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News Release from: EnFocus Software NV | Subject: Pitstop Professional, Pitstop Server
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 February 2007
Pre-Flighting and PDF Software Intel Mac
Compliant
Enfocus's most recently launched products are both Adobe Acrobat 8 and Intel Mac (Universal Binary) compliant.
Enfocus's most recently launched products are both Adobe Acrobat 8 and Intel Mac (Universal Binary) compliant The company's flagship PDF plug-in, Pitstop Professional, along with Pitstop Server, a tool for high-volume PDF pre-flighting, and instant PDF, which produces press-ready PDFs, now provide customers with additional speed and functions, said Enfocus
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 26 Feb 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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This latest upgrade of the Pitstop Professional PDF pre-flighting and editing tool is claimed to offer new features for users and to strengthen the certified PDF technology that many magazine and newspaper publishers and printers rely on for reliable and accurate file exchange.
As well as supporting Intel Mac and Adobe Acrobat 8, version 7.1 features a new Navigator, which allows the user to identify and interactively correct errors reported in pre-flight more easily than before, said the company.
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Windows Vista (32-bit) support, compliancy with digital signatures and higher processing speeds are available in the latest release of Enfocus's Pitstop Professional - version 7.2.
Time-consuming repair of common errors can be automated with newly redesigned global change and action list features.
In addition, there is the option to outline text and a new place PDF function for simplifying the building of a page from multiple PDFs, which was requested by pre-press and advertising agency users.
The pre-flighting capabilities of Pitstop Professional are compliant with the PDF/X and Ghent PDF Workgroup specifications, and Enfocus's PDF Profiles allow checking of all critical issues and the automatic correction of about 140 of the most common errors, said the company.
Enfocus certified PDF technology embeds the PDF profile and pre-flight report in the file for easy file exchange.
The report layout in the latest version is customisable and clear in easy to read and print, added Enfocus.
With the additional speed from its support for Intel Mac and its ability to let users identify and pre-flight PDF 1.7 files produced from Acrobat 8, Distiller 8 and other applications capable of exporting PDF1.7 files, Pitstop Server 4 is also now fully compatible with Pitstop Professional 7 and it allows users to share PDF profile and action lists across the complete workflow, added the company.
Using Enfocus PDF profiles, action lists and certified PDF technology, it analyses, corrects, reports on and routes files based on the most stringent industry standards, including PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, and Ghent PDF Workgroup, it is claimed.
Users drop PDF files in to an input folder and Pitstop Server 4 does the pre-flighting, correcting a range of pre-press problems and rejecting files that do not meet standards.
Pitstop Server 4 also contains action lists to automate repetitive editing tasks, such as page numbering and colour correction.
In addition, this latest version provides crash protection by catching and quarantining unstable PDFs and its reports can be generated in XML format, as well as PDF format.
It also watches for free maintenance updates and payable software upgrades, alerting the administrator if a new version becomes available.
Enfocus Instant PDF 4.0, the latest version of the Enfocus tool which, using Enfocus Certified PDF technology, is said to be a reliable way to create PDFs that comply with print or advertisement vendors' specifications.
Enfocus Instant PDF 4.0 is fully compatible with Pitstop Professional 7 and Pitstop Server 4, using the most up-to-date set of Enfocus PDF profiles and action lists.
Additions to the functions of Enfocus Instant PDF 4 include the facility to export press-ready Enfocus Certified PDFs directly out of QuarkXPress 7 and Adobe Illustrator CS2.
Other new facilities include the support of FTP passive mode enabling users to transfer PDFs wherever they are, and improved performance due to the fact this version is less resource intensive, added the company.
With Instant PDF 4, print providers will see a reduction in the workload of customer service and pre-press operators, because Certified PDF files are always outputted correctly from the designer's workstation.
With Certified PDF technology, the files are flagged as ready for output as soon as they arrive in the inbox, said Enfocus.
Filip Carrein, Enfocus's product manager for commercial colour and publishing, said: "Our key products are now fully operational with the Intel Mac platform and the latest Adobe Acrobat 8.
We are delighted that our customers will be able to take advantage of the increased speeds and extended options these upgrades will provide and we are confident that the latest versions of our software bring many new and enhanced features that ensure they will continue to be favoured by publishing production departments across the world." 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 your production workflow.
Pitstop Professional is a must-have product for any PDF production workflow, and Pitstop Server is the best way to ensure that when large volumes of pages make their way through your process, they are ready to RIP.".
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