GenComp System
The ATLIS GenComp system is designed for information providers that need to rapidly deliver professionally composed pages from their information repositories. It is designed to produce press-ready PDFs or Postscript files faster, more efficiently and with significantly less expense that proprietary composition systems.
I use GenComp as an editorial tool to proofread pages throughout the year. It helps me find errors that I wouldn't otherwise see in our database long before production of final pages for our 4,500-page directory.
GenComp is very cost effective when you consider the reduction in the number of people needed for pagination. The amount of time spent on page makeup by my reduced production staff has been cut to almost nothing. Previously, I had a production staff of 4 people. With GenComp, I only need one.
GenComp has freed me from the lengthy production process and allowed my staff to focus their efforts on the editorial content of our directory and online database."
Managing Editor
Television & Cable Factbook
Warren Communications
Modular Construction
GenComp is a modular suite made up of a data extraction module, a rendering and pagination engine and a controlling interface. All contribute to an efficient and powerful solution for managing the publishing workflow.
The data extraction module builds an XML input file derived from data sources as varied as MS Word documents or SQL databases. Extraction involves the production of a file suitable for rendering in publishable form. This input file forms the basis for processing and rendering by the pagination engine.
Powerful Pagination Engine
At the heart of the GenComp system is a powerful automated pagination engine. This rapid and efficient module can turn raw data into perfectly and professionally paginated directories of over 2,000 pages in a matter of minutes. Large databases or large collections of files can thus be rendered as publishable content from the desktop.
The pagination engine seamlessly integrates variable elements and derived indexes into the rendered content. In fact, virtually any content can be incorporated into the job flow ranging from digital ads to internal links. All elements are incorporated under rule-based programmatic control.
Controlling the Job Flow
The controlling interface is a browser based application that manages the job flow from extraction to pre-press. Variable data such as section headers and footers, starting folios, dates and other variables are controlled through this very user-friendly interface module. This module provides the option to select and manage individual sections or the entire volume. It is designed to turn anyone into a production professional with minimal training.
Key to this approach is a rule-based methodology which enforces publication rules and conventions. Everything from folio styles to postprocessing of PDFs that conform to printer specifications are controlled within the application. Users are guided through the process with a wizard-like interface that minimizes errors and miscues.
Flexible Architecture
GenComp is designed to manage multiple publications with different structures and in some cases output. Publishers have a choice of unlimited page designs for pagination. Since the controlling interface is browser based it can be installed within the enterprise or as a remote application connected to a web server. Publishers can thus build their production workflow based on their own requirements.
Cost-Effective Solution
ATLIS has brought the best of its collective development and production knowledge for this comprehensive solution. Publishers can leverage this knowledge with a system that adapts to their own specific requirements. They do not have to build a solution from proprietary systems with expensive training, support requirements and open-ended agreements. Pages can be composed many times without the costs normally associated with the editorial and delivery processes. ATLIS's solution is designed to minimize staffing requirements, minimize resource costs and provide maximum flexibility to the publishing enterprise.
GenComp Features Include:
- Rapid generation of paginated and rendered content
- Modular component based architecture that is easily deployed locally or via the Web
- Automated workflow design that enforces publishing requirements and conventions
- Automated creation of indexes, tables of contents, section headers/footers and folios
- Customizable extraction engine that provides opportunities to rapidly create new products and publications
- Optional transformation engine that produces cross-media output
- Prepress tools that provide PDF validation for press and Web compliance
- Wizard-like user interface that facilitates job-flow
