Catalog Production in the Digital Age

Printers, which had quickly adopted file-verification (or preflighting) tools for their own operations, began evangelizing preflighting to their catalog customers who, for the most part, were quick to see the benefits. Solutions from developers such as Markzware Software, Enfocus and Extensis provided relatively inexpensive desktop tools that ensured the integrity and exact specifications of catalog page files before they were submitted to the printer.