When you standardize how you process jobs you remove many of the variables in print production. Workflow systems can do this for you.

By James Lockman

Unfortunately, many of us fail to standardize how we process jobs once they get into our shops. Workflow standardization requires a set of protocols or procedures that happen to every job, and a workflow system can introduce standards into your entire workflow.

Standards extend beyond just ink control and PDF construction. Job entry and tracking, proofing, imposition, trapping, plating, bindery and billing benefit from standardization. A workflow system interface alone can help standardize job entry by providing drop-down menus for common entries on job tickets.