• Customer Database
  Storing all contact details in a single centralized database to prevent re-typing clients information when producing a quotation or job
• Cost Estimation
  Precisa MIS has estimating modules with an integrated imposition feature, which flawlessly calculate the lowest possible method of printing jobs.
• Quotation
  Determine your exact profit margin from any quotation by using Precisa MIS, and proactively answer your customer’s inquiries in less than 3 minutes.
• Job Tracking
  Verify, monitor and gain total control over works-in-progress with the Presica visual tracking module.
• Production
  Precisa MIS gives you the ability to assess and control the workflow effectively.
• Invoicing
  Generate invoices directly from the data entered in your quotation. Upon job completion, Precisa MIS creates invoices and shares them with your financial department.
• Delivery
  Generate partial and full delivery notes with a streamline delivery system, and keep your clients notified about the production status and delivery dates.
• Customer Retention
  With comprehensive reports, you can stay informed of your active and inactive clients, giving you easy access to customer history.
• Reports & Analysis
  Precisa MIS reports business results in revenue, productivity and customer management. The possibility of reports customization is endless.
• Accounting
  Integration with a full functional accounting system

In today’s fast moving economy, it is not enough to just deliver on time. Operating costs are on the rise and competition is hard. To stay ahead of the game, you have to manage your costs and increase your margins. Even the smallest costs need to be taken into account.

PRECISA MIS is the latest cutting edge cost estimation software specifically designed by our team at Layout Ltd. Printing houses use PRECISA MIS to generate quotes and accurately calculate detailed costs, which maximizes productivity. PRECISA MIS manages quotes and cost estimation for offset, silkscreen and digital printing.

Based on your printing plant real data, PRECISA MIS builds a true image of your cost for every job, allowing you to decide on the best choice for your business.

By investing in a print MIS, you are also investing in the future of your business.

Implement a solution for your printing plant and secure the benefits of getting a high level of service and an outstanding support team.

With Precisa MIS, you will be backed by an industry expert that’s fully committed to your needs.

Volatility in cost parameters

Cost of material is increasing; job runs are getting smaller and operator's cost vary from operator to operator. These factors affect the profitability of any printing job.

With PRECISA MIS, you can get detailed costs of each process. By understanding what affects your costs, you can find alternative choices and gain an advantage over the competition.

Simplicity of use

PRECISA MIS is very simple to use and very flexible to configure.

Applying the data of your printing press is required since approximate calculations are not made. All values are based on real figures and can be verified at any time.

Advanced Web technology and multi-user environment

PRECISA MIS is a web-based cost estimating tool hosted on your own servers. Our new and improved user interface has been designed to be extremely friendly and intuitive. It is so easy to use that quoting a job with PRECISA MIS is faster than doing it on the fly. PRECISA MIS is equipped with a customizable alert system that allows every print house to imprint its own standards of work.

Studies have shown that many RFQs are of “standard� types. PRECISA MIS now allows users to save job templates with all its parameters, so quoting standard jobs can be done in quickly and efficiently.

Modular and very powerful

PRECISA MIS was designed to be extremely modular. You will be able to implement your own solution at your own pace.

PRECISA MIS is flexible enough to handle:

• Unlimited job specs
• Unlimited quantity breaks
• Multiple markup and discount points for operations and materials
• Overrides at multiple cost points and at the job level

Your estimating team will have the visibility to compare options and costs to give your clients the best deals with the best margins.

Generate job tickets at a glance

After approval, PRECISA MIS automatically delivers client specs to the job description ticket generator, and then generates the related dispatch from delivery of proof, through Prepress, Press and Postpress and then to multi-destination delivery and invoices. You will then be able to track and compare your estimated costs versus your actual costs. Your organization will be better equipped with a clearer view of all operating costs and able to adjust operations, improve standards and more importantly, increase margins.

• Reduce Administrative time and errors – Fast and easy to use
• Maintaining consistent price list and suppliers costs
• Better understand and estimate your cost
• Web –based cost estimating tool
• Centralized print jobs for easy information access
• Save Time & Money
• Compatible with Mac and Windows platformsv

Be effective be smart

• PitStop PDF preflight detects and automatically fixes the most common errors in PDF files
• In PitStop Pro, you can set a preflight profile or use one of the many default profiles that ship with the plug-in. When you preflight a PDF file, PitStop will automatically create a clear report which tells you exactly what you need to do to get the file fit for purpose.

PDF files can be painful to work with. Your customers don't deliver them as expected, they don't output as you want them to, and more than often you need to edit the PDF even though Adobe Acrobat doesn't support it. PitStop Pro is a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat that offers the solution to your problems. With PitStop Pro, checking and editing a PDF will be a piece of cake!

Checking the quality of PDF files before printing is absolutely essential, because what you see on the screen is not always what you get in print. Preflighting PDFs has become a common practice in the print industry. Today, more than 80% of printers make use of professional preflight tools. Since 1993, Enfocus PitStop Pro has always been the pioneer and industry standard PDF preflight tool.

But why do you need to preflight a PDF file?

They look mighty good on screen and you can print it on your $ 200 printer, why can't it be printed on a $300,000 press? And who pays for reprints?

