The Total Package

Workflow throughput

At Agfa Div., Bayer Corp., the answer to digital workflows resides in the Apogee workflow. While many package printers equate their imagesetter's speed with productivity, overall throughput is determined well before the file is RIPed and plotted.

To maximize throughput, Agfa developed Apogee, a prepress system based on Adobe's PDF format. Apogee combines job management and tracking capabilities with PDF's tightly structured object file format to maximize prepress productivity. Apogee, which can drive any Agfa imagesetter or platesetter family comprises three main components: Apogee PDF Pilot Production Manager; Apogee PDF RIP; and, Apogee PrintDrive Output Manager. Still, Apogee integrates with other solutions.