Automation Engine sets a new standard for workflow automation in prepress. It's a brand new modular workflow server with dynamic workflows that are simple to set up and operate. Automation Engine ensures increased efficiency and speed of operation and helps save time and cost. By any standards, an outstanding solution to the everyday demands of print professionals who must improve quality, decrease errors, and eliminate the cost of the printing process.
Automation Engine from Esko. Automation Engine is the automation of prepress workflows and modular software in the middle of your prepress process. You can automate tasks such as preflighting trapping, creating proofs, and creating reports through Automation Engine. Perform more tasks in a shorter amount of time while increasing your profits.
With its intuitive and visual interface, you can build complex workflows using just a few clicks or drag and drop. Replicate old tasks according to your client's specifications while ensuring the highest quality and timely delivery.
Utilizing Job Management, users can automatically create jobs and manage data storage and the job's metadata. It also links the order ID due date, order information, and customer service representative contact details.
Through Viewing & QA, content errors are identified for any file type before the output. Compare different versions of the duplicate files of different files or between different file types (screened or step) and even braille reading and barcode scanning.
Automate the creation of job reports using reporting and 3D. You can customize the templates of job report cards and also create 3D PDF documents to provide the user with a 3D perspective of how your job should look.
With Layout, it is possible to automatically step and repeat, imprint, or group files for digital and traditional printing, as well as the processing of variable information. The program allows labels, corrugated boxes, folding cartons, commercial print, digital signs, and display production using data via an external database system or the MIS to speed up further and simplify the processing process.
The Processor function automatically reviews and corrects files for common mistakes with complete reports created ad-hoc. It is an efficient method of handling files received with automatic separations and a streamlined interface, and it's also equipped to automate variable data expansion. Additionally, it includes Enfocus Smart Preflight installed. Enfocus PitStop is also fully integrated with The Automation Engine, which allows more than 200 checkpoints to be run regularly.
The Color feature gives you centralized color management using ink-saving devices and advanced tasks for color conversion. The color feature minimizes ink use and offers ensures the highest quality print.
It also offers a significant speed reduction in setup time due to the automated conversion to an ink set that is fixed. Additionally, you can convert automatically from the source CMYK to convert it into destination CMYK. Utilize Equinox to convert spot colors into a fixed ink set, e.g., CMYKOGV and UCR, as well as GCR, as well as ink-saving can be applied in real-time.