We try to be as transparent as possible to the traditional workflow of any commercial printing or publishing facility. Certainly, it s important to keep in mind that compression technology, ultimately, must be managed by the end user, according to the user s restrictions and specifications within his or her workflow. An inefficient workflow won t be saved by adding the efficiencies of compression. Related Resources Don't miss PrintWriter's Columnist section , including PDF expertise from seasoned commercial printing executive Scott Tully , industry workflow specialist Mark Witkowski , marketing specialists George Whalen , industry analyst Eliot Harper , digital printing expert Bruce Ganger and many more. Compression science , as long as it maintains file integrity , is a tool that allows anyone creative agency, publisher, prepress operation, printer to speed throughput in a digital workflow.
Smaller files move faster , reducing time.
If compression is sufficient, it often reduces hardware requirements , usually bandwidth for transmission and disk space for storage, cutting costs as well as speeding up the production process . While we all delight in discussing digital workflows , most publishers, creative agencies, prepress operations and printers are saddled with the expense of maintaining dual workflows because moving and storing digital data often is inefficient and expensive.