An open job in Heidelberg’s Prinect cockpit user interface can now be displayed beside the job list and the job memo. Users can get a quick glance at the job content, identify the correct job and start processing it immediately. The job history is now displayed with all the benefits of a grouping table, which makes it clearer and easier to read. In the cockpit, it’s also possible to display the individual jobs in the job pool and assign them from there to the current mixed form. Individual jobs can be sorted, filtered and also deleted in the mixed folder. When working with an individual job, the layout of the mixed job that it’s part of, can also be displayed.
Prinect Analyze Point now offers the possibility, throughout the production run, of fully documenting the colour quality of print jobs for all Heidelberg measuring equipment using colour reports that are prepared and evaluated automatically. This enables media service providers to prove to customers that they’re complying with the colour guidelines for every print job. Further detailed in-house colour reports are possible – including new long-term reports that enable media service providers to further improve production processes. “Both print shops and print buyers thus benefit from greater reliability, including repeat jobs,” said the OEM.
Prinect can now also be connected via an API Interface to media companies’ existing third-party systems. Consequently, media service providers can now incorporate data from Prinect for their production monitoring via the Prinect API Interface into their own systems where they can then include their own diagrams and KPIs. It’s also now possible to transfer data relating to the specific job status into an in-house system to document specific steps or the job status for the company’s customers.
“With the new Prinect functions, Heidelberg is aiming to make life easier for media service providers,” said Christopher Berti, Head of Product Management for Prinect at Heidelberg. “In concrete terms, this means we want our customers to earn more money and to do so faster. Some 200 software engineers at Heidelberg are working on achieving this – day in, day out. That also makes Heidelberg one of our sector’s main IT players,” he added.