System Reference Model – A Current View : April 29, 2009 Customer MIS Conventional Printing Prepress CIP4 / JDF System Reference Model – A Current View Postpress Customer Facility Print Shop Management Print Shop Press Prepress Publishing Document Creation Prepress WorkflowSystem(Gray Box Expander) Binding System JDF Intent Creation Content Creation Estimating &Order Entry Submit Content Integrated Digital Printing DigitalPrepress IntegratedFinishing Digital Printer Sheet-fed Offset Press PressController Imposition Print ShopScheduling & Management Digital PrintController OtherPrepress RIP ImpositionCreator PostpressDevice PostpressController BindingDevice Production Workflow Mgmt Issues with the current View : April 29, 2009 Issues with the current View Decision whether to produce Digital or Conventional is made early in the workflow Work for conventional is lost when switching to digital and vice versa Work in device color spaces is useless on other devices Imposition defines sheet size which defines the output device Shipping Workflow and MIS products tend to focus on only one of the two workflows Sheet / Plate oriented conventional workflow systems High level Imposition specified in JDF as Stripping Document oriented digital workflow systems High level Imposition specified in JDF as LayoutPreparation Enhanced System Reference Model – The Future : April 29, 2009 Customer MIS Hybrid Printing Prepress Enhanced System Reference Model – The Future Customer Facility Print Shop Management Print Shop Press Publishing Document Creation Prepress WorkflowSystem(Gray Box Expander) Binding System JDF Intent Creation Content Creation Estimating &Order Entry Submit Content Sheet-fed Offset Press Hybrid PressController Imposition Print ShopScheduling & Management OtherPrepress RIP ImpositionCreator PostpressDevice PostpressController BindingDevice Production Workflow Mgmt Digital Press Imposition Requirements for late stage workflow decisions : April 29, 2009 Imposition Requirements for late stage workflow decisions Need both (or n) impositions to be defined within JDF: Multiple explicit Layout Definitions, only one of which is active + Exact, predictable positions - verbose, inflexible Parametric Layout – no common definition in JDF 1.4 + flexible, concise - Implementation specific execution Product Intent Layout only (no Sheet imposition specified originally) - Cost relevant decisions are made in production - MIS has no control over resource usage Parametric Layout Requirements : April 29, 2009 Parametric Layout Requirements Digital Printing / LayoutPreparationParams Emulate typical Device UI features NUp Booklet Mode Little Media size variability / Small Media sizes Fully automated, single device, inline finishing Conventional Prepress / StrippingParams Specify Cost relevant features of Imposition Media Size variation / Waste reduction Folding scheme assignment Semi-automated Multiple devices, offline finishing CIP4 is working to merge the two concepts Color Requirements for late stage workflow decisions : April 29, 2009 Color Requirements for late stage workflow decisions Device independent Color – Color Managed Workflow Device Gamut Device specific Spot Color handling Traditional Color Workflow Conventional: ICC Color Management Device CMYK Digital: sRGB Workflows Moving towards more color management Finishing Requirements for late stage workflow decisions : April 29, 2009 Finishing Requirements for late stage workflow decisions Inline or Offline Digital Finishing? Inline: Finishing follows a different path after digital print Mixed Digital and Conventional inputs are possible post fuser inserters Offline: Finishing may be identical to Conventional workflow Merging point is in the Bindery Mixed Digital and Conventional inputs are possible MIS Requirements for late stage workflow decisions : April 29, 2009 MIS Requirements for late stage workflow decisions JDF and JMF are sufficiently abstract and flexible to model any workflow combination Cost Auditing is already possible today MIS need to plan both workflows in advance and select one late in the workflow Estimated costs vary with Workflow and must be based on realistic probabilities MIS need to support multiple workflow models for one product Sweet Spot: This capability may be used to model multiple Digital or Multiple Conventional devices/workflows Next steps in a hybrid workflow : April 29, 2009 Next steps in a hybrid workflow Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition Platemaking Sheet Printing Cutting Folding Collecting Binding Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition RIPing Document Printing Collating Cutting Binding Common Page Handling Separate Sheet To Signature Handling Common Binding Future steps for hybrid workflows : April 29, 2009 Future steps for hybrid workflows Full Variable data in a hybrid workflow Archiving for a hybrid Workflow E.g. rerun short reprints of a conventional job on a digital device Hybrid Conventional Web and Digital Workflows Moving from Hybrid to Cross Media Solutions that work for Hybrid have potential for Cross Media Color Independence Size Independence Additional Difficulty: No common pages as links between the two Slide 17: April 29, 2009 An open System Architecture to link Conventional and Digital Print Media Production Systems for Digital Production Printing Rainer.Prosi@Heidelberg.com Thank you very much for your attention! 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17_Hybrid_DigiConv aSGuest17733 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 26 Category: Business & Fin.