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News Release from: Dalim Software | Subject: Twist
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 May 2006
Pre-Press Specialist's On-Line Workflow
Success
Pre-press specialist Compumedia and sister company Crossmedia relies on Dalim's Twist to automate its production workflows.
Pre-press specialist Compumedia and sister company Crossmedia relies on Dalim's Twist to automate its production workflows A new on-line service offers what is claimed to be a simple and reliable management of advertisements for more than 60 periodical publications
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 17 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Compumedia and Crossmedia are based in Munich (Germany) and together offer a wide range of pre-press and production services.
The pre-press and production companies use Dalim's Twist system to handle a highly automated production workflow for newspaper and catalogue production for global publishers and companies.
They include publications from Suddeutsche Zeitung, Europa-Fachpresse, Motor Presse Stuttgart, Hansische Druck- und Verlagshaus and Bayerischer Landtag.
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They are either partially or completely produced by the Munich pre-press specialists.
The products range from award-winning gravure productions, such as the German SZ-Magazin and the widely recognised Auto Motor und Sport.
Sheet offset products, such as Connect and W and V (Werben und Verkaufen) to newspapers such as Bayrische Staatszeitung and Munchner Wochenblatt.
Twist offers such features as JDF-driven file pre-flighting and imposition, web-based job tracking, file submission and production of print-predictable PDFs, said Dalim.
Compumedia said that it has found that its Twist-powered production workflow is faster than any other system it has used previously.
The company added that it enjoys the freedom and flexibility, which the modular Twist allows, to build specific workflows to suitits needs.
Crossmedia develops systems for publishers, and using Twist, it has developed an advertising portal for Motorpresse Stuttgart, which publishes 80 lifestyle and motoring newspapers and catalogues worldwide.
The on-line service allows advertisers to book, upload and immediately deliver their advertisements direct to the chosen publication from Motorpress Verlag's titles, securely and cost-effectively, added Dalim.
The on-line portal saves time and money by cutting expenditure on late copy charges, additional handling charges, couriers and proof production, said the company.
Motopresse receives over 90 per cent of its advertisements through the automated system.
A new on-line service for text-only advertisements is claimed to allow fast and efficient design and submission of continuous text.
Twist normalises and adds the advertisement to the production workflow.
Further enhancements to the on-line services include softproofing applications for advertising clients and other systems based on Twist are due to be rolled out in the coming months.
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