Many errors that are detected by PDF preflight software, can't be detected in any other way. And those errors do create trouble afterwards!

IMAGE RESOLUTION

For print output, the image resolution needs to be higher than for viewing a PDF on a screen, a general rule of thumb is the resolution should be 2 x your halftone screen ruling. Otherwise you will see jagged edges and artifacts in the image.

UNINTENDED RGB

Unintended RGB images in PDF files can cause unexpected results after processing. The images could be of low quality, the final printed color could be incorrect and there may even be a color shift.

SPOT COLORS

Most designers like to work with spot colors (e.g. Pantone), especially in logos. But in many cases, these logos need to be printed using only CMYK inks, an extra 'dedicated' ink for the spot color is more expensive.

FONT ISSUES

Numerous problems can occur with fonts 

E.g. if a font is not embedded, the output equipment will need to replace that font with another font. This font might look similar, or not. In all cases it will be a different font. Small type can become hard to read when printed, especially if it's printed in multiple colors.

WHITE ELEMENTS

Ever seen a job where a white element looks great on the screen or paper proof suddenly disappears when on press? White elements could be set to "overprint", which means that the white ink will be output on top of the inks below and basically disappear. Unless you are in packaging or use a specific white ink in your production process, the white elements should be set to "knock out”.

DEEP BLACK

How do you define a nice deep ('rich') black, one that won't cause trouble on a printing press? Every company has their own recipe for a nice black. But a black that carries too much ink can be a problem for some printing methods. 
A black that's too heavy can cause web breaks on a web press and marking or set off.

TRANSPARENCY

Although transparency is now a widely accepted functionality within most design and page layout applications many printing companies are still wary of PDF files containing transparency and like to give them specific attention to ensure they are processed and imaged correctly

LAYERS

Layers were introduced with PDF version 1.5. These layers can be visible, or hidden. If your proofer or your RIP doesn't support PDF v1.5 or higher and there are layers in the PDF, they will be placed on top of each other.  If a file contains a hidden layer, which is set to to 'Always print', it will be printed.

BLEED

If a file that contains images or content that extend to the edge of the page and it contains no or not enough bleed, white borders can appear after cutting the sheets.

INK COVERAGE

Excess ink coverage causes marking from one sheet to another, long drying times and increases the risk of spoilage. Wet paper can cause registration issues and can cause you to have to slow the performance of a press to ensure the final printed quality.

• Save money & time
• Let designers focus on being creative
• Keep the presses running
• Enable accurate production planning
• Incorrect page format
• Transparency
• Speed up feedback to customers & improve service
• Meet deadlines without overtime or incurring extra costs
• Standardize processing

Embed missing fonts

Don’t let missing fonts hold up your job! Download fonts from the cloud via the Monotype Baseline service.

Convert fonts to outlines

When you need to play it safe: convert fonts to outlines in PDFs using Enfocus PitStop!

Change fonts in a PDF

Simply select the font you’d like to replace, and change the font in your PDF.

Edit text in a PDF

No need to go back to the design application. With PitStop Pro you can edit text in a PDF.

Cut & paste text between PDFs

Cut & paste, as well as PitStop’s other functions, give you an easier time of editing and repurposing all of your image assets.

Resize and reflow text and images

PitStop Pro makes resizing PDF text and PDF text reflow possible in a PDF.

Convert image color space

If images in a PDF are in the wrong color space, PitStop can convert them for you.

Edit images

PitStop allows you to perform multiple image manipulations within a PDF.

Insert, remove and replace images

With PitStop Pro you can insert, change, and remove images inside a PDF.

Add page numbers to a PDF

Add page numbers to your PDF with ease.

Check the image resolution in a PDF

With PitStop Pro you can check if the resolution of the images in the PDF is high enough for its purpose.

Convert RGB images to CMYK in a PDF

Check if RGB images are present in a PDF file and automatically convert these RGB images to CMYK within Acrobat.

Detect and convert spot colors to CMYK

Convert spot colors to CMYK and vice versa in Acrobat.

Change fonts in a PDF

Simply select the font you’d like to replace, and change the font in your PDF.

Knockout white text in a PDF

Check if white elements are set to overprint and automatically fix them, so they knock out

Make sure your creations come out the way you intended Preflighting improves the technical quality of PDF documents before they go to print. That way, you are sure they will be printed exactly the way you or your client envisioned - no need to worry. This allows you to focus on your creative work and avoid time-consuming reworks..

Merge characters and words into text lines.

PitStop Pro makes smart text manipulation easy with a new tool to automatically re-merge split text segments into a single line. This new feature eliminates the struggle to work with separate text segments and provides a more comfortable way to correct mistakes,edit and reposition text.

Find and Replace text

The new Find and Replace text tool allows users to quickly locate specific text segments and immediately replace them. For example, you can easily correct misspellings globally, apply new branding styles, and more. These changes can be easily implemented and are quickly and efficiently handled saving precious time.

Merge characters and words into text lines.

PitStop Pro makes smart text manipulation easy with a new tool to automatically re-merge split text segments into a single line. This new feature eliminates the struggle to work with separate text segments and provides a more comfortable way to correct mistakes,edit and reposition text.

