EFI, the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, launched a new option for EFI Fiery XF and EFI Colorproof XF. The XFlow option is a powerful prepress and production workflow tool to process digital documents easily, automatically and accurately on large to superwide format devices.

XF is designed to give professionals in large format inkjet production and graphic arts a powerful PDF-based workflow tool to streamline production processes for consistent, accurate printing with Fiery XF and Colorproof XF. XFlow automates pre-flight to reduce make-ready work to a minimum and frees up time to focus on more value-add tasks. The advanced color management tools give accurate color control automatically. Printing professionals will use the new workflow option to optimize document make-ready, increase efficiency and manage color accurately.

The new XFlow option for XF enables print professionals to deliver accurately printed documents regardless of file formats, print data quality or print size, resulting in effortless job processing while saving time and money on every print. The XFlow option automates pre-flight by checking images, graphics and fonts for correct embedding – errors are reported and rectified automatically with the correct module.

Screen’s TrueFlow SE Version 6.0 is the latest version of Screen’s JDF-enabled, PDF fully automated prepress production workflow. The TrueFlow SE v6.0 incorporates the Adobe PDF Print Engine to ensure consistent and predictable output. It builds upon the previous generation of TrueFlow SE features by offering a number of innovative productivity-driven functionality that is increasingly in demand by the multi-faceted print production industry.

TrueFlow SE v6.0 offers improved printing quality and productivity. It also features standard file checking, OPI support, trapping and imposition and many other prepress functions. TrueFlow SE is designed to drive optimized computer-to-plate production and digital printing presses while also providing an advanced automated and streamlined workflow environment. It also allows existing users to move easily from a PDF and PostScript workflow into a JDF-based environment and achieve seamless communication with Management Information Systems.

Some new functions in the TrueFlow SE v6.0 include: Outline PDF Advance, the most versatile and interchangeable format; Digital page inspection, which significantly improves output reliability by offering an automated method of checking the post RIP’d file against the original PDF; Versioning, which is useful when creating multiple variations of a document by replacing parts of the document; PDF Trapeditor, an Adobe Acrobat plug-in that makes it possible to edit traps created by TrueFlow SE; and compatible with the latest PitStop profiles, an Adobe Acrobat plug-in that optimizes PDFs for their intended use.

From their humble beginnings as a garage prepress company to a $14 million printing firm, Integrity Graphics, Inc. continues to grow and diversify. Their clients, vendors, and employees recently gathered at its company headquarters to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the company.

Adopting technology early, Integrity Graphics has acquired other companies and grown to employ more than 80 people and service nearly every industry. The company embraced digital technology early on, working with Sony Corporation to develop digital photography for clients like Edwards Food Stores and Staples. In 1988, Integrity Graphics enhanced its prepress expertise with high-speed printing presses by purchasing Fox Press, one of New England’s most respected offset printing companies. In 2002, they acquired a Wallingford-based Internet company called e-Integrity.

Integrity Graphics acquired Standard Printing and in 2004, purchased BayData, a software and CD duplication company, then Certica, Inc., a web-to-print company dealing in customs solutions and based in Canada. Recently, the Printing Industries of New England awarded Integrity Graphics with its top honor, the Pinnacle Award, for its three-color “On Stage” brochure. They also received a merit award for a four-color corporate identification brochure for MetalFX.