Contex Interface to Agfa PostScript Imagesetters

Output final Contex jobs to Agfa Imagesetters on-line from Contex Prepress systems. Contex sends high resolution CT and lineart to the imagesetter marking engine via a fast plotting workstation system (Dotbox), bypassing lengthy PostScript Rip times. PostScript files can also be sent to the imagesetter directly, either through the Agfa PostScript Rip (such as the Multistar 400 or 600), or the optional PostScript Rip that resides on a Contex Dotbox at the imagesetter. This workflow enables the user to send desktop files directly to the imagesetter that are not required to go through the Contex system for page assembly or retouching. Precise screening is provided by screening algorithms comparable to traditional screening techniques, as well as stochastic screening.

Fred Harrison

Marketing Communications Manag
Contex Prepress Systems
30 New Crossing Road
Reading, MA 01867
USA
781-756-5124
781-246-6209 (fax)
fred@contex.com

For applications in related solution areas, see the following indices: Color Separation & Correction, Desktop Publishing, Electronic Image Assembly & Prepress, Graphic Arts & Design, Image Generation and Processing, Package Design, Technical Publishing, User Interface Tools, the developer index for Contex Prepress Systems and the product category index for Graphic Arts, Publishing, & Imaging.