Heidelberg helps all print shops towards an integrated Printshop

workflow

Prinect-S paves the way for lean print production

All necessary functions of an integrated Printshop workflow solution

Can be upgraded to a comprehensive integration solution at any time

Fierce competition in the market is leading many small and medium-sized print shops to look

more and more at saving time and money, not only in the pressroom but also in prepress.

Outdated workflow or RIP systems should be replaced with highly automated systems utilizing

the latest technologies and processes. Prinect S delivers these goals.

Prinect S not only delivers integration between prepress and the pressroom but it is also

possible to accept job data from MIS systems, which gives the potential for boosting

transparency, productivity and reducing costs. Importantly, job data is entered once and used by

all applications and operators in a Prinect integrated workflow environment. Not only does this

save time but also minimizes errors – everyone sees the same job data right through the

production process.

Prinect-S offers automated prepress with PDF processing, layout creation, and proof/plate

output plus management of the printing of a job, including ink presetting. As with other Prinect

solutions, the system uniquely works in the way you work – a job-specific approach – not in the

old-fashioned sheet or flat-based ways. What’s more, a Prinect Cockpit enables users to check

the status of all print jobs in prepress and the pressroom at any time.

To output data as a proof or on a printing plate, Prinect-S uses another new product which was

unveiled at IPEX 2010 – the Prinect Renderer. This innovation supports all the screening

processes familiar from Prinect MetaDimension as well as all the unique Prinect features like

Plate on Demand, ink savings and calibrated multi-color separations.

All Prinect-S functions can be installed and operated on a single computer or from multiple

computers for larger Printshops. Like other Prinect solutions, the system is operated using a

common interface – the Prinect Cockpit. And the Prinect-S installation and training requirements

are simple and cost effective – its reduced complexity adds to savings achieved from the very

beginning.

“Prinect-S is a response to the wish expressed by many small and medium-sized print shops for

a cost-effective and straightforward gateway to integrated print production. The compact system

offers users all necessary functions, enabling them to process print jobs efficiently and

transparently,” explains Marcel Kiessling, Member of the Heidelberg management board.

Heidelberg offers customers with Prinect Prepress Interface an attractive migration package to

Prinect-S – making sure all customers can take advantage of the latest technology and

innovations.

If desired in the future, Prinect-S can be easily upgraded with a full range of highly advanced

Prinect functions like Printshop reporting (Prinect Analyze Point), or Print buyer integration

(Prinect Remote Access), to name a few among many options available in Prinect.