:Arkitex Director; Prepress Workflow; English; Leaflet - Agfa

:Arkitex DirectorAutomatic Output Priority ControlWith :Director you can be sure that the correct plates getimaged at the right time through automatic output prioritycontrol by day and time.Imaging ControlGain control over imagers with either manual or time-basedstart and stopping of imaging. :Arkitex Director also lets youmanage CtP devices ensuring the proper number of plates areimaged, based on the specific configuration.Flexible Format OptionsTrue-data format flexibility lets you choose the data formatbased on preferences and to accommodate job requirements.:Arkitex Director provides native support for a variety offormats, including TIFF, PDF and EPS/PS. Choosing TIFFenables softproofing of the actual TIFF data to be imaged, whilecompact PDF streamlines the workflow. You can choose differentdata formats for the same edition. :Arkitex Director also lets youchoose RIPping options—RIP once and output as many times asneeded to decrease network traffic, or RIP each time a plate copyis required to allow additional information/tracking tags.MAXML System IntegrationMAXML TM which describes,CIP4 is a worldwide operating standards consortium using standard XML, thethat serves as an impartial resource for developing, structure of a newspaper editionapproving, and implementing standards -including and the work required toJDF -in the prepress and printing industries. Agfa produce that edition, has beenhelped create the powerful JDF standard, a compre developed by Agfa not only tohensive, XML based file format for end-to-end job underpin its core :Arkitextickets and much more. JDF streamlines the exchange System, but also as a startingof information between different applications and point for proposing extensionssystems, making it easier for your entire operation to to the JDF standard that willcommunicate and collaborate.fully encompass the uniqueneeds of Newspaper Productionthrough its continuing support and contribution to theCIP4 consortium.Page- and Plate-Status Tracking:Arkitex Director tracks both arrival of pages and the imagingstatus of plates. Page tracking allows events to enter the systembefore the data actually arrives allowing :Arkitex Director toprovide visibility back into pagination. Plate tracking withbarcodes lets you view the status of the plates as they image andtrack all the way through to mounting the plates on the press.Intuitive User InterfaceA flexible user interface lets you view multiple levels in thepublication tree. It also allows you to configure the publicationtree to display production exactly as desired. It lets you filterpages/sheets based on various status levels. It allows differentusers to focus on specific data simplifying their job andhighlighting priority files.Page version support:Arkitex Director lets you control which pages image by allowingyou to configure pages for versioning. A visual interface lets youdefine shared or common pages across multiple editions andzones in a single publication. It lets you identify shared andchanging pages through a simple mouse-click.Media ManagementThe system’s media management feature ensures that thecorrect plate size is used. This improves imaging throughput byminimizing cassette changes.Secure Server Options:Arkitex Director provides two backup security options in theevent the main server fails. As each file is processed ActiveBackup automatically copies them to a backup server. It alsocopies the production database at timed intervals. If the primaryserver should fail, Active Backup will restore databases andready the backup server for production. High Availabilityprovides additional protection. It shares data storage with theprimary server to provide an automatic fail-safe system.Plate Count Control:Arkitex Director puts plate count control in plate making toease page releasing. This also lets you manage CtP devicesensuring the proper number of plates are imaged, based on thespecific configuration.Hardcopy Proofing of Pages and Sheets:Arkitex Director lets you output hardcopy proofs of pages/sheets. High-resolution TIFF and PDF files provide a visual proofof how the final pages/sheets will print on press.