Ghent Software Tests PDF Quality

Edited by the Printingtalk editorial team Feb 17, 2006

The Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG) has made available the Ghent Output Suite.

The Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG) has made available the Ghent Output Suite.

It is designed to help users determine whether PDF files are behaving as expected in graphic arts workflows.

GWG is the international congress of graphic arts professionals established to create, test and disseminate best practices and specifications for publishing workflows.

The first series in the Ghent Output Suite consists of 11 PDF test patches, along with manual and individual readme files for each patch, covering the most common issues relating to PDF for print workflows.

The free Ghent Output Suite can be downloaded from the organisation's website.

David Zwang, vice chairman of the GWG, said: "Our goal is to increase the already high level of predictability in PDF workflows by delivering best practice guidelines for the testing and evaluation of PDF reading applications.

The Ghent Output Suite represents an international group effort to create, test and publish test suites that can be used by end users of graphic arts equipment, as well as developers of applications that handle PDF files, to better manage and improve the quality of their production workflows.".