WORKFLOW & SOFTWARE
Agfa Apogee workflow with redundancy servers
• Colour management following International standards
• Preflight and soft proof check using high-end calibrated monitors and trapping
• Preps software for imposition
• Enfocus PitStop for editing PDF files
• Agfa Apogee Printdrive server
• Agfa Apogee Prepress client
• Agfa PrintDrive Pilot
Agfa Arkitex workflow
• Arkitex in virtual environment
• Arkitex Producer
• Arkitex Director
• Grafix RIP
• Newsdrive
• Arkitex Prepress client
• Arkitex publication builder for imposition
Onevision Asura workflow
• Data validation with automatic colour management
• CIP3 – optimising ink values for exact colour reproduction
• Latest versions of Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat 9 professional, Acrobat distiller and Enfocus PitStop
Workstation units
• Power Mac OS G5
• PC
• Retouching and image manipulation station equipped with Eizo colour control monitor
• Receiving Data – FTP site & web based (Gulf News)
Colour management
• Xrite I ONE profile maker, Monaco, Colourport to create press profiles
• Agfa DG Wedge control strip, Xrite Platescope, Spectro Densitometer-Techkon
Computer to Plate (CTP)
• Agfa Plate Manager – plate size 1030m X 785mm and 979mm X 669mm
• Galileo VXT
• Lithostar LP 82 Ultra
• Agfa Polaris XTV - plate size 915m X 618 mm
• Agfa LP 82 Ultra
• Nela VCP punch and bending machine with camera mode
• UV – Flexo plate
• Concept 302 EDLF exposer
• Concept 301/501 processor
Digital proofing
• Epson stylus pro 9800 high-resolution digital proofing