Whether a newspaper advertisement, catalog pages, a series of labels for a bottle or any other marketing material, managing a project consists of much more than just a single task. It's about producing, managing, transforming and sharing digital content with the appropriate tools, the right people, at the right time — any time and anywhere.
ES is the most complete web-based tool set, combining technical aspects of production with the lifecycle business workflow of multi-channel content. Based on standard, open technology, it allows seamless integration with third-party applications ranging from MIS or ERP systems to very specialized prepress applications for labels and packaging production. ES lets users plan, execute and control any aspect of media production, regardless of the final use of the output (print, web, ebook, movie, and others). It ensures productivity and long term profitability.
Along with a very comprehensive feature list, DALIM SOFTWARE always keeps the ES end user in mind. ES offers an intuitive and responsive user interface in a standard web browser, along with or Apps on mobile devices such as the Apple iPad. ES enables clients to communicate with users like never before, increasing overall efficiency.
Applying DALIM SOFTWARE’s vast experience in pre-media automation, the foundation of the ES technology is built on a number of cornerstones:
High performance, scalable DIALOGUE Engine imaging technology along with the Adobe® PDF Print Engine. A color-certified remote soft proof component for high-resolution document viewing,
and a job-based project management tool for step-by-step tracking.
Comments and requests for corrections are stored on a centralized database, avoiding any data communication issues. Measuring densities or checking available layers and single separations in positive or negative view is only a mouse click away.
The ability to rotate a document helps reviewing content, especially on imposed or nested forms. And, in order to simulate a specific printing process or ink characteristics, opacity and order of separations can be altered easily, the same way a file view can be inverted.
Managing a complete project consists of more than just the approval workflow. Being able to set all necessary milestones (such as project setup, artwork delivery, prepress tasks, approvals, output and final print, just to name a few) and their associated deadlines in ES, helps all participants to track the progress, anticipate delays and reallocate resources if necessary. A dashboard view provides an intuitive ‘to do’ list for each operator, who can manually change the status of a step upon completion. Tasks like file delivery or approvals, which are entirely managed by ES itself, are updated automatically and allow a real time view on the progress of a job.
Finding the right file when it’s needed is a crucial part of daily production. Whether it is for collecting similar specified files for output, or just to refer to a recently completed job, the cross-project search in ES uses an extensive list of file properties for fast results. Those properties are automatically indexed from available file metadata (XMP, IPTC, EXIF, and others), assembled from job ticket information from JDF-compliant MIS systems.
It can also be added at any time from user-defined or standard tickets — for example, from the Ghent PDF Workgroup.
In addition to their informational value, these properties can also directly interact with file processing workflows. By providing the fundamental data to process files based upon specific parameters (number of separations, document size, etc.), manual user intervention can be reduced to a minimum.