Avoid costly reprints and save time during production
Preflighting detects problem files and avoids costly reprints. It allows you to correct technical issues without having to go back to the designer. This not only saves time during production, it also makes sure the press keeps running at all times.

Windows® Adobe® Acrobat® 8.1 and higher Standard or Professional
Adobe® Acrobat® 9.x Standard or Pro
Adobe® Acrobat® X Standard or Pro
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition SP 2
Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate (Note PitStop Pro will always run in 32-bit mode)

Macintosh® Adobe® Acrobat® 8.x Standard or Professional
Adobe® Acrobat® 9.x Standard or Pro
Adobe® Acrobat® X Standard or Pro
Mac OS® X v. 10.5, 10.6 & 10.7.

Hardware
Minimum 512 MB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
1.024x768 screen resolution (1280 x 1024 recommended)

Atomyx is a truly modular solution that enables automating all stages of the modern workflow.

Atomyx delivers the perfect job delivery mechanism for any automated workflow and covers everything from integration with asset management and web-to-print systems, over quality control and intelligent image optimization to proofing and production for the print and publishing market.

Want to see the software in action? Have a look at the webinar

Atomyx Portal is an easy to setup and easy to use job delivery portal with built-in quality control allowing clients to check they are sending the right thing and providing you with the ease-of-mind that you’ll receive files good for production.

Losing precious time receiving emails, looking at attachments, trying to discover what the order is about, opening jobs in Acrobat, checking quality and sending back emails with remarks to clients over and over again?

You are right, there must be a better way to let customers supply PDF files and Atomyx Portal provides exactly that: an easy to setup and easy to use job delivery portal with built-in quality control allowing clients to check they are sending the right thing and providing you with the ease-of-mind that you’ll receive files good for production.

Built on a strong CMS foundation A rock-solid, flexible and well-supported web content management system, Drupal is developed actively to support recent browsers and technologies with a plethora of extra modules that provide out-of-the-box extensions to its core functionality.

Atomyx Portal has been built completely on this solid web CMS foundation to easily manage, extend and maintain it. While Atomyx Portal provides the full PDF delivery portal experience from the start, the possibilities to extend and integrate it are limitless. You’re not linked to one vendor or system integrator as you have the full Drupal development community with plenty of local experts available to you.

First class quality control Inside Atomyx Portal, the renowned callas pdfToolbox engine is used to perform quality control on uploaded PDF files, generate production-accurate preview images to let clients see how their files will be printed and create low-resolution preview PDF files.

With the same technology as used by Adobe for its Acrobat preflight functionality, callas pdfToolbox is fast and creates userfriendly preflight reports telling clients what they are doing wrong in case of problems and how to solve them. The preflight engine easily scales to provide the reliability and speed you need on your PDF delivery portal.

1,2,3 and go Atomyx Portal lets you create products with an associated preflight (quality control) profile and job ticket.
When your clients visit the portal, they will select such a product and upload their PDF file.
From that point on Atomyx Portal does the heavy lifting for you.
It performs fixing and quality control on the PDF file (as setup by you), explains clients what problems were found (or congratulates them if the files are perfect) and guides them to fill out the job ticket you specified.
Your clients remain in control until they approve the PDF file for production.

Your portal in your look & feel Atomyx Portal comes with a Drupal theme that looks nice and crisp, but of course it can be customized to provide exactly the look and feel you need.

It is fully compliant with the Drupal theme engine that allows unbridled creativity; anyone with Drupal theming experience is able to customize your portal to your needs. Additionally a host of custom modules for Drupal provide more extensive modifications and additional functionality when needed. Don’t know a drupal expert? We can do the job for you.

Seamless connection to your production environment Atomyx Portal focuses fully on the PDF file delivery aspect of your workflow and does this with a keen eye on your needs.

When a client approves a PDF file, the preflighted file and an XML file containing all information about the job is delivered to a folder on your server.

Delivery can be split per product and of course any job ticket the client was asked to fill out is also included in the delivered XML file.

• Easy-to-use portal for clients, replacing the need to upload to FTP or submit through email, with direct feedback on the quality of the uploaded files and confirmation of delivery to the printer.
• Support for products with predefined preflight profiles, conversion rules, file characteristics checking (number of pages, colors used…) and additional metadata requirements.
• Industry-standard file conversion, quality control and corrections using callas pdfToolbox technology.
• Delivery of jobs after successful preflight and approval to predefined locations, including extensive job metadata in XML format; ready for pickup using MIS or workflow systems.
• Easy deployment, configuration and customization using the Drupal framework.

Atomyx Portal is built on Drupal and callas pdfToolbox CLI technology.
It requires a web server (preferably Apache) and database (preferably MySQL) on Linux, Mac OS X or Windows.

Q&A 1: Does Atomyx integrate with other drupal systems? Answer

Q&A 2: What is the maximum file size?
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Q&A 3: Does atomyx.net use a http or https URL? Are the files confidential?
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Q&A 4: Can Atomyx Portal be integrated in any automation or workflow system?
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Q&A 5: In how many languages is Atomyx available?
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Q&A 6: What if multiple users upload files at the same time?
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Q&A 7: Does pdfToolbox support variables?
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Q&A 8: How is the upload stability with large files?
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There are many excellent digital image enhancement tools. And there are many, many more digital images waiting to be enhanced. The problem is each image needs specific adjustments and that takes time. In an ideal world, images would be batch processed based on their particular requirements. Sounds impossible?

