Only a publishing nerd would be interested in this trade magazine story on The New Yorker's digital workflow. They've been doing it for a few years, actually, but this article is an update, including new twists to its all-PDF workflow.
In 1999, fewer than four years after the printing world was first introduced to computer-to-plate (CTP) at Drupa 1995. ...The editors chose the story because it was one of a very few truly inspiring tales of digital workflow in those days. The Imaging Center had fully embraced CTP then and had significantly invested in its digital arsenal to produce not only the pages of The New Yorker magazine, but also of other departments within the Condé Nast organization.
Posted at August 29, 2005 07:30 PM