Agfa
Corp. unveiled Arkitex at IfraExpo 2003, software aimed at automating
editorial-to-press workflow.
The
software was built upon Agfa’s existing Plateroom Manager and IntelliNet
software. Agfa said it has added greater ease of use, systems integration and
scalability so a wider variety of newspapers, as well as contract printers, can
use the app.
“We
took the most successful features of the Agfa and Autologic products - features
our customers tell us they prefer, such as Autologic’s page-pairing function
and IntelliNet’s planning and reporting features, and we combined them into a
single solution,” said Kurt Smits, Agfa’s director of newspaper business.
Because
it is built on existing technology, Agfa customers can easily deploy Arkitex
into their current workflows, Smits said.
Open
application programming interfaces engineered into Arkitex allow users to mesh
the app into rival planning and press control systems.
