Pain:  Traditionally our workflows when preparing images for print involved several manual steps, including image selection, adjustments, and sending the images to our prepress teams for final handling.  This could be time-consuming and prone to errors but was required to ensure quality and consistency.  Individual handling of images through InDesign was not a complete solution for this as we still encountered issues which had to be corrected before production which caused delays and increased costs.

Pill:  Openstore Autorepro, AWS S3

Description:  By automating the repro process through Openstore's Autorepro mission, the company streamlines the process of preparing images for print. This workflow automatically converts images into print-ready versions, removing the need for manual image adjustments and ensuring consistency in quality and format. This can significantly improve your image workflow efficiency, reducing time spent on manual tasks and minimizing errors in the print preparation process.

Proof:  This greatly improves workflow efficiency, reducing time spent on manual tasks and minimizing errors in the print preparation process.

This project has improved both our image and workflow automation and been a real boost to our production scalability. By automating our image preparation for most images we have been able to reduce the workload on our repro team while ensuring consistent image quality, and streamlining collaboration. Integrating all this with our Amazon S3 cloud storage has made everything simpler to manage, improving efficiency and helping us to keep pace with increasing production demands while maintaining production quality, meeting deadlines and maintaining our current headcount.

Keywords: Openstore,Indesign, Cloud, AWS, S3, Autorepro, Plug-in

• User selects image and place image (not print ready) in indesign document

• Openstore Indesign Plugin fetches lowres image

• User adjust image in document and order Autorepro mission (scale, crop, format etc)

• Openstore Autorepro creates print ready copy from repro-instructions by user, and place it on Amazon S3 storage

• Openstore notifies Indesign that the image is ready and Indesign replaces temporary (not print ready) image with print ready image created by Autorepro