Vector based files are smaller, and can be rendered at any resolution without aliasing artifacts. PDF – digital workflows tend to move from raster-file based to vector-file based as technology improves. We came up with what would be the cornerstones of Prinergy three years later, after ramping up an exceptional development team to realize that vision. On a long plane ride back from Germany, Creo CEO Amos Michelson asked me what it would take to create the world-leading prepress system. Our challenge was there were few software systems capable of delivering the volume of print data at that speed. Creo had just released and demonstrated 9 working computer-to-plate systems that could make press-ready, digitally accurate plates in 3 minutes. The vision behind Prinergy came about after Drupa 95. It’s a bedrock technology that continues to evolve as it drives productivity throughout the industry.” Another said, “This is still the most widely integrated and automated product on the market … it’s a fixture in the industry.” Other comments described it as “robust” and “a complete success.” Clearly, the Selection Committee felt that in consideration with other progressive MUST SEE ‘EMS winners since 1999, Prinergy was a standout with a significant long-term impact on the graphic communications industry.Ī presentation I made about Creo culture and technology in 2002: One judge commented, “ Nothing else on the list went on to become as widely adopted and used as Prinergy. Virtually all prepress workflow systems are based on PDF, a concept that Prinergy helped legitimize.”
On OctoGraphExpo, the U.S.’ largest trade show for print and publishing selected Prinergy as the recipient of the first ever “Must See ‘Em” Legacy Award, for over a decade of being a product and show leader.Īccording to MUST SEE ‘EMS program coordinator Hal Hinderliter, “ Prinergy was not the first PDF-based workflow, but it stood out as the first product to bring the power of in-RIP PDF editing to a large scale audience. Prinergy debuted in September 1999 and went on to change the market for digital production of offset-printed material around the world. Creo’s commercialization of a reliable and cost-effective computer-to-plate (CTP) system meant that the tedious, inaccurate, and expensive use of film could be replaced by imaging a laser directly onto photo-polymer coated aluminum printing plates. Prinergy was originally a concept for a paradigm-jumping integrated software application to assist Creo customers moving from film to digital based workflows for their offset printing businesses. Sept 1999 Seybold Report (Thanks to Dan Everard for this archived version)
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