Pre-press Primer
Participate in a comprehensive
review of color scanner technology, output technology (RIPs, OPI, Imagesetters)
and proper system calibration techniques. This refresher course is presented by
experts in each area.
Pre-press Reception
Continental Breakfast
The Outer Edge of Technology
Discover the latest tools
and technology to enhance newspaper prepress operations, including
demonstrations of new operating systems, new pagination software, the latest
portable document format, compression technology and software search engines.
Digital Advertising Update and Case Studies
Learn
about industry efforts to streamline and clarify the digital advertising
process. Hear leading newspapers describe how they managed to handle digital
ads more efficiently for their customers and themselves.
Web-Width Reduction Update and Case Studies
Newspapers
are keen to reduce their newsprint cost. Examine the impact of web-width
reduction on the pre-press area. Talk with the Canadian newspapers, the current
pioneers of 50-inch web reductions.
Pre-press Lunch
Full Pagination Options and Case Studies
Listen to
case studies from four newspapers that have successfully converted to full-page
pagination. Learn what to expect, what to watch out for, how to avoid pitfalls
and how to paginate successfully.
Archiving Options and Case Studies
Archiving
technology is hot now that more newspapers are converting to digital imaging and
pagination. Find out how newspapers are handling archiving from case studies on
industry approaches to archiving.
Newspaper Tour
Continental Breakfast
Pre-press Supplier Roundtable
The leading suppliers
of our industry answer tough questions about important industry trends in
pre-press hardware and software. Find out why some vendors continue to fall by
the wayside, what technology trends will affect our software and hardware
options and who will continue to provide these services.
New Trends in Pre-press Management
Learn from
newspapers that have outsourced pre-press functions. Does this approach work?
What are the pros and cons? Hear from newspapers that have worked with the new
integrators. Does a nonintegrated approach to system integration work?
Pre-press Discussion Group
Join this informal
moderated roundtable on current pre-press quality issues. Participate in a
free-ranging discussion on topics as varied as adjusting digital ads for optimum
reproduction to tips on calibrating monitors. Share ideas with your peers and
get their input on solutions.
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