Re: ApogeeX and Preps
Hi Mizark,
As far as when to upgrade, I am not certain that there is a better time than another. ApogeeX supports the feature set of Preps up to version 5.1.5. In terms of acquiring the upgrade, you would most likely need to contact either your Agfa reseller or Kodak direct. I say Agfa resller because we bought the upgrade to Preps 5 with our ApogeeX upgrade from Series 3 so when it came time to get the upgrade, I believe Agfa handled it. Our other copies will be handled outside of Agfa.
We are currently using version 4.1 of Preps Plus for making our templates and version 5.1.5 of Preps Pro for generating cutting data for our Polar cutters and all is working well. We plan to upgrade our 4.1 software to 5.x but we are waiting until Kodak addresses a "bug" so that Preps can define a spine/gutter as either a cut or a fold (version 5.3.2 is slated to address this I am told) so that cutting data is more accurate.
Although other imposition products may very well do the job for you, consider how much money you've probably already invested in Preps (let alone the Preps Template Manager license you bought with ApogeeX) and the fact that you are already familiar with Preps and how it works. We've tinkered with Preps 5 and don't really see much difference in how we will do our work after we upgrade.
Does this help?
Happy Thanksgiving,
Jon Morgan
Hopkins Printing
Edited by: Jon Morgan on Nov 21, 2007 10:51 AM
Edited by: Jon Morgan on Nov 21, 2007 10:52 AM
Edited by: Jon Morgan on Nov 21, 2007 10:53 AM