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Presenter title

Productivity Tools

Bob Dalton, Product Manager Flexographic Computer-to-Plate

FPPA 10th Annual ConventionFebruary 19, 2007

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“A person who dares to waste one minute of life has not discovered the value of life.”

Charles Darwin(Minor edits by B. Dalton, 2007)

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Real print sales per employee is up 30% since 1990—half the gain in nondurable manufacturing, overall.

Real Sales Per Employee

AnnualTotal Average

Print 30.1% 1.9%Mfg. 65.8% 4.0%

NondurableManufacturing

Print

SOURCE: National Association for Printing Leadership, 2005

Productivity Gap

We must get better!

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PDF Compare & PDF Merge

2006 Technology Innovator of the Year

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A bit about Kodak….

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Kodak Graphic Communications Group

September 2003• Joint Venture

KPG• Joint Venture

Heidelberg/ NexPress

• Encad

January 2004• Acquisition of

Scitex Digital Printing Formation of Kodak Versamark

April 2004• Acquisition of

Heidelberg Digital Imaging and full ownership of NexPress

January 2005• Realignment of

Document Products & Servicesinto GCG

• Creo Acquisition

April 2005• Acquisition of

Kodak Polychrome Graphics

Kodak Commercial Imaging Group

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Kodak Integrated Portfolio: Concept to Consumer

Creative

Workflow

Proofing

Scanners

Consumables

Security

Output

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A Quick Review…

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PostScript and Other File Formats - Deficiencies

• File exchange requires compatible systems and or applications

• Previewing requires proprietary applications or preprocessing on a RIP

• Editable? - Sometimes

• Predictable? - Sometimes

• Resolution independent? Sometimes

• Large file sizes? - Sometimes

• Limited file transfer options - FTP

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The adoption of PDF in packaging

Drupa 2000 Drupa 2004We are here

Adoption will continue to advance rapidly due to:

Implementation of the Adobe Print Engine by vendors

Support for Transparency / Layers

Continued development of and refinement of PDF production tools

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PDF File Format - Benefits

• Exchangeable file format

• ‘Preview’-able

• Editable

• Predictable

• Resolution independent

• Minimal file size

• Internet compatible

• Facilitates Automation

PDF has become the de-facto standard file format for exchanging document information between systems.

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PDF Production Tools from Kodak

PDF Trap Editor

PDF Compare

PDF Merge

PDF PlateBuilder

DotShop

Geometry Editor

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PDF Production Tools

PDF Merge

• The path to automation within a packaging workflow

• Allows an operator to re-use elements that did not change on a correction cycle• Traps

• Screening and curve parameters

• Overprint Settings

• Geometry Settings

• Whites and Varnish plates created using PDF Platebuilder

• A revolutionary technology, that will change the way the industry works !!

PDF Compare• Compares two PDF files and highlights the differences, regardless

of the document size• Compares both raster and vector objects for differences

• Creates a separate PDF file which can be shared with customers

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PDF Compare & PDF Merge

• Typical prepress scenario:

2. PDF is optimized, trapped & color

managed3. PDF File is

“press ready” and waiting for approval

1. Design file has been approved

4. A mistake is found….. change is made to the design file

Problem: Manually updating the existing press ready file requires time to inspect the

files for differences, and care that other mistakes are not

made accidentally !

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PDF Compare & PDF Merge

• Efficient prepress scenario:

2. PDF is optimized, trapped & color

managed3. PDF File is

“press ready” and waiting for approval

1. Design file has been approved

4. A mistake is found….. change is made to the design file

5. PDF Compare and PDF Merge, automatically analyzes the two files for differences and extracts reusable elements such as traps, screening / curve information, overprint settings and trim box and merges them into the revised file.

Even if the files do not have the same document size or offsets !

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View a PDF Compare and PDF Merge Demo

http://www2.creo.com/video/pdf/pdfdemo.html

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“PDF Compare and PDF Merge have had the biggest impact in helping us manage last-minute changes—what used to take us 30-45 minutes, we can now turn around in 10-15.”

Kevin Bourquin, Prepress Development Manager

Cyber Graphics

PDF Compare & PDF Merge Benefits

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“Our customers don’t always tell us what changed on a file –it could be a typo or several changes. Either way we have to output our original proof along with the new proof and compare them side by side on a light table to determine what has changed. PDF Compare and PDF Merge allow us to do this really quickly on screen, without the expense of outputting proofs.”

Marc Lebel, Plant Manager, Sharp Imaging

PDF Compare & PDF Merge Benefits

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"Lost time is never found again."

Benjamin Franklin

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