1. SKINNY Workflow Technology Preview

2. Mark Scott Director of Product Marketing Ultimate Technographics www.ultimate-tech.com mark@ultimate-tech.com

3. Over 12 years in the business Invented digital imposition Digital Workflow tools for Mac and Win imposition trapping ganging print managers Ultimate

4. What is a Skinny Workflow? Smaller EPS and PDF files FASTER distilling Easy “press ready” distilling settings Faster creative/production proofing Faster file transfers via email More efficient archiving More cost effective Workflow Introduction

5. 2. Skinny Server Distiller Trapping Imposition What is a Skinny Workflow? 1. Photoshop Plug-in Encoded Lossless EPS files

6. Email PROOFER How it works - CREATIVE Creative Printer SKINNY SERVER

7. Imagesetter Creative Email How it works - PREPRESS Printer SKINNY SERVER

8. SKINNY Photoshop Plug-in SKINNY EPS used in Quark 35MB 1MB 18MB 215MB Workflow diet - Lose Megabytes 8 Page Quark Doc.

9. 12.8MB 5.4MB Workflow diet - Comparison 215MB 16.9MB 128.5MB24.7MB (53 Seconds)(404 Seconds) (183 Seconds)(43 Seconds) Normal workflowSkinny workflow

10. Benefits BLAZING FAST DISTILLING Up to 8x faster than Acrobat 5 Distilling Less expensive than Adobe Acrobat Server Plug-in trapping and Imposition SIMPLIFIED DISTILLING MENU Press ready automated distilling settings Skinny server for creative shops Reliable press ready PDF from your customers!

11. Alpha Customer Success Story San Jose magazine - Printed by Quebecor $34.00/Page to $12.00/Page Prepress Reduced courier fees Quark files emailed from designer to printer Imposed PDF emailed to designer for proofs Reduced bandwidth fees Smaller files emailed easily Discontinued use of dedicated file transfer systems Reduced workflow time Faster page layout/proofing Faster distilling Faster Imposition, Trapping & Imaging Total Saving $20,000 / issue

12. Alpha Customer Success Story Gilbert Sangari, Publisher - San Jose Magazine “Imagine someone coming to you with what sounds like a publisher’s dream and wants you to be the guinea pig. Well, this wasn’t a dream but a dream come true. It took us literally half the normal time to do our October issue. Not to mention handling the files back and forth between the magazine and pre-press via e-mail, not jazz disks. You can now have your cake and eat it too."

13. 85MB 650K Skinny workflow

14. 102MB 1.1MB Skinny workflow

15. 94MB 720K Skinny workflow

16. 5.7 MB - 8 Page Signature

17. The New Workflow EXPECT CHANGE: Faster creative/production workflows More efficient file transfer between creative and printer via email Opportunity to service new customers Faster creative/production proofing Eliminate the need for OPI Reduce file storage/archiving costs More competitive advantages

18. SKINNY Workflow Official announcement IPEX 02 Thank you