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 Aachen, March 2005, Offset 5020, a full-service sheet-fed offset printer in Siezenheim
near Salzburg, Austria has established a two-way JDF-enabled link between HIFLEX MIS and Screen’s
Trueflow 3 PDF workflow system. The printer has also used HIFLEX
print software to enable bi-directional JDF/JMF networking with its Heidelberg presses.
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1: Offset 5020 in Siezenheim near Salzburg, Austria, has modern equipment and printing is
carried out at the highest technical level.
2: Production manager Johann Fuchs and prepress manager René Kirchlechner at the Screen prepress workstation.
3: Production manager Johann Fuchs in front of the HIFLEX Scheduling application from where
he transfers relevant job information and technical data, in JDF format, to Heidelberg’s
Prinect Data Control for make-ready. |
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Offset 5020, which is certified for ISO 9001:2000, employs about 60 people and produces
print at a very high technical level using several Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102
(102 x 72 cm) presses. For die-cutting, scoring and perforating, a number of cylinder and
platen presses are used in formats up to 64 x 90 cm. Three of the most modern folding
machines, up to 78 cm wide, complete the production line up. The products printed by Offset
5020 range from sophisticated image brochures, catalogues and posters to all kinds of
business printing, with special requirements such as foil laminating or varnishing also
part of the daily production. |
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A new job at Offset 5020 can be created any time in its Screen Trueflow system via the JDF
connection with HIFLEX. The automatic job creation function in prepress is triggered at
Offset 5020 via an interface in the HIFLEX order book. This enables the production
planner to decide if and when a job is to be opened in prepress. Apart from taking
over key data (job number and name, client’s name, etc.) several product parts can
be distinguished within the job. Networking ensures that in both systems job number
and other parameters are identical. This is especially important for data archiving
and for finding repeat orders. |
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| The press operator takes over JDF data from the Prinect Data Control System for the
make-ready of the press. |
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The Screen prepress system reports the status of several functions to the HIFLEX system:
Prepress in progress, imposition scheme loaded, proof ready, proof sent to client, good
to print received from client, plates made and prepress operation concluded. Seeing these
progress reports in the HIFLEX order book is very important for the people responsible for
the order, as it offers maximum transparency and enables them to answer the queries of
clients or internal questions directly. For the order planner, the reports of "good
to print" and of plate exposure are especially useful.
But linking both systems brings further advantages: The information about proofs and
plates produced is used in the HIFLEX system for material and cost calculation for
the job in question. Johann Fuchs, responsible for the technical and organisational
management at Offset 5020, says "post production cost reporting, automatically
generated through JDF, makes our actual costing much more precise. If we have to expose
an extra plate today because a plate was faulty, we can be certain that we will find the
cost of this in the post production costing." |
Offset 5020 is convinced that integration is the way forward. Johann Fuchs comments
"We are totally committed to networking and have been using HIFLEX printing
software for the last nine years. We expect from the direct connection of our HIFLEX
system with the production data flow, which we have just completed, significantly
improved process control and increased productivity due to a higher degree of automation
as well as more flexibility for job changes at short notice."
When a job arrives, the job description from HIFLEX’s preliminary costing is transmitted
to the electronic planning board, which is updated with any last changes. When the scheduling
of print jobs has been decided, the production planner sends the job data – job number, job
name, client’s name, format, colours, paper weight, paper characteristics, print run - with
the press of a button to the Prinect Data Control System. After the job has been selected
on the press console, all JDF production data is loaded into the press for presetting. At
the start of printing, data about production progress – printing speed, number of copies,
number of good copies and of waste – and the machine status is flowing back to the HIFLEX
MIS System. To this end the Prinect Data Control System sends JDF messages via the HTTP
protocol to the HIFLEX-Proxy-Server. The JDF status information is shown in the HIFLEX
production planning and recorded as production data in the MIS. This enables the production
planner and the person responsible for order handling to track any job in real-time. |
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The Screen Trueflow System is connected to HIFLEX MIS via JDF. On the left-hand side,
icons indicate the jobs that were started by JDF. Details of the job are displayed in a
separate window (JDF Link). |
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"Electronic production data capture enables significantly greater transparency in the
production process, as the production status can be clearly seen from minute to minute",
contains Johann Fuchs. "In addition, we receive complete data for management control,
such as post production costing. In this context, the JDF networking with Screen is also of
great importance." |
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For Offset 5020, the network linking the printing department and prepress is a very
successful solution. Johann Fuchs explains: "We saw in networking a way to counter
the current situation in the printing industry. But this is not only an opportunity; it
is a challenge as well, because electronic cost estimating and the organizational adaptation
of internal communication processes are preconditions for successful networking. JDF as
such does not increase productivity. Rather, all functions necessary for networking taken
together achieve this end. They increase transparency and flexibility in the production
process and thus increase productivity in the whole company. When jobs are processed
faster and more reliably the result is an enormous saving in cost and time." |
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Offset 5020 Druckerei & Verlag GmbH,
Bayernstr.465,
A-5072 Siezenheim,
Phone +43-(0)662/857070,
Fax +43-(0)662/857070-30. www.offset5020.at Managing partner: Ing. Gerald Watzal,
Management: Prokurist Winfried Hinterhöller, Prokurist Johann Fuchs. |
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Since January 2002, HIFLEX is full member of the CIP4 organisation, the successor of CIP3.
The company, based in Aachen, Germany, manufactures the industry software HIFLEX Print that
maps and supports all business processes in printing companies. The HIFLEX system covers all
relevant functions and tasks, including preliminary costing, quotes and tenders, job
confirmation, job folder, delivery note, invoicing, actual costing, statistical evaluations,
materials management, production planning and control, recording of operating data, machine
interfaces, mailroom management and order tracking. It also provides an e-business module
and a document management system. HIFLEX GmbH reinvests around 50% of its annual sales in
research and development. HIFLEX software is represented worldwide and available in 15
languages. |
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Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan) is one of the largest manufacturers and
suppliers of system components for the prepress and printing industries. Its large range
of equipment includes scanners, RIPs, proofing systems, and imagesetters, as well as
platesetters and digital printing presses. The company is also a well-known manufacturer
of equipment for the semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing industries. www.screeneurope.com |
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