FlightCheck Professional Preflight Quality
With the launching of Enfocus PitStop Connect at the IPEX printing show in Birmingham, England, this review from PrintWeek in the UK is even more interesting. They started off by making some observant views on preflighting in print media:
“Getting a PDF right first time is a notoriously tricky issue for the creative sector. Invariably, files that are sent to the printer fail preflighting scrutiny thanks to any one of a number of problems: low-resolution images, fonts not embedded, an RGB image, difficulties with spot colors – the list is virtually endless.”
Source: PrintWeek (April 2010)
What was extremely fair of PrintWeek and the author, was to ask Markzware what they thought. After all, Markzware has had online preflighting, in the form of FlightCheck Online on the market for years; yet we opted to remove this item from our product range. Why? Well, they summed it up nicely with:
“Flightcheck Professional is a pre-flight tool for the likes of Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress. This product has the ability to export simple pre-flight settings, or ground controls, to customers in the supply chain. David Dilling, managing director at Markzware’s (European office), says that this is a good option for smaller print shops. Markzware did sell a more direct competitor to PitStop Connector, Flightcheck Online. However, this product was discontinued two years ago. “We stopped this because the market is far from standardised,” says Dilling. “So far, PDF has not quite lived up to its promise and the reality is that whenever a file is sent to a printer, they will have to deal with any changes. You really need to pre-flight files throughout the workflow.“
Source: Related Products, bottom of PrintWeek article (April 2010)
The benefits of preflighting with FlightCheck Professional on each and every graphic or layout machine can be quickly visualized in this chart and post titled, “Print Quality – the Quality triangle for Designers, Layout Artists, Prepress Operators and Publishers alike“. You can purchase FlightCheck preflight software today for only 399 for a single license and even better deals on 5, 10-pack and variable site licenses…
Enfocus’s PitStop Connect sounds interesting, as was FlightCheck Online. The problem, in my personal opinion, is that Enfocus is advocating a postflight check only and not educating the market to also be concerned about properly preflighting art-work and native layouts before the cement is set and the PDF is made. The ink-on-paper world has tried this PDF-only approach and it has largely not worked for the average printing house. Yes, commercial printers have had great success with PDF and that makes total sense to place high demands on large publishers and advertising studios who negotiate hard with their print-contractors. Yet once again, the survey shows that PDF preflight alone will not lead to better print output. Use FlightCheck Professional.
Submit Your FlightCheck TestimonialHas FlightCheck helped you solve a problem? If so, just let us know!
The form will accept html, so feel free to send us links to your YouTube videos, or website.
You may also include a picture of yourself, company logo, or other branding.
Click here to contact our public relations department, or call 1-800-300-3532, extension 250.
Note: We do not disclose your email address nor provide the information you submitted to any third party.
Other articles you might like:
