Optimizing your prepress workflow is key to adding value to your bottom line. Whether you’re looking to accelerate prepress to reach production faster or seeking solutions to improve preflight accuracy, Anderson & Vreeland provides the tools you need for success.
5 Areas to Streamline Your Prepress Workflow for Maximum Efficiency
- Preflight & File Management
- Digital Prepress Workflow
- Color Management
- Proofing
- Quality Control
From the moment a file enters to when it’s converted into a proof and made into a plate, your prepress workflow dictates the speed, accuracy, and overall efficiency of the final product.
Here are five common areas where printers often hinder their prepress workflow, along with the solutions Anderson & Vreeland provides. Contact us today to speak with a prepress workflow expert about your business’s specific equipment needs.
1. Preflight & File Management in the Prepress Workflow
The Problem: You’re spending too much time in back-and-forth communication with clients to ensure that fonts, colors, and images are correctly set for error-free printing.
How to Reduce Errors in Preflight with File Management Software
The first step in an efficient prepress workflow is preflighting your files. By ensuring all images and fonts are embedded, you prevent larger issues later in the process.
Anderson & Vreeland can help you optimize your preflight process by providing top-tier software solutions that integrate seamlessly with your prepress workflow.
Preflight Software Solutions for a Smooth Prepress Workflow
Hybrid offers a suite of software that manages your preflight process and beyond. Their tools integrate with your prepress workflow, making it easier to manage customer files, graphic assets, and more through a system like Cloudflow.
2. Accelerating Your Digital Prepress Workflow
The Problem: Manual processes are slowing down your digital prepress workflow—from designing and trapping to separation handling and plate making.
How to Accelerate Your Digital Prepress Workflow
To create a more efficient digital prepress workflow, consider investing in consolidated software solutions that simplify the process. Anderson & Vreeland provides tools that make your prepress workflow faster and more efficient.
Streamlined Enterprise Solutions for Prepress Workflow Optimization
Hybrid’s enterprise software provides a single solution that encompasses your entire digital prepress workflow. From CRM to basic prepress editing, Hybrid offers a comprehensive solution that scales with your production needs.
3. Optimizing Color Management in the Prepress Workflow
The Problem: Ensuring color consistency across various substrates and processes can be challenging. Receiving color files from different sources adds complexity to your prepress workflow.
How to Optimize Color Management for Flexo Printing
Anderson & Vreeland offers a wide array of color management tools to enhance your prepress workflow. From software to hardware solutions, we can help you ensure accurate color reproduction.
Improve Color Management in Your Prepress Workflow
GMG’s Color Software Solutions streamline your prepress workflow by ensuring color consistency throughout the process, while EFI’s Colorproof XF and Fiery XF provide reliable proofing tools that further optimize your workflow.
4. Proofing: Enhancing Accuracy in the Prepress Workflow
The Problem: Segmenting workflows and poor proof quality can delay your prepress workflow, wasting time and resources.
How to Improve Proofing in Your Prepress Workflow
Improve your prepress proofing by incorporating integrated solutions that enhance accuracy and streamline processes. Anderson & Vreeland offers proofing solutions that fit seamlessly into your existing prepress workflow.
Invest in Consistent Proofing for a More Efficient Workflow
Epson Proofing Devices offer high-quality, accurate proofs, allowing you to get to print faster and with confidence, saving both time and resources in your prepress workflow.
5. Quality Control in the Prepress Workflow
The Problem: Manual quality control processes are hindering your ability to detect inefficiencies in your prepress workflow.
How to Simplify Quality Control in the Prepress Workflow
By reducing manual steps and utilizing advanced QC technologies, you can enhance accuracy and streamline your quality control processes.
Consolidate Process Control and Reporting in the Prepress Workflow
X-Rite’s ColorCert Suite simplifies your prepress workflow by providing an all-in-one solution for color asset management and real-time quality reporting, helping you boost efficiency and savings.
Streamline Film Setting in the Prepress Workflow
The Problem: For those using film, traditional imagesetting can stall your prepress workflow due to outsourcing or the need for chemical-based processes.
How to Eliminate Film Processors from Your Prepress Workflow EXILE’s TechSetter 2 eliminates the need for outsourcing film setting, while the Liberator XE Thermal Film Setter provides fast, reliable, and chemical-free imagesetting for your prepress workflow.
Connect with a Prepress Workflow Expert Today
Anderson & Vreeland is committed to helping companies like yours thrive with innovative solutions for all your prepress workflow and packaging needs. With over 60 years of experience, we can help you maximize your potential.
Speak with a prepress workflow expert today to find the right solution for your business.
