Label World Installs EskoArtwork Prepress System

Label World also sought to improve productivity in prepress. Film-based equipment was becoming harder to maintain over time and it wanted to make the process of trapping, distortions, and other prepress actions easier and more productive to do.

“Clearly, the workflow at the front end had to align with both the flexo and digital businesses—all roll fed. Pitman [Company] helped spec out a complete EskoArtwork system,” explains McDermott. “EskoArtwork has a workflow well suited to label business and, in particular, roll fed. The EskoArtwork system is a proven solution that has all the features we needed in terms of productivity of prepress, as well as the ability to connect to a CDI 2530 digital plate system.” The software includes Equinox for color management, DeskPack plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator (for trapping, bar codes, preflighting, and step and repeat), and FlexRip and FlexProof/E to RIP files to proofers, the Indigo digital press, and the platemaker. Label World also installed a CDI 2530 flexo plate imager.