Seamless Workflow

Heidelberg has created a completely integrated workflow from structural design to finished product with integration from MIS with its -Prinect -Packaging Workflow. Prinect Signa Station Packaging Pro imposition software not only imports a wide range of data formats used in packaging, but also calculates the most cost-effective manufacturing format, based on sheet size. Prinect -Package Designer combines a -library of re-sizable box designs with 3D proofing functionality to simplify and increase the speed of the drafting process. Box type and dimensions are already written into the JDF where the information is used to preset the press and related finishing equipment. It can also be used to provide and store feedback from each machine—how long it took to produce the job, how many sheets were used for makeready, how fast the press ran, etc. The information is passed back into the MIS, where it is used to analyze cost structures and to optimize repeat jobs. -Heidelberg claims that new extensions to its Prinect workflow, such as the Prinect Postpress Manager for integrating postpress and the Prinect Scheduler electronic planning board, will lead to improvements in the efficiency of production sequences, particularly in package printing.