PDF Plug-In Is Adobe Acrobat 8 Compatible

Enfocus is readying the Adobe Acrobat 8 compatible versions of its full product line, including the PDF plug-in, Pitstop Professional.

Enfocus is readying the Adobe Acrobat 8 compatible versions of its full product line, including the PDF plug-in, Pitstop Professional.

According to Enfocus, although the improvements offered in the most recent release of Acrobat are commendable, industry experts agree that additional functions are required to fully support a graphic arts workflow system.

Publishing technology and process consultant, David Zwang, said: "Using Pitstop Profiles and Action Lists are still the best way to check and fix almost any PDF that finds its way in to a production workflow.

Pitstop Professional is a must-have for any PDF production workflow, and Pitstop Server is the best way to ensure that when large volumes of pages make their way through a user's process, they are ready to RIP." Pitstop Professional's ability to edit PDF files, in particular, keeps the Pitstop product line essential to publishing production, claimed Enfocus.

Tight deadlines, coupled with the need for last minute changes, mandate the use of a comprehensive, reliable editor, in the company's opinion.

Whether performing a text edit or adjusting a price, Pitstop's text editing and outlining features will save the time and effort of re-creating the file, it is claimed.

Enfocus products supporting Acrobat 8 will also expand the advantages of the product line's Certified PDF, and Certified PDF Automation, functions, added the company.

The ability to trace modifications to files throughout production cycles is key to process efficiency and is core to Enfocus Certified PDF, making otherwise view-only PDFs in to production files with a complete history and lifecycle, said Enfocus.

Pre-flight, a standard process in most graphic arts workflows, is alone not enough to achieve highest quality and efficiency.

Pitstop Professional is said to go beyond pre-flight to provide customisable pre-flight reports giving users a clear, straightforward overview of file status using easy-to-understand messages.

Navigating to problem areas, or linking to a more complete description of what an error message means, requires only a single mouse click, it is claimed.

In the graphic production process, reliable reproduction is vital, said Enfocus.

It is, therefore, critical that all partners in the production cycle can properly handle files.

In addition, building a page from multiple PDFs will be simplified with the Place PDF feature, a function specially requested by pre-press and advertising agencies.

The new Navigator is said to allow the user to identify and interactively correct errors reported in pre-flight more easily than before.

Time-consuming repair of common errors can be automated with newly redesigned 'global change' and 'action list' features.

The company will announce additional feature enhancements closer to product availability.

Patrick van Dam, Enfocus's executive vice president of worldwide sales and marketing, said: "We've accelerated the pace at which we are able to bring the most current versions to the marketplace.

As proven by our track record of quickly supporting each upgrade of Adobe Acrobat, when our customers choose to install the newest version, our products will be there and ready to support them." Release of Adobe Acrobat 8 compatible versions of all Pitstop-based products, including Pitstop Professional, Pitstop Server, and Pitstop Automate, is anticipated within 90 days of Adobe'ss Acrobat release date, said Enfocus.

In addition, free upgrades will be available to current customers, depending on their time of purchase.

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