SKINNY Workflow Technology Preview. Mark Scott Director of Product Marketing Ultimate Technographics [email protected].

SKINNY Workflow

Technology Preview

Mark ScottDirector of Product Marketing

Ultimate Technographics

[email protected]

Over 12 years in the business

Invented digital imposition

Digital Workflow tools for Mac and Win•imposition•trapping •ganging •print managers

Ultimate

What is a Skinny Workflow?

• Smaller EPS and PDF files

• FASTER distilling• Easy “press ready” distilling settings

• Faster creative/production proofing

• Faster file transfers via email

• More efficient archiving

• More cost effective Workflow

Introduction

2. Skinny Server

•Distiller

•Trapping

•Imposition

What is a Skinny Workflow?

1. Photoshop

Plug-in

Encoded Lossless

EPS files

Email

PROOFER

How it works - CREATIVE

Creative

Printer

SKINNY SERVER

Imagesetter

Creative

Email

How it works - PREPRESS

Printer

SKINNY SERVER

SKINNY Photoshop

Plug-in

SKINNY

EPS used in Quark

35MB

1MB

18MB

215MB

Workflow diet - Lose Megabytes 8 Page Quark Doc.

12.8MB

5.4MB

Workflow diet - Comparison

215MB

16.9MB

128.5MB 24.7MB

(53 Seconds)(404 Seconds)

(183 Seconds) (43 Seconds)

Normal workflow Skinny workflow

Benefits

BLAZING FAST DISTILLING

• Up to 8x faster than Acrobat 5 Distilling

• Less expensive than Adobe Acrobat Server

• Plug-in trapping and Imposition

SIMPLIFIED DISTILLING MENU

• Press ready automated distilling settings

• Skinny server for creative shops

• Reliable press ready PDF from your customers!

Alpha Customer Success Story

San Jose magazine - Printed by Quebecor$34.00/Page to $12.00/Page PrepressReduced courier fees• Quark files emailed from designer to printer• Imposed PDF emailed to designer for proofs

Reduced bandwidth fees•Smaller files emailed easily•Discontinued use of dedicated file transfer systems

Reduced workflow time•Faster page layout/proofing•Faster distilling•Faster Imposition, Trapping & ImagingTotal Saving $20,000 / issue

Alpha Customer Success Story

Gilbert Sangari, Publisher - San Jose Magazine

“Imagine someone coming to you with what sounds like a publisher’s dream and wants you to be the guinea pig. Well, this wasn’t a dream but a dream come true. It took us literally half the normal time to do our October issue. Not to mention handling the files back and forth between the magazine and pre-press via e-mail, not jazz disks. You can now have your cake and eat it too."

85MB

650K

Skinny workflow

102MB

1.1MB

Skinny workflow

94MB

720K

Skinny workflow

5.7 MB - 8 Page Signature

The New Workflow

EXPECT CHANGE:

• Faster creative/production workflows

• More efficient file transfer between

creative and printer via email

• Opportunity to service new customers

• Faster creative/production proofing

• Eliminate the need for OPI

• Reduce file storage/archiving costs

• More competitive advantages

SKINNY Workflow

Official announcement

IPEX 02

Thank you