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: April 29, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Print Shop of the Future : April 29, 2009 Print Shop of the Future An open System Architecture to link Conventional and Digital Print Media Production Systems for Digital Production Printing Hybrid Printing – Some Definitions? : Hybrid Printing – Some Definitions? April 29, 2009 The Graphic Arts Workflow : April 29, 2009 The Graphic Arts Workflow MIS / PPS Conventional Production Digital Production Conventional SheetfedOffset Workflow : April 29, 2009 Conventional SheetfedOffset Workflow Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition Platemaking Sheet Printing Cutting Folding Collecting Binding Digital Workflow : April 29, 2009 Digital Workflow Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition RIPing Document Printing Collating Cutting Binding Comparison of the workflows : April 29, 2009 Comparison of the workflows Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition Platemaking Sheet Printing Cutting Folding Collecting Binding Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition RIPing Document Printing Collating Cutting Binding Why are they still so different? CIP4 / JDF System Reference Model – A Current View : April 29, 2009 Customer MIS Conventional Printing Prepress CIP4 / JDF System Reference Model – A Current View Postpress Customer Facility Print Shop Management Print Shop Press Prepress Publishing Document Creation Prepress WorkflowSystem(Gray Box Expander) Binding System JDF Intent Creation Content Creation Estimating &Order Entry Submit Content Integrated Digital Printing DigitalPrepress IntegratedFinishing Digital Printer Sheet-fed Offset Press PressController Imposition Print ShopScheduling & Management Digital PrintController OtherPrepress RIP ImpositionCreator PostpressDevice PostpressController BindingDevice Production Workflow Mgmt Issues with the current View : April 29, 2009 Issues with the current View Decision whether to produce Digital or Conventional is made early in the workflow Work for conventional is lost when switching to digital and vice versa Work in device color spaces is useless on other devices Imposition defines sheet size which defines the output device Shipping Workflow and MIS products tend to focus on only one of the two workflows Sheet / Plate oriented conventional workflow systems High level Imposition specified in JDF as Stripping Document oriented digital workflow systems High level Imposition specified in JDF as LayoutPreparation Enhanced System Reference Model – The Future : April 29, 2009 Customer MIS Hybrid Printing Prepress Enhanced System Reference Model – The Future Customer Facility Print Shop Management Print Shop Press Publishing Document Creation Prepress WorkflowSystem(Gray Box Expander) Binding System JDF Intent Creation Content Creation Estimating &Order Entry Submit Content Sheet-fed Offset Press Hybrid PressController Imposition Print ShopScheduling & Management OtherPrepress RIP ImpositionCreator PostpressDevice PostpressController BindingDevice Production Workflow Mgmt Digital Press Imposition Requirements for late stage workflow decisions : April 29, 2009 Imposition Requirements for late stage workflow decisions Need both (or n) impositions to be defined within JDF: Multiple explicit Layout Definitions, only one of which is active + Exact, predictable positions - verbose, inflexible Parametric Layout – no common definition in JDF 1.4 + flexible, concise - Implementation specific execution Product Intent Layout only (no Sheet imposition specified originally) - Cost relevant decisions are made in production - MIS has no control over resource usage Parametric Layout Requirements : April 29, 2009 Parametric Layout Requirements Digital Printing / LayoutPreparationParams Emulate typical Device UI features NUp Booklet Mode Little Media size variability / Small Media sizes Fully automated, single device, inline finishing Conventional Prepress / StrippingParams Specify Cost relevant features of Imposition Media Size variation / Waste reduction Folding scheme assignment Semi-automated Multiple devices, offline finishing CIP4 is working to merge the two concepts Color Requirements for late stage workflow decisions : April 29, 2009 Color Requirements for late stage workflow decisions Device independent Color – Color Managed Workflow Device Gamut Device specific Spot Color handling Traditional Color Workflow Conventional: ICC Color Management Device CMYK Digital: sRGB Workflows Moving towards more color management Finishing Requirements for late stage workflow decisions : April 29, 2009 Finishing Requirements for late stage workflow decisions Inline or Offline Digital Finishing? Inline: Finishing follows a different path after digital print Mixed Digital and Conventional inputs are possible post fuser inserters Offline: Finishing may be identical to Conventional workflow Merging point is in the Bindery Mixed Digital and Conventional inputs are possible MIS Requirements for late stage workflow decisions : April 29, 2009 MIS Requirements for late stage workflow decisions JDF and JMF are sufficiently abstract and flexible to model any workflow combination Cost Auditing is already possible today MIS need to plan both workflows in advance and select one late in the workflow Estimated costs vary with Workflow and must be based on realistic probabilities MIS need to support multiple workflow models for one product Sweet Spot: This capability may be used to model multiple Digital or Multiple Conventional devices/workflows Next steps in a hybrid workflow : April 29, 2009 Next steps in a hybrid workflow Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition Platemaking Sheet Printing Cutting Folding Collecting Binding Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition RIPing Document Printing Collating Cutting Binding Common Page Handling Separate Sheet To Signature Handling Common Binding Future steps for hybrid workflows : April 29, 2009 Future steps for hybrid workflows Full Variable data in a hybrid workflow Archiving for a hybrid Workflow E.g. rerun short reprints of a conventional job on a digital device Hybrid Conventional Web and Digital Workflows Moving from Hybrid to Cross Media Solutions that work for Hybrid have potential for Cross Media Color Independence Size Independence Additional Difficulty: No common pages as links between the two Slide 17: April 29, 2009 An open System Architecture to link Conventional and Digital Print Media Production Systems for Digital Production Printing Rainer.Prosi@Heidelberg.com Thank you very much for your attention!