Comments on: The Decade That Blew Big Chunks

By: Remembrance Day | Prepress Pilgrim

Remembrance Day | Prepress Pilgrim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:17:41 +0000

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admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:32:26 +0000

Hi Laurens:
I think it would be great if you could post some links of ApogeeX in action using it’s database. Or just ApogeeX in action, period. I have no pretension in being knowledgeable about any prepress software other than Prinergy.
With regard to the opinion that a database is not important to a workflow, I disagree.with as I think job management in a high-volume shop without a database-driven workflow is significantly more difficult. Furthermore, if the promise of inkjet presses ever come to pass, job management will become even more dependent on having a robust database.
But that is just the opinion of this blogger. For what that is worth.

By: Laurens

Laurens — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:58:21 +0000

I think you need to get your facts straight. There has always been a database in ApogeeX. There also seem to be versions of TrueFlow with a database in it. Probably there are more workflows with a database in it – the fact that it isn’t discussed that much is because it isn’t that important. Yes, the database enables you to track job progress, see what is going on,… but in the end a workflow is bought for making plates or printing jobs, not for having a database.