Beware Workflow Problems With ROOM Systems

May 01 The ROOM workflow concept has been over-sold and the printing industry not been made aware of the problematical issues that it introduces.

May 01 The ROOM workflow concept has been over-sold and the printing industry not been made aware of the problematical issues that it introduces.

That is in the opinion of workflow software manufacturer, Gimle, which believes that ROOM (RIP Once, Output Many) requires much more storage and more complex file organisation than alternative systems and it eliminates otherwise attainable automation, resulting in the necessity to hand-pick files.

The company said that ROOM does not eliminate the human factor, which is, in most cases, the main reason for errors.

Gimle observed that ROOM solves certain problems but introduces new issues.

For instance, the company believes that when storing several versions of the same job on a server, it is left to the operator to decide and hand-pick which versions of the job are to be deleted and which versions are to be imaged.

Therefore, the human factor cannot be eliminated.

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