Ann Arbor, Michigan – Xitron, the prepress industry's leading independent developer and integrator of Raster Image Processors, RIP management and prepress workflow software, announced their First Class Upgrade Program for Harlequin RIP users. Users who upgrade to the latest Navigator RIP will receive a free copy of Xitron's Navigator Workflow Server Lite software.

The Navigator Workflow Server software technology offers a wide array of standard prepress workflow features including:
- Harlequin RIP compatibility
- Client access from Windows and Macintosh
- Integrated soft proofing
- Job management with virtually unlimited workflow steps
- Expandability

"The Navigator Workflow Server software is the foundation of Xitron's prepress automation modules for Harlequin RIPs," stated Mark Eisenschenk, Xitron's President and CEO. "More than a thousand Navigator Workflow Servers are in daily production use around the world."

Xitron's Navigator Workflow Server software helps prepress operators increase productivity, manage workflow and reduce costs. The client interface allows multiple operators to manage their work from a Windows or Macintosh workstation, while directing output production through one or more Harlequin RIPs. Optional workflow modules such as with integrated PDF creation and preflighting, ink remapping; and automated imposition with Dynagram's inpO2, further increase the capabilities of the system. ROOM proofing extends the functionality further, by supporting output on devices from Canon, Epson, HP and other popular proofers. The Navigator Workflow Server also offers ink key presetting capabilities with KeySetter, a series of pressroom workflow solutions to connect the prepress department and pressroom together.

The Navigator Workflow Server is capable of supporting up to five Navigator or other Harlequin RIPs and ten simultaneous users or clients. In the pressroom, the Navigator Workflow Server can control one or more direct press console connections through Xitron's KeySetter Connect digital ink key presetting application.

The modular system allows one Navigator Workflow Server to support a multitude of solutions in both prepress and the pressroom.