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HH Associates offers perfect on-line print management solution using RealTimeProof

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Sutton, Surrey UK - December 1, 2003 HH Associates, the highly successful print-management company in Sutton, Surrey is using RealTimeImage software as part of their print management solution. James Reeves, Studio Director is delighted with the success of the RealTimeProof suite of on-line proofing tools."The on-line print management solution is helping our company to acquire new contracts. Incorporating RealTimeProof technology into our workflow has opened many new doors for us. Clients are drawn to use our solutions because we are able to offer an added value proposition with RealTimeImage." HH Associates has an impressive client list, tailoring print management solutions to align with each client's business model. One of HH largest clients - CarPhone Warehouse or The Phone House, as it is known in Europe - is utilising RealTimeProof as an effective management tool for their monthly European Buyers Guide. With sites in UK, Sweden, Belgium, Holland, France, Ireland and Germany, the company's recent £40m agreement with HH Associates over four years, includes the Remote Approval Management system as part of their print management package. With centralized approval management, production files can be checked for trapping, bleeding, overprinting and knockout. The unique patented Pixel-On-Demand streaming technology in RealTimeProof provides remote proofing of very large prepress files over any bandwidth connection. The state-of-the art colour management provided by RealTimeProof enables transition to soft and remote proofing, not only for content proofing but also for colour proofing. With RealTimeProof, each print management representative at each Phone House site has real-time access to their project via a browser. Production files can be viewed and each selected member of the team can collaborate and annotate files to the point of mutual agreement. Reeves explains: "Each month a different key colour is selected for CarPhone Warehouse corporate branding and POS. All parties involved are able to double-check the colour tone. The software allows the user to view images full resolution to the pixel or dot level, measure colour with a built-in densitometer, annotate and collaborate on the design concept and manage complex approval cycles online. This is definitely a genuine 'what you see is what you get' approach ! Everyone is able to access from anywhere, at any time using a simple browser. RealTimeProof shortens correction cycles considerably, minimizes errors, reduces costs and downtime and improves productivity. It is a true digital workflow." RealTimeProof Remote Approval Management System enables The CarPhone Warehouse to meet high volume production on each site by speeding up the process for each job. The GATF award winning system is built with scalability in mind, and is therefore available to provide benefits to all sizes of print suppliers - from low to high volumes. The system is maintained and monitored by RealTimeImage's Network Operations Centre, on a 24X7 basis to ensure constant and consistent service to HH Associates' customers. RealTimeProof Remote Approval Management System enables The CarPhone Warehouse to meet high volume production on each site by speeding up the process for each job. The GATF award winning system is built with scalability in mind, and is therefore available to provide benefits to all sizes of print suppliers - from low to high volumes. The system is maintained and monitored by RealTimeImage's Network Operations Centre, on a 24X7 basis to ensure constant and consistent service to HH Associates' customers. RealTimeProof Remote Approval Management System enables The CarPhone Warehouse to meet high volume production on each site by speeding up the process for each job. The GATF award winning system is built with scalability in mind, and is therefore available to provide benefits to all sizes of print suppliers - from low to high volumes. The system is maintained and monitored by RealTimeImage's Network Operations Centre, on a 24X7 basis to ensure constant and consistent service to HH Associates' customers.