Quality Controlled Music Packaging
Paper, Film, & Foil Converter

Byline: Gretchen Kirby Peck P.A.G.E.s

Since the advent of computer-to-plate (CTP) manufacturing, producing music packaging has never been simpler. Or has it? Mirroring the struggles of its sister industry, print advertising, the music packaging industry continues to debate file format issues for delivering final print content to manufacturers. While some manufacturers are banking on the adoption of accredited file formats like TIFF/IT-P1 (tag image file format/image technology, profile 1), others find that native application files (such as those created in popular desktop publishing applications) are more accessible. Still others are certain PDF (Adobe's portable document format) soon will be the file format of choice for delivering content to manufacturing partners.

While the industry continues to argue the merits of file formats, it seemingly has come to an agreement on the necessity of quality control measures - from creation to distribution - and on the revolutionary benefits of digital preflighting technologies.

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