The Seybold Report

The Ghent Workgroup Releases Ghent PDF Output Suite v 4.0

The Ghent Workgroup has released the Ghent PDF Output Suite v 4.0, a group of test files designed to check a workflow's ability to support up-to-date PDF/X-4 functionality and the latest standards. This latest test suite introduces additional PDF/X-4 patches for testing new PDF/X-4 features. more

Markzware Releases PDF2DTP for QuarkXPress 8

Markzware has announced a version of its new PDF2DTP for QuarkXPress 8. The company says the data conversion QuarkXPress XTension allows users to open and convert PDF documents to QuarkXPress 8 for editing. more

Callas Software Releases Free Acrobat Plug-in to Convert PDFs to UA HTML

Callas Software has released pdfGoHTML, a free Adobe Acrobat plug-in for converting tagged PDF files to HTML supporting the ISO PDF/UA standard for universally accessible PDF documents and forms. The Seybold Report published a review of this plug-in in the latest issue (12.22). more

Callas Announces PFAaPilot v4

Callas Software has announced PDFaPilot v4, a PDF processing system with full support for the new PDF/A-3 and PDF/UA standards. The company says this version also supports export of PDF documents to EPUB and supports network-enabled setup and support for load balancing through a dispatcher. more

Enfocus Announces Instant PDF 10

Enfocus has released a major upgrade to Instant PDF, which includes a frequently requested feature: annotated error reporting. Instant PDF 10 also supports OSX 10.7 Lion, Adobe CS 5.5 Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat X/Distiller. The new version is available to licensed users from the Enfocus Web site. more 

ISO 16612-2 Variable Data Exchange Standard Receives Intertech Technology Award

Printing Industries of America has recognized the work of NPES and the International Organization for Standardization/Technical Committee 130/Working Group 2 (prepress data exchange) by awarding an InterTech Technology Award for the ISO 16612-2 Variable Data Exchange--Part 2: Using PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5. The award recognizes technologies predicted to have a major impact on the graphic arts and related industries. The standard defines the PDF/VT document format and methods for reliable document exchange for variable data and transactional printing. more

Enfocus Updates PitStop Pro 10 to Support Acrobat X

Enfocus has updated PitStop Pro 10 to provide compatibility with Adobe Acrobat X Standard and Pro as well as compatibility with the latest PDF/X-4:2010 and PDF/A ISO standards. This update keeps PitStop Pro 10 on the leading edge of Adobe and ISO standards compatibility. more

Adobe Announces Acrobat X Pro

Adobe has announced Adobe Acrobat X Pro, its next-generation tool for creating, reviewing, delivering, and protecting documents. Acrobat X Pro works through PDF Portfolios to provide a platform for collaboration with simplified workflows and integrated online services for storing and sending documents while ensuring they will print accurately with advanced print production tools. more

Enfocus Releases PitStop Connect 09 Update

Enfocus has released update 1 to PitStop Connect 09, designed to further streamline communication between printers, publishers, and creative professionals. The updated tool allows printers and publishers to create connectors containing PDF specifications for preflight and delivery and to deliver documents in other formats including JPEG and TIFF automatically via FTP to the receiving site or directly into an Enfocus Switch automated workflow. more

Enfocus Announces PitStop Pro 10

PitStop Pro 10, the newest version of Enfocus’ PDF preflight and editing plug-in, provides improved color management, expanded collaborative working tools, and several user-requested features. Enfocus will show the new version in the Enfocus booth (#217) at at Graph Expo in October. more

Callas Extends pdfToolbox 4 to Mac OS X and Linux

Callas Software has announced version 4.5 of pdfToolbox 4. A trial version of the product is available  for download from the  company's Web site. more

Primo PDF 5 Available in Major Western European Languages

nitroPDF software has released versions of its Primo PDF 5 print driver in German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch. more

pdfToolbox 4.5 Provides Visual Inspection, Office to Print-Ready PDF Conversion, Page Organization

Callas Software has released the latest version of its pdfToolbox products. The new version includes an visual inspection tool and a way to convert native Office files into print-ready PDFs. Combined with the new Web Integration Kit for pdfToolbox Server to provide a Web-to-print system. more

DNAML Announces Software to Auto-Convert PDFs to Secure e-Books and e-Magazines

DNAML Pty Ltd. has announced ePage Wiz Secure, an application that automatically converts PDFs of books, magazines, and business documents to a standard e-publishing format secured using standard digital rights management technology. DNAML is targeting authors, publishers, and businesses with the system, which is designed for use in creating e-books, e-magazine, e-catalogs, textbooks, and corporate documents. more

Apago Shipping PDF Enhancer 3.5

Apago Inc. is now shipping PDF Enhancer 3.5, an automated production tool used for creation, standardization, and optimization of PDF documents. This latest version is a major update providing faster processing speeds, improved reliability, advanced scanned document clean-up, AES security, and improved font and color handling. more