An Interview with Amos Michelson

By combining SQUAREspot and Creo's advanced Staccato® FM screening, printers can use the new Spotless™ printing software to extend the color gamut and reduce the use of special inks and spot colors. It can be used with conventional 4-color process inks or with expanded 6- or 7-color ink sets.

A second initiative focuses on Networked Graphic Production™ (NGP™), an industry-wide effort to deliver cross-vendor integrations using the JDF standard. Creo developed NGP with other partners and recently turned the standard over to an industry group called NGP Partners, which currently has 43 member companies. In essence, Michelson says that NGP is a key element in how to digitize the printing process from idea to delivery. "It allows seamless communications between workflow, press, post-press, and business systems, including tying into the creative end. It will allow every part of a job to be specified and performed once, not three or four times."