Your image-processing server for automatic individual image analysis and enhancement Elpical Claro Premedia provides a complete image processing workflow for printers, publishers and online communication companies that require fast processing of high volumes of images while achieving cost reduction and improved quality.

Through the Claro Individual Image Analysis, Claro Premedia individually analyzes each image for a range of specific parameters and then enhances the image for highest-quality results… even images inside a PDF. Claro Premedia also automates other image or photo processing tasks such as intelligent ICC-based DeviceLink conversions or file format conversions.

The Elpical Claro JobClient for InDesign® offers seamless integration of the Claro Premedia workflow into InDesign. The Claro Inspector for Photoshop® allows side-by-side viewing of original and processed image versions. The new Claro Settings Assistant offers an easy-to-use desktop environment for creating, modifying and personalizing settings.

Claro Premedia is easily integrated in nearly any editorial or production automation system.

New in Claro 8 Precise management of natural blues, greens and skintones for publication
In Claro 8, sky blues, grass greens and skintones are made to look much closer to reality or to the endusers needs than ever before. Claro specifically recognizes natural greens, blues and skintones in an image and treats those differently from other objects in the same image to obtain even more natural results for both print and electronic display.

Further specific publication-centric adjustments to hue, saturation and brightness settings can now easily be adjusted to the user's specific market needs.

Claro Settings Assistant lets you easily control vital image optimization settings
The new Claro Settings Assistant offers an easy-to-use environment for creating, modifying and personalizing settings, without the immediate and direct need for hands-on, expert setup. Optimized setting results are immediately displayed in the drag-and-drop interface. Settings are initially created from scratch or imported from the available channels on the production server. After Claro completes analysis and relevant customization, these settings are exported as an xml file, for import into Claro Premedia.

Two important contrast advancements
1- Preserve contrast in images through an optional brightness correction curve
With standard brightness curve limitations, dark areas are often brightened more than the lighter parts of an image, resulting in lower contrast. By using Claro's optional brightness correction curve, only the image's mid-tones are manipulated, resulting in image brightness adjustment that does not affect the overall contrast of the image.

2-Isolate contrast manipulation to protect color and hue through "contrast in luminosity-mode"
Contrast manipulation in images often causes unwanted side-effects: such as colors becoming too saturated, or even complete color changes.To combat these and other problems, Claro now offers the advanced "contrast in luminosity mode" feature to isolate contrast manipulation from color manipulation, and thereby protect color and hue integrity.

Red eye reduction
Claro's newest red eye detection gives you the standard choice to reject, inspect or even immediately correct the red eye. Combined with an extra option to specify that detection is only needed when a flash function has been utilized, optimization errors are reduced significantly.

Automatic image enhancement.... a real challenge What is good for one image is not good for the other. A straightforward hot folder solution, simply applying one set of filters and algorithms to every image in a hot folder, will simply not do the job.Although it seems contradictory, automatic image enhancement needs an individual approach.

With its Claro Individual Image Analysis, Claro analyses every individual image thoroughly, looking for such parameters as:

• Sharpness
• Brightness
• Contrast
• Color balance
• Natural greens
• Skin tones
• Exif information
• … And more.

This extensive individual analysis is fundamental to our image enhancement technology. It is due to this fundamental approach that we achieve consistent high-quality results even when the origin and quality of the original images vary significantly.

Claro utilizes superior enhancement techniques: for example, the sharpening algorithms. The sharpening that will be applied to a given image varies in amount and threshold, depending on the sharpness and (reduced) noise levels in the original image. A sophisticated anti-halo filter is applied to reduce the undesirable side effects of sharpening, it will even reduce existing JPEG artifacts.

Claro’s local contrast-enhancement allows for details to be preserved and enhanced both in the bright as well as in the dark areas of the image, without effecting overall brightness of the image. Individual image analysis ensures that this technique is only applied to images that require it.

Workflow

• Create unlimited number of hot folder based workflows (channels)
• Routing channels based on image metadata (IPTC, XMP,... ) allows to direct images to a Claro channel, a folder, ftp destination and/or email address
• Claro JobClient for Adobe InDesign seamlessly integrates image optimization in page layout workflow.
• Elpical Claro Inspector for Photoshop®. Integration for optimum side-by-side control of specific images (Mac & PC)
• Support for Photoshop CS2-CS4 on MacOSX and PC
• Embed processing information into XMP
• Professional backup of original and/or processed files
• Runs as a background server process
• Easy XML based integration into existing workflows

Image manipulation

• Images inside PDF files can be enhanced, resampled and color converted
• ICC based color conversions and profile assignment & embedding
• CMYK-to-CMYK conversions without conversion to LAB
• Save Ink (limit total area coverage)
• Device link profile generation, based on source and destination profile
• DeviceLink channels for CMYK to CMYK conversion
• Influence rendering intent based on out-of-gamut percentage
• Resampling and resizing of images
• Add processing data in the XMP data of the processed file

