Of the page
on the griddle.
The workflow is the backbone of prepress: it receives the pages, checks them, imposes them, calculates the plates, schedules the tasks, and drives the platesetters. When it holds up, nobody talks about it. When it fails, the newspaper doesn't go out.
PRODUCTS
NewsWayX · Blaze · Arkitex Production
PERIMETER
Pages, imposition, plates, scheduling
INTERFACES
RIP · CtP · CIP3 · NELA
DEPLOYMENT
On-premise or cloud
01 — What it solves
The three time-wasters of looping.
01
The page we are looking for
No one knows if page 14 has arrived, been corrected, or is stuck in review. The workflow provides a single status, visible to both the editorial team and the workshop.
02
The remade plate
Incorrect imposition, a non-compliant file, and that is a wasted plate plus ten minutes lost. Preflight control catches the problem before the aluminum.
03
The imaging system that is waiting
An idle CtP between two files costs more than it seems. Continuous scheduling and feeding keep the output pace steady.
02 — The products
Four answers, depending on the size.
NewsWayX
The complete flow, in HTML5, accessible from any workstation without installation. Multi-tenant: a single server serves multiple titles or multiple sites with separate rights. Imposition, plate calculation, scheduling, CtP control.
— For a daily newspaper or a group redesigning its workflow
Blaze
The same architecture, a reduced scope. We keep the core of the workflow and leave aside the modules that a small organization wouldn't use. Upgrading to NewsWayX remains an open option.
— For a weekly newspaper or a light printing center
Arkitex Production
The legacy ECO3 line workflow, with its ecosystem of modules. If your workshop is already running on it, there is no rush to change: we continue to support and expand it.
— For an existing Arkitex park
The RIP
NW RIP and Arkitex Production RIP interpret PostScript and PDF at daily newspaper press speeds. A plugin also allows for the integration of an existing third-party RIP instead of replacing it.
— Brick common to both lines
Redesign or evolution?
In most cases, the right answer is not to replace everything. We audit the existing workflow, identify the two or three pain points that are actually costing time, and estimate both scenarios.