Recently I wrote an article about the introduction of the new Kodak Prosper 6000, a significant advancement over the Prosper 5000. As I wrote at the time, this was an important release for a number of reasons. First of all, it was great example of the next wave of production inkjet presses. However, for Kodak, it was also the first major product announcement after coming out of bankruptcy. With that introduction, Kodak proved that the newly reinvented Kodak was still a very vibrant company that could continue to innovate and meet the changing demands of the marketplace. This newest introduction, PRINERGY 7, continues that determined spirit of innovation.
PRINERGY was originally introduced in 1999 through joint development by CREO and Heidelberg (who ultimately stepped out of the relationship), and PRINERGY was subsequently acquired as a part of Kodak’s acquisition of Creo in 2005. Initially PRINERGY was developed as a CTF/CTP system, a single solution that could control the prepress production workflow. In those early days, PRINERGY became the gold standard by which other production workflow systems would be measured.
Over the years, in addition to the many evolutionary improvements, there have been many major enhancements to PRINERGY. In looking back at some of those significant additions, in my estimation there were three that really stand out and have established the strong foundation that has allowed PRINERGY to retain the status of ‘must have’ in the minds of many global service providers. Those are Rules Based Automation (RBA), InSite, and Preps/Pandora.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with RBA, if you have been reading any of my Transforming and Automating Workflows series, you know how much I believe that process automation is one of the key technologies in any production system. It has a positive effect on production cycle time, cost, and consistency. RBA was one of the earlier rules-based automation engines, and Kodak has been continuingly adding functionality to it to support the new features it adds.
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