Image optimization

• Local contrast enhancement of image details with respect for overall image brightness
• Superior control over and dynamic optimization of sharpness, brightness, saturation, noise, black point/white point, and color balance
• Recognition and dynamic optimization of natural greens, blues and skin tones (New in claro 8)
• Reduce JPEG artifacts
• Red eye reduction, based on image analysis and/or exif flash info (New in claro 8)
• "Contrast in luminosity mode" option to isolate contrast manipulation from color manipulation (New in claro 8)
• Optional brightness curve to preserve contrast by only manipulating the image's mid-tones (New in claro 8)

General

• Claro Individual Image Analysis for automated image enhancement based on each image’s specific requirements
• Consistent image enhancements across a wide range of image types (TIFF, JPEG, DCS-RAW, Photoshop EPS, BMP, etc.)
• File output support for TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, GIF, PNG, EPS, PSD (including original layers, compatibility layer and processed layer)
• Multi-platform availability
• Up to 4 parallel image-processing threads for maximum performance and multi-processor capability
• XML job file support for easy integration into existing workflows
• High level memory management
• User friendly help application and password protection
• Web based user interface for easy remote server control

Claro Settings Assistant for creating, modifying and personalizing settings in a desktop environment (New in claro 8)

• Provide consistently high-quality image enhancements across varied individual images
• Save massive amounts of time on producing image-specific enhancements
• Process with confidence, knowing Claro Premedia will only enhance images where needed and even perform batch image enhancement inside PDF files
• In control of your workflow with Elpical Claro Inspector that route images to Adobe® Photoshop® for side-by-side comparisons.
• Seamless integration with leading workflow solutions like CCI, K4, SWITCH, WoodWing, EIDOS Media, InDesign, Protec, and more.

For fast processing of high volumes of images while achieving cost reduction and improving quality, printers and publishers rely on a professional automated workflow.

Integrate automatic individual image analysis and enhancement into your workflow For fast processing of high volumes of images while achieving cost reduction and improving quality, printers and publishers rely on a professional automated workflow.

Claro technology, based on Claro Individual Image Analysis, automatically and individually analyzes images of varying type and quality. It delivers information on parameters such as sharpness, contrast, brightness, color balance, natural greens and blues, skin tones, Exit information, etc. It then solves possible issues and automatically delivers consistently superb image quality.

Elpical Claro Single in an integration module for automatic image processing fits seamlessly into many standards-based workflows such as Enfocus Switch® or Puzzleflow®. Through its command line interface it can also easily be integrated in home-grown workflows.

New in Claro 8 Precise management of natural blues, greens and skintones for publication
In Claro 8, sky blues, grass greens and skintones are made to look much closer to reality or to the end-users needs than ever before. Claro specifically recognizes natural greens, blues and skintones in an image and treats those differently from other objects in the same image to obtain even more natural results for both print and electronic display.

Further specific publication-centric adjustments to hue, saturation and brightness settings can now easily be adjusted to the user's specific market needs.

Two important contrast advancements
Preserve contrast in images through an optional brightness correction curve

With standard brightness curve limitations, dark areas are often brightened more than the lighter parts of an image, resulting in lower contrast. By using Claro's optional brightness correction curve, only the image's mid-tones are manipulated, resulting in image brightness adjustment that does not affect the overall contrast of the image.

Isolate contrast manipulation to protect color and hue through "contrast in luminosity-mode"

Contrast manipulation in images often causes unwanted side-effects: such as colors becoming too saturated, or even complete color changes. To combat these and other problems, Claro now offers the advanced "contrast in luminosity mode" feature to isolate contrast manipulation from color manipulation, and thereby protect color and hue integrity.

Red eye reduction
Claro's newest red eye detection gives you the standard choice to reject, inspect or even immediately correct the red eye. Combined with an extra option to specify that detection is only needed when a flash function has been utilized, optimization errors are reduced significantly.

Workflow

• Fully integrates into workflows (Enfocus SWITCH and Puzzleflow)
• Command Line Interface for integration into any environment
• Embed processing information into XMP

Image manipulation

• Images inside PDF files can be enhanced, resampled and color converted
• ICC based color conversions and profile assignment & embedding
• Device link profile conversions
• Influence rendering intent based on out-of-gamut percentage
• Resampling and resizing of images
• Grayscale conversion
• Add processing data in the XMP data of the processed file

Image optimization

• Local contrast enhancement of image details with respect for overall image brightness
• Superior control over and dynamic optimization of sharpness, brightness, saturation, noise, black point/white point, and color balance
• Reduce JPEG artifacts
• Red eye reduction, based on image analysis and/or exif flash info (New in claro 8)
• "Contrast in luminosity mode" option to isolate contrast manipulation from color manipulation (New in claro 8)
• optional brightness curve to preserve contrast by only manipulating the image's mid-tones (New in claro 8)

General

• Claro Individual Image Analysis (CLARO IIA) for automated image enhancement based on each image’s specific requirements
• Consistent image enhancements across a wide range of image types (TIFF, JPEG, DCS-RAW, Photoshop EPS, BMP, etc.)
• File output support for TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, EPS, PSD (including original layers, compatibility layer and processed layer)
• Multi-platform availability
• Up to 4 parallel image-processing threads for maximum performance and multi-processor capability
• XML job file support for easy integration into existing workflows

High level memory management

• Provide consistently high-quality image enhancements across varied individual images
• Save massive amounts of time on producing image-specific enhancements
• Process with confidence, knowing Claro Single will only enhance images where needed, perform in-file PDF image enhancement, as well as image output with correct ICC profiling.
• Seamless integration into existing workflows with minimal set-up (Enfocus SWITCH and Puzzleflow)

For businesses and government agencies, archives and libraries, that store and long-term maintain documents, callas pdfaPilot is the professional desktop tool to validate and/or create PDF/A-files.

