PuzzleFlow at Fellner Medien AG in Austria

Warsaw, 15.11.2006

On September 1 the first issue of the new Austrian newspaper “Õsterreich” appeared on the market.

This daily newspaper is published by Fellner Medien AG company. The production of “Õsterreich” is partly driven by the ACCHSH PuzzleFlow workflow system, delivered by Lewald & Partner, the German distributor of ACCHSH.

“Õsterreich” is a daily newspaper with a circulation of 350 thousand copies with a capacity of 96 full-colour pages, printed either on typical newsprint or glossy magazine-quality paper. The production of the daily is partly driven by PuzzleFlow and is implemented as a “bridge” between the DTI editorial system (in which the newspaper is designed) and PPI imposition software. The standard PDF document produced is the output format of the DTI system. Before it is sent for imposition, WebPairer processes the job. The ACCHSH’s program is responsible foroptimisation and correction of  PDF documents, page scaling and dynamic configuration of pages within the colour management process. As a result, an appropriately checked and processed PDF file is generated. After this process is completed the files are sent for imposition.

Daily production is realised on a single, 4-CPU server equipped with 25 input queues. Every queue is a separate workflow, designed by Lewald & Partner programmers. PuzzleFlow is responsible for the logic work of the system, e.g. the naming of files during processing.

Fellner Medien AG also purchased other programs from ACCHSH. In their daily production it uses PdfPreflighter for verifying jobs and the WebManager module for controlling the production process by many users. WebManager is additionally integrated with the Intranet system of the company.

Fellner Medien AG belongs to Wolfgang Fellner who is a completely new player in the Austrian newspaper market. The starting of the company and its first newspaper was officially announced at last year’s IfraExpo fair in Leipzig. Less than a year later the first issue of The sterreich was launched. The daily’s average circulation exceeds 350 thousand copies on weekdays and 700 thousand copies at weekends; 85 thousand copies of the whole circulation is purchased by subscription.

“Õsterreich” is a compact-size daily, with full-colour pages only, so it looks more like a magazine than a regular newspaper. Moreover, several sections are printed on a glossy paper and stitched. Unlike regular newspapers, these are daily sections with daily headlines, created and published just like the other sections of the newspaper. As a result readers receive a “mix” of a typical newspaper and a luxury magazine. “The Õsterreich” consists of a 40-page national section, two 24-page regional sections (both printed on newsprint) and two 16-page magazine-like sections.