Amfortis is a dedicated all-in-one PDF workflow solution for packaging converters and printers, covering all prepress production tasks from preflighting, stepping and repeating and proofing to rendering.
Increasing demand for Precision Graphics’ in-house CAD services created new bottlenecks in its prepress workflow. The team had been using a combination of Apogee and third-party imposition software to layout nested cartons. This created multiple file touches that increased inefficiencies and the potential for errors. They looked to the ECO3 team for a solution to streamline their process with Amfortis, a dedicated all-in-one PDF workflow solution for packaging converters and label printers.
‘Before Amfortis, we had no way to impose our files except to go outside the workflow to a different software, add product marks, layout the press sheet, then bring it back to Apogee,’ explained Andy Jones, prepress manager at Precision Graphics.
‘Amfortis really solves the problem of integrating CAD with Apogee and making it all work in one complete system without a bunch of piecemeal programs. It is easy to use and reliable.’
Amfortis is a comprehensive solution that covers all prepress production tasks, from pre-flighting and proofing, to imposition, rendering and finishing.
As a premier retail supplier of recognised brands, Precision is also realising added efficiency in the proofing process with ECO3’s WebApproval. WebApproval expands the capabilities of Apogee and Amfortis. It is a web portal for online collaboration, enabling packaging printer clients and team members to access jobs from their desktop computers or mobile devices. Files can be uploaded, pages reviewed, and jobs approved seamlessly.
‘WebApproval saves us countless hours of production time, plus it offers a decent amount of protection. Every printer knows the proofing process can get convoluted at times with files going back and forth. A press sheet may have 12 products, and the customer wants to make a revision to one of them without affecting the others. We rely on Apogee’s reprocessing and versioning features and WebApproval’s product-specific approval process to ensure the file delivered to the press is exactly the correct version. Ultimately, it saves time and money,’ said Andy Jones, Prepress Manager, Precision Graphics.
Precision can offer its clients 24/7 access to their jobs with WebApproval, thus improving customer satisfaction while avoiding costly mistakes and reprints. File reception and web approval cycles are shorter, and touches are minimised, enabling the shop to meet today’s tight project deadlines.
Adopting the latest technology, like Amfortis and WebApproval, keeps Precision Graphics as a leading and trusted printing and packaging solution provider. Whether the team boosts a client’s brand power with a custom retail package or creates a lasting impression with a carton, they continually exceed clients’ expectations. Indeed, customers have high praise, claiming the team is ‘always efficient, knowledgeable, and dependable.’
Precision offers clients an easy experience as a single point of contact for all printing and packaging needs. Whether CAD design, printing, die cutting, gluing or finishing, having it all under one roof means the company enjoys quicker production timelines, tighter quality control, and significant cost savings.
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