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News Release from: EnFocus Software NV | Subject: FESPA Certified PDF Profiles
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 June 2005
PDF Profiles For Screen And Wide Format
Printing
Enfocus Software, in cooperation with FESPA, has launched the newly developed FESPA Certified PDF Profiles, specifically modified for the needs of the global screen and wide format printing industry.
Enfocus Software, in cooperation with FESPA, has launched the newly developed FESPA Certified PDF Profiles, specifically modified for the needs of the global screen and wide format printing industry The profiles are FESPA-certified and will be launched and marketed in 26 countries with the financial support of FESPA
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 1 Sep 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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According to Michel Caza, FESPA's past-president and member of the FESPA board of directors, the announcement underscores the growing international adoption of Enfocus Certified PDF to ensure a reliable, error-free printing process.
Caza said: "Market surveys indicate that over 50 per cent of files delivered for printing contain errors that will create problems in the workflow - having an impact on deadlines and the print quality.
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This problem is not limited by geography - it affects printers everywhere in the world." ZSO, the Dutch Screen Printing and Sign Association, adopted the use of Enfocus Certified PDF as a file certification standard in 2004.
The successful adoption in the Dutch market, as well as Enfocus Certified PDF's recognition as an industry standard in the offset printing process, confirmed FESPA's support.
A FESPA committee consisting of Michel Caza, Christian Duyckaerts, a member of the FESPA board and managing director from Print and Display Belgium, and Marius Gort, the secretary of ZSO, worked closely with Saskia Desmet, the director of international sales at Enfocus Software and the Enfocus support team to develop the new profiles.
The FESPA Certified PDF for Screen and Digital Printing was approved by the full FESPA board.
The profiles will be marketed to FESPA associations in 26 European countries, as well as India and be applied in the Ukraine and Baltic regions in the near future.
Discussions are underway with ASGA, the Asian counterpart of FESPA, as to how Enfocus Certified PDF will be adopted in the Chinese and Asia-Pacific markets.
Saskia Desmet said that FESPA's commitment to approve and market the Certified PDF standard amongst its global membership, along with ZSO's cooperative efforts, will improve the quality and reliability of file exchange in the international print industry.
"Certified PDF as a global standard gives all parties involved in the graphic arts chain the absolute guarantee that files respond to defined quality specifications, thus eliminating any uncertainty in file exchange," said Desmet.
"Extending the Enfocus Certified PDF Profile to FESPA's members offers tremendous potential for print companies who wish to compete in the global print economy, whether it be screen or digital wide format printing, the graphics arts, or in signage, textile or industrial applications.
We would like our FESPA members to profit from what is on the market today and to help them in streamlining the printing process," commented Michel Caza.
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