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Are 'FPO' images now obsolete?
September 26, 2007
Question: My prepress shop is looking to add a new server for our digital assets and one of the key features mentioned is OPI [Adobe's Open Prepress Interface]. I thought using for position only placeholders (FPO) in layouts was something we did before we enjoyed the luxury of cheap disk storage and high-speed networks. I keep hearing users say they move full resolution images around and don’t bother with FPO versions.
Posted by anonymous reader
Answered by Ron Roszkiewicz, contributing editor: Storage space and transmission speed are only two parts of the equation. The amount of lag time experienced by users waiting for the file to arrive or travel to an output device still enters into overall calculations as far as productivity is concerned. As we try to squeeze as much time out of workflow steps by digitizing each stop along the way, savings in transmission time of 50% to 200% can be meaningful. In ROI terms, these are seen as soft costs.
Soft Squeeze
Soft costs are being squeezed out of other areas as well. Soft proofing reduces the lag time that users spend burning disks and sending images by FedEx or other overnight couriers for approvals. Viewing and signing off on digitally viewed images is more real time, and no e-mails or CD/DVDs are sent. Both soft and hard costs are reduced. Deciding whether to store digital files near-line or offline also involves time in addition to storage space and transmission speed.
Posted by Mark Vruno on September 26, 2007 | Comments (1)
