Dalim's Printempo Has New Twist On Production

Dalim Software new Twist Printempo browser-based JDF print production system has just been launched.

Dalim Software new Twist Printempo browser-based JDF print production system has just been launched.

With Printempo, Dalim has claimed that a printer could use any common web browser, on any hardware platform to monitor the status of page production and to start plates and proof generation.

An optional module to Twist's automated workflow system, Printempo can also automate the production of imposed pages and place pages into a pre-determined imposition.

All submitted pages are pre-flighted and converted into a print predictable format.

After passing through the RIP, pages are trapped and proofed.

Imposed forms can be automatically generated according to the JDF imposition template selected for the job and the separation specifications given.

If a page has no page number information, users can select the pagination with a drag and drop, or they can be positioned manually inside the template using web-based drag and drop.

Printempo also supports versioning.

If a new page version is received, it is stored and labelled with a different version number.

Users can select a preferred version at any time - even a former version.

The signature is automatically assigned new status for validation or approval.

If pagination changes, drag and drop from a clipboard allows the operator to correctly edit the page order, and automatically generate a new imposed form.

When a page does not exactly fit a layout or design, changes such as page translations, rotation or scaling can be performed directly in the signature.

Sometimes a different press might be selected to print a job.

In such cases, an operator can easily select a new template from the database using a web browser to re-paginate the entire job.

Comprehensive status information for all job pages and imposed forms can be tracked via a web-browser and the operator has a clear status view of each job, its pages, and its impositions.

User-specified icons reveal Job status.

Thumbnails and full-page PDF views of each page are also available.

This gives users real-time control over production planning and management.

By fixing deadlines for each stage, or by reverse calculating all interim deadlines from the final job deadline, any job can be controlled and scheduling difficulties can be detected proactively.

To help validate a job, web-based soft proofing of pages or the signature is available from the time they are submitted to Printempo.

Dalim has also claimed that pre-press shops could keep and integrate their existing hardware, choose their working file formats and their preferred imposition software with Twist Printempo.

Dalim also believes that it is currently the only all browser based system to automatically generate complete print signatures using JDF templates.

"We believe Printempo allows sheet and web-offset printers extremely powerful tools to manage their businesses more efficiently and, ultimately, more profitably," commented Gee Ranasinha, Dalim Software director of marketing.

"The quick and easy management of imposition and placement of pages saves time and money, while the real time view of project status enables the pre-press department to operate efficiently and locate project trouble spots.

It allows the prepress department do what it should be doing: focusing on more, skilled and chargeable operations," he added.

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