The Total Package

"Today's package printer needs an all-in-one workflow package, including image retouching, trapping, text editing, vectorizing, PostScript import, coloring and step-and-repeat," explains Achim Schmidt, manager, packaging and label industry, Heidelberg Prepress.

"The packaging industry is making major jumps to digital workflows, looking to CTP for advanced productivity and efficiency," Schmidt reports. "The way to achieve quicker turnaround is by employing digital workflows. This does not end with a CTP or film device but goes all the way through to the press room and the finishing department communicating prepress data to the press."