Trueflow SE creates a powerful new universal workflow capable of managing production to multiple output
devices on a single network is a result of Screen’s strategy to widen its range of digital imaging and printing equipment.
Known for its prepress and CtP systems, Screen has broadened its product portfolio over the last 18 months with the launch of the Truepress344 digital offset press, the Truepress Jet520 inkjet colour transactional press, and the Truepress Jet2500UV, the company’s first large format inkjet printing system.
Trueflow SE has been designed to serve the needs of printers using multiple CtP and digital printing systems and enhance output consistency throughout the workflow, improving overall print productivity and profitability.
It is a full JDF production workflow for printers that seek automation and tools that can easily be used by relatively inexperienced operators.
Trueflow SE combines the strengths of PDF for content definition and the JDF standard for job ticketing and process control and automates production from page input to final output by a single ‘drag and drop’ action. It maintains all the current features and benefits of Trueflow whilst adding new functionality, such as support for CtP and Print On Demand devices in the same workflow.
In addition to handling PDF files, Trueflow SE continues to support PostScript files and expands its JDF capabilities still further.
The Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) is a next-generation printing technology. With APPE, Trueflow SE combines the strengths of content definition in PDF and JDF to control print systems.
It allows PDF files to stay device-independent across the workflow, eliminating the need to flatten transparent artwork, make late-stage content corrections if required and enable re-purposing jobs for output on different printing systems.
Trueflow SE continues to improve the integrity of file input and output and strengthens the connectivity between designers and printers. The flexibility, offered by the APPE implementation, enables jobs to be sent to the output of choice at the latest moment in the workflow.
Trapping, colour management and imposition can vary in relation to the output device of choice.
Trueflow SE starts delivery in the Autumn and will replace the current Trueflow 3 range of products.
Existing Trueflow users will be able to upgrade seamlessly to Trueflow SE. Other products from the Trueflownet suite of products will retain connectivity or will be updated to a connectable version if applicable.
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