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News Release from: LithoTechnics | Subject: Metrix
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 April 2006
Software Forms Vital Link In JDF Chain
Lithotechnics' Metrix will be part of workflow demonstrations shown by various of the company's partners at Ipex in Birmingham, UK.
Lithotechnics' Metrix will be part of workflow demonstrations shown by various of the company's partners at Ipex in Birmingham, UK Lithotechnics is participating in the JDF Pavilion (hall 20-C60, pod R) and in that capacity will play a vital role in four JDF inter-operability demonstrations
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 16 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Alterio Associates, the North American distributor for Lithotechnics of Sydney (Australia) has demonstrated and donated a copy of Metrix 1.5 to the executive staff at PIA/GATF headquarters in the USA.
Metrix will consume JDF from Novavision's Printvis management information system (MIS) and from job submission systems, including Screen's Riteportal SE and Eprint-Direct Skyline.
Once Metrix has read the incoming JDF file and automatically generated the appropriate signature layouts, including all trims and marks, it creates a JDF imposition file to pass along to various pre-press systems and RIPs, including Kodak's Prinergy, Screen's Trueflow and the JDF-enabled Harlequin RIP from Global Graphics.
Additionally, Metrix will be featured as a tool at a number of MIS vendors - Optimus (hall 20, stand C23), Prism (hall 20, stand C40) and Tharstern (hall 20, stand C45).
Metrix version 2 will be used to automatically calculate publication layouts, upon receiving the JDF job description from an MIS.
Using layout calculation, combined with 'intelligent' template technology, Metrix will add the information required to impose the job based on user preferences.
Metrix will also be used to instantly recalculate the signature layouts for another press - illustrating the planning capabilities built in to the software.
Rohan Holt, the founder of Lithotechnics, said: "We are very pleased to be working with this impressive array of partners at Ipex.
We have been very active in the CIP4 Organisation, along with our Ipex partners, as well as many others.
It is very satisfying to see JDF bear fruit, as more and more critical linkages come to life, bringing real productivity gains to printers.".
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