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News Release from: Gradual Software | Subject: Switch product range
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 October 2006
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Gradual Software has formed a partnership with Markzware, developer of the Flightcheck series of pre-flight software.
Gradual Software has formed a partnership with Markzware, developer of the Flightcheck series of pre-flight software The companies believe the partnership will allow Markzware's pre-flight tools to integrate with Gradual's Switch product range
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 28 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Fullswitch (and Powerswitch) feature a built-in configurator for Flightcheck Professional, which allows users to set-up and perform automated pre-flight on virtually any desktop or server at minimal expense, said Gradual Software.
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The offer comprises Fullswitch and Flightcheck Pro are offered at a bundle price of EUR2,700 (compared to the normal combined price of EUR2,999) said Gradual Software.
Registered users of Flightcheck Professional are being offered a free upgrade to the latest version when they purchase Fullswitch at EUR2,500.
At the same time, Gradual Software has now also released Update 4 of Fullswitch and Powerswitch 06, offering those features in addition to other enhancements and fixes.
As a result of this partnership, Gradual Software believes users will gain efficiency in professional publishing, combining accurate pre-flighting of various file formats with robust automation capabilities.
According to the company, Switch offers the capability to easily design and edit document flows.
The new configurator allows adding Flightcheck Professional to the flow via a drag-and-drop process.
Flightcheck Professional is a quality control application for pre-flighting PDF and source files.
It can inspect over 45 layout application formats and image formats.
Patrick Marchese, the chief executive officer of Markzware, said: "Gradual Software has a great market potential for its advanced publishing automation tools.
This is in part due to the 100 per cent focus on automation and the company's quick development turn-around in adding new features to the Switch software line, such as the integration with Markzware Flightcheck Online and Professional." Peter Camps, Gradual Software's chief executive officer, commented on the new partnership: "Markzware has a leading position in pre-flight tools for all file formats.
The combination of Flightcheck and Switch provides users with an integrated system, automating even more tasks and creating a single streamlined flow for checking, submitting and processing jobs." Flightcheck Online checks native application and PDF files against customised pre-flight rules sets defined by the receiving side (printers and publishers, for instance).
The checking is performed on the sender's desktop before the job is transmitted.
When pre-flight is completed, Flightcheck Online automatically collects all relevant files, including fonts and images, and the collected job is compressed and uploaded to the receiver's FTP server, said Gradual Software.
At the receiver's end, Powerswitch automatically detects and decompresses incoming jobs.
It also picks up the job ticket information entered by the sender using Flightcheck Online and the pre-flight results generated by Flightcheck Online.
Powerswitch then sorts and processes jobs based on the metadata, allowing users to establish 'intelligent' job flows.
For example, if requested by the sender, a job may be automatically taken through correction or conversion processes (using third-party applications controlled by Powerswitch) and placed in the appropriate folder for manual review.
Gradual Software said that Fullswitch (and Powerswitch) feature a built-in configurator for Flightcheck Professional, which is claimed to allow Flightcheck Professional set-up from within Switch and, it turn, the Flightcheck desktop tool in to a fully automated application.
David Dilling, director of Markzware's European office, commented: "The synergy between Flightcheck and Gradual's Switch products is obvious.
Automating Flightcheck Professional's pre-flight capabilities offers substantial benefits.
Things get even more exciting when, by linking Flightcheck Online to Switch on the server side, a printer, publisher or advertising studio can offer a true web-to-print service.
All of the important checking is done before Flightcheck Online transfers the approved job via FTP to Gradual's Powerswitch.
The sky is the limit.".
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