Your professional tool to create ISO standard compliant PDF/A files for long-term archiving. For businesses and government agencies, archives and libraries, that store and long-term maintain documents, callas pdfaPilot is the professional desktop tool to validate and/or create PDF/A-files.
It turns all kinds of PDFs into ISO 19005-1 conform PDF/A documents:

• PDFs created in Office applications
• Interactive forms
• Invoices
• Construction drawings
• Technical documentation
• Presentations
• Newspapers
• Books

Callas pdfaPilot is an easy-to-use, quick and reliable tool. Users can save non-compliant PDF files as valid PDF/A documents with the touch of a button. callas pdfaPilot uses the same validation technology as the Preflight function licensed by callas software to Adobe® for the Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Pro application.

New in pdfaPilot 3

• PDF/A collections may now contain not just only other PDF/A files but arbitrary file formats like Word- or Excel-files or XML structures. These are new features of the the standard part PDF/A-3 which is going to be published beginning of 2012. pdfaPilot 3 will already support these new features.
• Distributed processing; allows easy load-balancing between multiple pdfaPilot 3 Server instances in high-volume workflows.
• Guaranteed PDF/A conversion; this automatically tries different conversion methods to create the best PDF/A file possible.
• Integration with Microsoft SharePoint.
• Support for running as a Windows service.
• Improved conversion of form fields and annotations, object level metadata in PDF/A-2 and the possibility to remove incompatible signatures when converting to PDF/A-2.
• An Enfocus Switch configurator to fit pdfaPilot 3 Server into a Switch workflow.

Introduction to PDF/A – Recorded at PDF/A Seminar in Oslo, April 17, 2012 Everything you should know about PDF/A – listen to 50 minutes of very informative video recording.
During the PDF/A Seminar in Oslo, Norway, in April 17, 2012, David van Driessche provided an introduction to PDF/A.
In just 50 minutes all the important features of the PDF/A standard, including conformance levels A, B and U as well as the three parts of the standard – PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2, and PDF/A-3 – are explained.

• aChecks PDFs for compliance to the PDF/A-1 standard (ISO 19005-1)
• Converts PDF files to PDF/A-1 and implements all necessary corrections
• Supports both PDF/A conformance levels (PDF/A-1b and PDF/A-1a)
• Embeds and/or substitutes missing fonts and handles missing glyphs
• Optimizes all color data for compliance with the PDF/A-1 standard
• Adjusts comments and form fields to the defaults required by the PDF/A-1 standard
• Removes unwanted attributes such as layers or interactive content like movies
• Makes image compression compliant with the PDF/A-1 standard
• Creates PDF/A documents that are web optimized for easier access and viewing
• Brings document metadata in line with PDF/A-1 requirements
• Saves newer PDF versions as PDF 1.4 as specified by PDF/A-1
• Implements adjustments and corrections without loss of information
• Delivers clear reports to document all test and correction procedures
• Improves overall accessibility of PDF/A
• Is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese language versions

Get the most out of metadata

• Provides convenient browsing of document metadata as well as object-level metadata for images embedded inside the document
• Support for all relevant industry metadata standards including Dublin Core, IPTC, PRISM, GWG AdTicket/AdsML, PLUS, EXIF and Camera Raw
• Facilitates metadata based researching in Yahoo, Wikipedia, Amazon, Google and AskMetaFilter
• Supports GPS data for use with Google Maps, OpenStreetMap and Google Earth
• XML export of all document and object level metadata for tracking image use and licenses
• Define extension schemas for your custom metadata fields as required by PDF/A-1 standard with the new Metadata Extension Editor

Automatically embeds your company specific metadata schemas for reliable preservation of metadata inside your PDF/A files

• Converts regular PDF files into truly reliable PDF/A files
• Reduces risk of data loss due to not being able to open or display existing documents in the same way in 10, 20 or 100 years from now.
• Saves huge amounts of time by not only analyzing, but also correcting and converting existing PDF files to PDF/A within seconds.
• Offers high convenience for the user thanks to clear and reliable information on PDF/A conformance, easily understandable instructions and detailed explanations. Operation at the touch of a few buttons. Can be used immediately, as no training is necessary due to the clear, intuitive user interface.
• Delivers proven quality assurance for determining the compliance of PDF/A files with the ISO 19005-1 standard. It is based on the same validation technology that callas also licenses to Adobe® for the Preflight function in Acrobat® 9 Pro and passes widely recognized benchmark tests like the Isartor Test Suite.
• Provides the industry’s most extensive analysis and validation of PDF files according to the PDF/A standard, that goes clearly beyond regular Preflight features. Through configurable checks in addition to PDF/A validation, pdfaPilot users can enforce documentation and archival policies.
• Brings maximum flexibility and efficiency in running as well inside Acrobat as without it in standalone mode.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements in terms of long-term archiving.
• Works with all versions of Adobe Acrobat including Elements, Standard, Professional, Extended, as well as Adobe Reader or other PDF viewers.
• Makes your company specific metadata ready to be archived together with your files.
• Ensures full PDF/A-1 compliance for all your metadata, including custom data.

