Open System
Express FlexoFlow takes an Open System approach to solve production issues; it offers the possibility for customers to integrate their preferred application, enhance the value of the workflow to give better productivity. It doesn't have to be a Compose product, bring it to Compose, we will offer the means to integrate them together.
Automation
What is needed most in any production environment - automation! Compose WorkFlow gives you PDF creation, preflighting, trapping, proofing, job placement, and plate imaging fully automated.
Easy to configure Express FlexoFlow's modular design easily adapts to the way you work providing maximum reliability and scalability. Prepress workflows can be setup in seconds with One-click configuration.
Accessibility
Explore via internet browser, Express FlexoFlow accesses all the job informations in the database. Submit, monitor and control jobs locally or remotely from any desktop computer.
Express FlexoFlow configuration palette
High Performance
Built on Compose's powerful Express RIP, the RIP provides advanced screening technology, accepts different file format and high productivity.
Connectivity
Managing prepress workflow with ease, Express FlexoFlow supports over 200 output devices. Compose also offers individually designed drivers for most popular inkjet printers, colour printers, imagesetters and platesetters.
Scalable
Express FlexoFlow can scale from one to four RIP engines and still be fully controlled by a single client interface. An open system format allows you to add or replace imaging devices easily without changing your front-end investment.
Cost Saving
Express FlexoFlow takes control of the entire prepress production
automatically, reducing labour costs. The highly accurate and productive proofing solutions also helps to reduce material cost.
Quality Improvement
Express FlexoFlow takes advantages on wide range of screening
technology to improve printing quality, including Harlequin HPS, Hybrid Screening, ... and more.
Reliability
Express FlexoFlow is a proven system with customer base well placed in every corner of the world. It has won a lot of praise from customer for its ease of use, productivity, connectivity and flexibility.
Input
Express FlexoFlow handles a wide range of input formats including PostScript, PDF, EPS, PCL and 1-bit TIFF. Using drag-and-drop or remote submission, jobs are directed to hot folders.
Trapping
Express Trap module is a powerful trapping program, which provides Express FlexoFlow users with high quality automatic trapping on the fly. In addition, interactive zonal trapping is available through a user interface allowing you to customize variable trapping needs.
Screening
i-Tone is a powerful, fast, yet simple, extra additional component for Express FlexoFlow, it gives you more choices and capabilities than most RIPs can offer.
Job Placement
Using the job placement module Plate Controller, Express FlexoFlow handles both post RIP raster and PDF job placement with ease. Jobs can be imposed
automatically or manually.
RIP
Built on latest Compose RIP eingine, Express RIP, Express FlexoFlow offers
high levels of performance and productivity to handles today's prepress industry file formats easily.
Flexo Proofing
Star Proof offers special tools for packaging that allows user to product actual dot proofs with apply different dot gain and dot lost value on different separation to replicate original screening and special dot characteristics in flexo printing, guaranteeing data integrity.
Job management
Client/Server architecture allows both staff and clients to track and monitor production of jobs in the system anytime, anywhere. Jobs can be submitted locally or remotely from any desktop computer. View current workflows from a browser window and can gain direct access. Your clients can view composite PDF files for soft proofing and approve their jobs quickly and efficiently.
Preflighting
Express FlexoFlow supports Enfocus PitStop for preflighting of
incoming PDF files. PitStops Preflight profiles and action lists check critical PDF attributes and automatically correct common errors.
Output
Express FlexoFlow can seamlessly integrate into your environment that support over 200 imagesetters, platesetters and proofers.
