The Digital Prepress Department at TigerPress operates with the commercial print industries' leading-edge, state-of-the-art equipment and technology.

In March of 2006, TigerPress adopted the industry standard GRACoL (General Requirements for Applications in Commercial Offset Lithography) specifications established by the Graphic Communications Association (GCA) to improve communications between printers, and those producing artwork for print production.

With the recent addition of the AGFA Avalon Thermofuse CTP (computer to plate) platesetter, we are now able to produce plates without dot gain. This produces a cleaner image, and maximizes the benefits of direct to plate technology while enhancing color reproduction.

Files headed for the AGFA Avalon Thermofuse CtP (computer to plate) platesetter are digitally imposed with Preps and sent through our RamPage workflow.

We can accept files via Web Transfer, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

Equipment:

• Macintosh G5 workstations
• Windows P4 workstations
• RamPage ROOM workflow with in-rip trapping
• Agfa Avalon Thermofuse CTP Platesetter
• Scitex Eversmart Jazz+ Scanner (2540 dpi)
• Epson Stylus Pro 10000 for imposition proofs
• Epson Stylus Pro 9800 with Ultra Chrome Inking for contract color proofs
• Hewlett Packard 8550 color laser printer
  

Recommended Software: (see our electronic artwork specifications)

• Quark XPress
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Acrobat (PDF)