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News Release from: EskoArtwork | Subject: Packedge, Backstage Edit, Plato, Plato Edit
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 February 2005
Latest Versions Of Workflow Tools
Support PDF 1.5
Esko-Graphics has released versions 4.0 of Packedge, Backstage Edit, Plato and Plato Edit, all components of the company's Scope workflow.
Esko-Graphics has released versions 4.0 of Packedge, Backstage Edit, Plato and Plato Edit, all components of the company's Scope workflow The latest versions of the software tools feature updated input and output file compatibility, such as full PDF 1.5 support and enhancements designed to reduce errors, improve lead time and reduce cost
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 14 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Esko claimed that Packedge and Plato are the only pre-press applications that come with Adobe certification, meeting the high quality requirements of Adobe, as well as support for Adobe XMP.
Packedge provides tools for opening, editing, pre-flighting, trapping, colour accurate viewing and three-dimensional soft proofing.
Running on standard PC hardware and using standard open formats, Packedge is claimed to offer solid scalability at a cost-effective price.
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It links files between remote sites, combining all external references and outputs to any PostScript RIP device.
Backstage Edit offers the full set of Packedge expert tools connected to the Backstage server, where background processing and file input and output is handled.
Plato is a step and repeat tool for folding cartons, labels and flexible packaging.
It is said to support automated workflows using CAD sheet layouts, as well as an interactive step and repeat function using its Smart Layout module.
Plato Edit provides the same set of tools as Plato, but relies on a Backstage server for the input and output of graphic files.
Packedge and Backstage Edit interchange Adobe XMP job metadata with desktop applications such as Adobe Acrobat 7 and Adobe Illustrator.
Layer support allows immediate feedback about diecuts, trapping layers, and Smartmarks - which enable the automatic addition of items such as control wedges and colour density strips, added Esko.
New to Packedge and Backstage Edit is Inkwizard, an option supporting multi-colour print processes in a pre-press workflow.
Inkwizard converts a document from one colour space to another, utilising a selection of four different technologies for converting colours.
"These products have always provided powerful tools to edit, pre-flight and trap artwork and perform step-and-repeat functions to build packaging plates for press.
The most important enhancements we can provide designers, pre-press shops and converters is a faster and easier user interface as well as the strongest file exchange-ability and industry compatibility.
We believe that these solutions will continue to play important roles for all supply chain partners using Scope workflow," commented Frank Adegeest, Esko-Graphics' senior product manager for packaging applications software.
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