PDF-Robot, Will work with Agfa Apogee X CTP Workflow?

I work in a pre-press studio which runs a pdf workflow. We use an Agfa CTP system (Apogee Series 3) where we postscript straight from Quark into a Apogee Normaliser which flightchecks the postscript files, adds any actions (we have programmed some master actions ie.-knockout white etc,) and creates the pdf's for us to impose etc. This system works ok but it struggles with DCS2.0 files, we are not able to send composite files down which in turn would create a composite pdf, so we have to create separated pdf's which visually only show the last plate (no good for proofing to the customer) and also it creates images on any blank colour spaces.

I have also updated to OSX Panther and running Quark 6.5 and any spot colour vignette in quark converts to CMYK through our current system. Could we create hi-res pdf's to use in our current Agfa workflow using PDF-X-Robot, and would PDF-X-Robot solve the problems I have mentioned above? Do you know of anyone who runs a similar system to us who is using PDF-X-Robot to create their pdf's?
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Prepress RIP MetaDimension, Signastation, Apogee, Kodak/Creo

First of all, I want to say that this forum is great for desktop-publishers and prepress-managers! I allready love it! Wink

We are a middle-range printer and have 3 print-machines: Printmaster 74, Speedmaster 52 ans Printmaster 46. Our workflow on division DTP is a MetaDimension & Signastation. This are two systems where we have to sit at (so we can't work from at our workstations) when we are making plates or imposition schemes, making plots and send 1-bit TIFF's to CTP. Also Pitstop is found there. And as I read it here, this is not preflight, but only POSTflight. On this department we also make the plates for the presses. This machine is a Screen PF-R1050 CTP with Harlequin RIP, an AGFA output/devellop machine and plate stapler. All of our desktop-publishers (5) are working with QuarkXPress 7.1 and sometimes with InDesign CS2.

This year we're gonna look for a new CTP with thermal plates. We allready have some propositions for new machines. Also it is time to look for a way to implement an ISO-12647-2 standard.

My question is: what type of workflow is interesting for us to implement, or do we not have to change the way we work with MetaDimension + Signastation? I've read about Apogee, Creo, and so on....

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Kodak Proposal for Computer to Plate CTP & Maintenance - A

Kodak Proposal for Computer to Plate CTP & Maintenance
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While I worked for Agfa in the Commercial side of life, I worked on the ApogeeX Workflow and can say that it's pretty cool. Agfa is going to Adobe print engines in June with it's 4.0 version of Apo ...
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