Re: Rampage ver Agfa Apogee
Hi Rich,
Compared to Rampage, ApogeeX is not...really...a ROOM workflow, I agree. There might be some purchasable options available for ApogeeX that might make it behave more like Rampage though.
Based on some of your comments...
I am curious if you use ticket templates. If you don't, you can set up default ticket templates. For example, a template that is only for sending a job to your Sherpa. After the template is created and saved, you can use it as many times as needed and the cool thing is, the system will create a new ticket from the template thus leaving the template itself untouched. We have a ticket template that is only for sending to our Epson's. Outside of that, I have templates that are broken down by Press, then by color mode (keep spot versus all process), then by paper type (coated versus uncoated), then by screening type (ABS versus Sublima), then by line frequency (133, 175, etc.). Might seem a little too much but it saves a lot of time when setting up a new job. The operator is only left with entering administration info, selecting pages from the Public PageStore, selecting a Preps template and associated options and then they submit the job.
Actually, you can cancel a process. In the Jobs screen, right-click on the job that the particular process in question is processing and choose "Mark as Finished". This will cancel the job.
We used to be a Rampage customer and I miss the trap editor. Although creating trap zones in Acrobat is not as elegant as the Rampage trap editor, it does work.
I agree, it would be nice when switching between System Overview, Hot Tickets, and Jobs that they be treated as real tabs rather than as separate windows (although I can think of reasons where having them as different windows could be a good thing).
How do you generate your impo proofs?
Kind regards,
Jon
P.S. Please don't take my comments as I am trying to argue the better workflow or the likes. I could feel the frustration in your words and I simply wondered if perhaps your Agfa trainer didn't show you some of its features.