Runs as either a standalone application with all PDF-viewers or a plug-in inside Adobe® Acrobat® 8 Professional or 9 Pro.
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 or Mac OS X 10.4 or newer.

Callas pdfaPilot Server is the professional solution to validate and/or create PDF/A-files for businesses and government agencies of all types, as well as archives and libraries, that store and long-term maintain documents.

Your professional server solution to automatically create ISO standard compliant PDF/A files for long-term archiving. Callas pdfaPilot Server is the professional solution to validate and/or create PDF/A-files for businesses and government agencies of all types, as well as archives and libraries, that store and long-term maintain documents.

It turns all kinds of PDFs into ISO 19005-1 conform PDF/A documents:

• PDFs created in Office applications
• Interactive forms
• Invoices
• Construction drawings
• Technical documentation
• Presentations
• Newspapers
• Books

Callas pdfaPilot Server automatically saves non-compliant PDF files as valid PDF/A documents. Its powerful hot folder-based operation allows unequalled automation, operation and integration.

New in pdfaPilot Server 3

• PDF/A collections may now contain not just only other PDF/A files but arbitrary file formats like Word- or Excel-files or XML structures. These are new features of the the standard part PDF/A-3 which is going to be published beginning of 2012. pdfaPilot 3 will already support these new features.
• Distributed processing; allows easy load-balancing between multiple pdfaPilot 3 Server instances in high-volume workflows.
• Guaranteed PDF/A conversion; this automatically tries different conversion methods to create the best PDF/A file possible.
• Integration with Microsoft SharePoint.
• Support for running as a Windows service.
• Improved conversion of form fields and annotations, object level metadata in PDF/A-2 and the possibility to remove incompatible signatures when converting to PDF/A-2.
• An Enfocus Switch configurator to fit pdfaPilot 3 Server into a Switch workflow.

Introduction to PDF/A – Recorded at PDF/A Seminar in Oslo, April 17, 2012.
Everything you should know about PDF/A – listen to 50 minutes of very informative video recording.
During the PDF/A Seminar in Oslo, Norway, in April 17, 2012, David van Driessche provided an introduction to PDF/A.
In just 50 minutes all the important features of the PDF/A standard, including conformance levels A, B and U as well as the three parts of the standard – PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2, and PDF/A-3 – are explained. Watch the video.

• Checks PDFs for compliance to the PDF/A-1 standard (ISO 19005-1)
• Converts PDF files to PDF/A-1 and implements all necessary corrections
• Supports both PDF/A conformance levels (PDF/A-1b and PDF/A-1a)
• Saves newer PDF versions as PDF 1.4 as specified by PDF/A-1
• Extensive HTML reporting options
• Machine-readable XML reports for optimal integration into automated workflows
• Command line interface to enable smooth and flexible integration into broader workflow setups.
• Embeds and/or substitutes missing fonts and handles missing glyphs
• Optimizes all color data for compliance with the PDF/A-1 standard
• Adjusts comments and form fields to the defaults required by the PDF/A-1 standard
• Removes unwanted attributes such as layers or interactive content like movies
• Makes image compression compliant with the PDF/A-1 standard
• Creates PDF/A documents that are web optimized for easier access and viewing
• Brings document metadata in line with PDF/A-1 requirements
• Implements adjustments and corrections without loss of information
• Delivers clear reports to document all test and correction procedures
• Improves overall accessibility of PDF/A
• Uses IPTC, XMP and other object related metadata and exports them in a configurable XML report
• Automatically embeds your company specific metadata schemas for reliable preservation of metadata inside your PDF/A files
• Is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese language versions

• Converts large volumes of PDF files into truly reliable PDF/A files with a minimum of human intervention.
• Provides hot folder automation controlled through a graphical user interface for easy and immediate operation
• Offers easy and flexible integration through its command-line interface
• Reduces risk of data loss due to not being able to open or display existing documents in the same way in 10, 20 or 100 years from now.
• Saves huge amounts of time by not only analyzing, but also correcting and converting existing PDF files to PDF/A within seconds.
• Offers high convenience for the user thanks to its intuitive user interface and setup with the touch of a few buttons.
• Delivers the broadest and proven quality assurance in converting regular PDF files into reliable PDF/A files. Mainly because it uses the same validation technology that callas also licenses to Adobe® for the Preflight function in its Acrobat® 9 Pro. It also passes widely recognized tests like the Isartor Test Suite.
• Provides the industry’s most extensive analysis and validation of PDF files according to PDF/A (ISO standard 19005-1:2005), that goes clearly beyond standard Preflight checking. Through configurable checks in addition to PDF/A validation, pdfaPilot Server users can enforce documentation and archival policies.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements in terms of long-term archiving.

