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News Release from: OneVision Software | Subject: Asura 9.0, Solvero 9.0 software
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 December 2007
Software Gives Greater Control And
Automation
The streamlining and automation of file control, optimization and normalisation in printing is now being offered by Onevision's new Asura 9.0 and Solvero 9.0 software products.
The latest versions of Asura and Solvero include new functions and upgrades that are claimed to enhance usability, increase efficiency and improve automation in pre-press workflows, said Onevision In addition to checking, correcting and outputting files in PDF, EPS, and PostScript formats, Asura 9.0 and Solvero 9.0 are now compatible with XPS (XML Paper Specification) the new file type for graphics produced using Microsoft Windows VistaT
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 14 Jan 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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With Solvero 9.0, text, images and graphics of XPS files can be edited along with PDF, PostScript or EPS files, added the company.
Onevision said that the software is designed to improve the user's experience and provide additional file management and configuration options.
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For example, Asura 9.0 and Solvero 9.0 support XMP metadata, whilst including a new transparency flattening engine and feature six JPEG compression options.
Other improvements have been made in file queue prioritisation and control, and the software now provides increased flexibility in conducting pre-flight checks.
Solvero 9.0 also includes new enhancements for editing text, images, graphics and colours.
Other advances include downward compatibility, which is said to enable users to convert various versions of PDFs in to an earlier format compatible with their workflow systems.
For example, PDF 1.7 can be converted in to PostScript I.
Juan Pablo Kutianski, technical analyst at the newspaper Clarin in Argentina, commented: "Asura helped us redefine our old workflow.
By passing files through Asura, we increased the productivity, flexibility and confidence in our workflow system.
We have the extra benefit of accepting different kinds of file formats that normally we can't accept.
Most importantly, we saved time." Siobhain Towell, Onevision's vice president of marketing, explained: "We designed Asura 9.0 and Solvero 9.0 to provide printers and publishers with an even higher degree of control and increased automation.
Over 80 new features, capabilities and improvements were made based on the direct feedback of our customers.
The new versions were also designed with compatibility in mind, so that users can utilise their existing infrastructure and easily evolve to new file formats.
The new features will help printers and publishers improve and enhance their service by adapting to the special preferences of each customer.".
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