Q. WorkStream Suite is comprised of independent, yet integrated, products. What are they? What do they do?

A. WorkStream IA (Imaging Automation) manages the production process in the digital photo lab or imaging service bureau.  WorkStream IA handles all aspects of order creation, management, and production from order creation and scanning, through color correction, cropping and retouching, to scheduling and printing. WorkStream IA also can be provided with a rendering engine component  – WorkStream RE – to create, render and distribute completed orders of printer-ready files to any RGB printer.  This component provides valuable multi-printer workflow integration for using WorkStream’s broad print production, packaging, and customer interfacing capabilities.

WorkStream DS (Digital Studio) runs in the photographer’s studio.  WorkStream DS is used to prepare images and orders that will be printed at the photo lab.  All aspects of the order can be entered by the photographer, including image color corrections, cropping and composition, retouching, and product selection.  WorkStream DS automatically generates an order archive and database for your studio.  Orders prepared in WorkStream transfer seamlessly to your photo lab for automated production.