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Print Shop of the Future

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?. Stitching. Folding. Billing. Cutting. Delivery. PostPress Control. Printing. Job Costing.

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Print Shop of the Future

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  1. Print Shop of the Future An open System Architecture to link Conventional and Digital Print Media Production Systems for Digital Production Printing

  2. Hybrid Printing – SomeDefinitions?

  3. Stitching Folding Billing Cutting Delivery PostPress Control Printing Job Costing Plate making (inline) Binding Shop Floor Data Collection Cutting Image Control Print Control Printing Tracking Presetting Plate making (offline) Trapping Production control Rendering Rendering Production planning Color Separating Color Separating Process planning Variable data merging Forms Proofing Impositioning Order Intake Collating Page Proofing Quote Print Control Trapping Color Conversion Impositioning Estimate Preflighting Variable data authoring Request Image including Normalizing Variable data Product Intent Pages The Graphic Arts Workflow MIS / PPS Conventional Production Digital Production

  4. Stitching Folding Cutting PostPress Control Printing Plate making (inline) Image Control Print Control Presetting Plate making (offline) Rendering Color Separating Forms Proofing Impositioning Page Proofing Trapping Color Conversion Preflighting Image including Normalizing Pages Conventional SheetfedOffset Workflow Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition Platemaking Sheet Printing Cutting Folding Collecting Binding

  5. Binding Cutting Printing Trapping Rendering Color Separating Variable data merging Collating Print Control Impositioning Variable data authoring Variable data Digital Workflow Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition RIPing Document Printing Collating Cutting Binding

  6. Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition Platemaking Sheet Printing Cutting Folding Collecting Binding Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition RIPing Document Printing Collating Cutting Binding Comparison of the workflows Why are they still so different?

  7. CIP4 / JDF System Reference Model – A Current View Prepress Imposition ImpositionCreator Prepress WorkflowSystem(Gray Box Expander) Submit Content RIP Prepress OtherPrepress DigitalPrepress Production Workflow Mgmt Customer Conventional Printing JDF Intent Creation PressController Sheet-fed Offset Press Integrated Digital Printing MIS Digital Printer Document Creation Press Digital PrintController Print ShopScheduling & Management Estimating &Order Entry Content Creation Binding System IntegratedFinishing BindingDevice Postpress PostpressController PostpressDevice Publishing Print Shop Management Customer Facility Print Shop

  8. 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

  9. Enhanced System Reference Model – The Future Prepress Imposition ImpositionCreator Prepress WorkflowSystem(Gray Box Expander) Submit Content RIP OtherPrepress Production Workflow Mgmt Customer Hybrid Printing JDF Intent Creation Sheet-fed Offset Press Hybrid PressController Press MIS Document Creation Digital Press Print ShopScheduling & Management Estimating &Order Entry Content Creation Binding System BindingDevice PostpressController PostpressDevice Publishing Print Shop Management Customer Facility Print Shop

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition Platemaking Sheet Printing Cutting Folding Collecting Binding Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition RIPing Document Printing Collating Cutting Binding Next steps in a hybrid workflow Common Page Handling Separate Sheet To Signature Handling Common Binding

  16. 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

  17. An open System Architecture to link Conventional and Digital Print Media Production Systems for Digital Production Printing Thank you very much for your attention! Rainer.Prosi@Heidelberg.com

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