Sizing Up Software

Software's functional specialties are also reorganizing prepress departments, separating staff members into distinct groups with responsibilities for critical color, package structure and plate assembly, says Susie Stitzel, product manager, Contex.

Specific Approaches

Prepress software which accurately prepares package or label files for a specific printing process can come in several different forms. First, a growing number of independently developed packaging software plug-ins are emerging to accompany off-the-shelf design programs for Macintosh and PC platforms such as QuarkXPress and Adobe Photoshop.