Prinergy is a client/server system that includes the Workshop client software and several server software components.
Client software, Workshop
Workshop is the main interface in a Prinergy system. It is the main way that you interact with the Prinergy system by creating jobs, triggering processes, and so on.
Workshop is installed on all client computers, the primary server, and each secondary server.
Even if your Prinergy system includes only one server, you should have at least one client computer to run Workshop.
Workshop software is primarily written in the Sun Java language, a platform-independent language that enables Workshop to run and look the same on both Mac OS and Windows operating systems. Java software runs on top of a Java Virtual Machine (VM) that provides the interface between application software and the operating system. The VM for Mac OS X is Apple Macintosh Runtime for Java (MRJ), and the VM for Windows is Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
Server Software
The server software side of a Prinergy system is called Prinergy Server. It includes several components, which can be installed on multiple servers.
These components are installed on all primary and secondary servers.
Software | Purpose |
|---|---|
Prinergy Administrator ( | Acts as the user interface for Prinergy Server software. It is where you control Prinergy Server software and the Prinergy system. |
JTPs (multiple) | Process PDF files and their contents—for example, trapping. |
Daemons (multiple) | Execute processing that is unrelated to PDF files—for example, job ticket creation, job status and history, imposition, and input file registration. |
Araxi Service ( | Launches core processes when the server starts. |
These components are installed only on the primary server:
Software | Purpose |
|---|---|
Oracle software (O | Stores job information, including file attributes, history information, and pointers to input files—but doesn't store file content |
Oracle Backup Manager | Backs up the system drive and database to disk or cloud. |
Prinergy Archiver | Archives Prinergy jobs (includes archive-related JTPs and Windows RSM) |
Prinergy Backup | Backs up the database to disk |
Adobe Reader | Enables you to view PDF files, which are the internal file type of the Prinergy system |
AppleTalk Font Downloader | Enable you to download and install fonts (mainly used in Asia)—see the note below this table |
Kodak Harmony | Legacy dot gain curve management |
Prinergy DotShop Composer | Enables you to edit a Screen Instance File (SIF) to define the screen instances supported by your system and used by Prinergy DotShop |
ColorFlow | Delivers color relationship management that unifies color control elements—such as ICC profiles, DeviceLink profiles, and calibration curves—and manages the relationships between color control elements and device print conditions. Specifically, ColorFlow simplifies the process of setting up color and ensuring that Prinergy jobs are processed using the correct color settings. ColorFlow can also be used solely for tonal calibration, without using color relationship management. ColorFlow offers advantages over Harmony for tonal calibration, such as the ability to perform gray balance compensation, and the ability to perform tonal adjustments on the fly in output process templates, without having to activate an application to edit and save an existing curve. |
Some Prinergy servers also have companion software, such as Kodak Print Console or Kodak InSite.
Important: Never install unauthorized software on your Prinergy system.
How the client and server interact
Each time that you perform an action on a job in Prinergy client software (Workshop):
- The client software asks Prinergy Server to perform the action—for example, to normalize PostScript input files.
- Prinergy Server creates a job ticket for the requested action.
- For each step in the job ticket:
- Prinergy Server software sends the job ticket to the JTP on the appropriate server.
- The JTP performs the steps defined in the job ticket.
- The JTP reports back to Prinergy Server software.
- When the action is complete, Prinergy Server software updates the client software and the database to reflect the current status of the job and related files, including any new system files in the job folder.