Kodak updates Prinergy workflow

 

Kodak has introduced Prinergy 11, the latest version of its prepress workflow software, which is designed to work across analog and digital production.

The headline feature is for more efficient support for both digital and traditional print production. There is now direct connection to the Prosper presses, including the Ultra 520, 7000 Turbo and 6000 Presses.

Prinergy’s APPE RIP and Preflight+ have been upgraded and the system now supports for Windows 2022 and Mac OS 14, though not the current OS 15. Kodak has replaced Java VM with Corretto VM for improved reliability and security.

There’s also better control of access to data, which can now be granted through group rights in the active directory for jobs, as well as the process templates and rulesets.

Prinergy 11.0 also features some enhancements to rules-based automation (RBA), which now gains a new plate remake action. In addition, job names can now consist of up to 93 characters, while XSLT files can now reference external documents and users can apply a manual trigger rule set to a job group. The virtual proofing software plus (VPS+) has been tidied up with navigation, inventory and info panels separated into resizable windows, and ability to set the opening zoom magnification.

In addition, users can now import harmony calibration curves to ColorFlow with ink limiting curves and Kodak has also Improved reliability for some plugins, including geometry editor, dotshop and plate builder. Other improvements include support for high-resolution mode on retina display for the preps user interface, while Prinergy’s nightly backup now includes custom folders that have been added to AraxiPreps share.

Kodak claims that Prinergy is compatible with virtually all third-party software and equipment and connects with a broad range of digital presses.

Jim Barnes, Kodak’s Chief IT Implementation Officer, commented, “The release of version 11.0 means Prinergy is more than ever the key to unlocking efficiency, productivity and profitability for printers in today’s digital, analog and hybrid print production.” 

He added, “The Kodak Prinergy Platform will continue to provide printers with advanced tools, automation and close collaboration options to stay competitive and profitable.”

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