Runs as an industrial strength server on Mac or Windows platforms
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 or Mac OS X 10.4 or newer (Microsoft Office 2007 or newer needs to be installed for conversion of Microsoft Office documents to PDF/A)
Versions for Linux, Solaris and AIX available as callas pdfaPilot CLI

The all-in-one desktop PDF production toolkit that’s powerful and easy-to-use Callas pdfToolbox gives working with PDFs a massive boost with a greatly extended feature set to match a diversity of users’ needs.

Callas pdfToolbox can:

• Create localized information or multiple-language versions of files even without the creator document or application
• Prepare polished PDF presentations
• Repurpose PDFs in any way you want.

For prepress professionals, there’s an updated preflight engine which supports:

• The latest ISO standards
• Advanced color management
• Imposition of everything from business cards to full N-up impositions
• Splitting or join-ing of PDF content
• Controls to resize and reposition PDF content
• The ability to embed, subset, replace and convert fonts to outlines.

New in pdfToolbox 6

• Process plans
  Building logic into profile Execution of processing steps in response to results of previous sequences Combining profiles with actions
• Color remapping improvements
  Extensions to the conversion of color channels, so that any process color channels can be converted to spot colors and vice versa Spot colors can be put anywhere on PDF layers
• Numerous other enhancements
  Many checks, fixes and profiles have been extended and the process stability is further increased

Powerful Document Manipulation tools for everyone...

• Prepares professional looking handouts and presentations for on-screen and printed delivery
• Easily creates language or regional versions with extensive support for localization workflows
• Imposes anything from simple booklets to fully-fledged brochures and books, as well as N-up and Step&Repeat impositions for digital printing
• Options to scale, fit, move, extend, rotate and flip pages and content
• Powerful layering features and the ability to slice pages into text and non-text
• Easily split multipage PDF documents into page-range fragments and combine them
• Selectively remove content and import new content; double burn pages; insert empty pages or duplicate pages
• Easy access to frequently needed tools through personal workspaces
• Appealing user interface that adds tremendous fun to dealing with PDFs
• Ability to contact support from within the user interface and vote on features

...And production tools for the specialists

• Easy exporting of ICC profiles embedded in PDFs
• Standards supported include PDFX-ready Profiles v1.2 (PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-4p) based on Ghent PDF Workgroup 1v4 specifications
• The PDF Layer Explorer allows you to manage and generate layer views (OCCDs), and includes the first-in-industry ability to generate layers in accordance with PDF/X-4
• Font controls include embedding, subsetting already embedded fonts (saving up to 50% space over other subsetting tools); replacing fonts and converting to vector outlines
• Advanced font-management keeps font names unique and prevents font caching problems when combining PDFs using subsets of the same font
• Produces reports for numerous aspects of your PDF, including font usage or image overviews
• Built-in image re-compression allows you to change the compression method of images right inside your PDF files
• Prepress Pro Companion can replace an incorrectly defined output intent, modify overprint and knockout for black and white, adjust TVI and more

Professional color management for non-experts

• Includes the world’s most powerful color tools: adjust for type of output with a click; conversion to B/W that just works; converts RGB in Office PDFs to printable CMYK; sophisticated spot color handling
• Processes all gray elements consistently (whether DeviceGray, DeviceCMYK, DeviceN or Separation), and enables dot-gain compensation (for both process and spot colors)
• New advanced color mapping to map between various color spaces including RGB to CMYK or vice versa,
• Spot to Spot, Spot to CMYK or RGB, and RGB or CMYK to Spot
• Device Link add-on for smooth CMYK to CMYK conversion (payable option). Includes a series of most-used profiles for standard printing processes

Usability to the max!

• Completely revamped user interface makes using pdfToolbox a pleasure and a breeze!
• Lets you place frequently needed tools, including saved pdfToolbox profiles in your personal work-space
• Easily get in touch with callas software support from within the user-interface and submit feature re-quests
• Localized versions are available in Spanish and Italian as well as English, German, French
• PDF/X-ready profiles translated into languages (English, German, French, Spanish and Italian)
• Updated reference manual now has comprehensive information about the creation of imposition con-figuration files and color conversions
• Ships with additional pre-configured pdfToolbox profiles to demonstrate the latest checks and fixes with the click of a button
• Simplified yet more powerful check enhancement to create preflight rules

Runtime variables for preflight versatility

• PdfToolbox includes Dynamic Profiles that allow variable parameters to be defined at runtime. pdfToolbox Dynamic Profiles can be adjusted on the fly and checks and fix-ups can be dynamically switched on or off, creating incredible versatility in your workflow

Get the most out of metadata

• Provides convenient browsing of document metadata as well as object-level metadata for images embedded inside the document
• Support for all relevant industry metadata standards including Dublin Core, IPTC, PRISM, GWG AdTicket/AdsML, PLUS, EXIF and Camera Raw
• Facilitates metadata based researching in Yahoo, Wikipedia, Amazon, Google and AskMetaFilter
• Supports GPS data for use with Google Maps, OpenStreetMap and Google Earth
• XML export of all document and object level metadata for tracking image use and licenses

Productive, multifunctional tool for more users

• Wide range of users can benefit from diversity of tools. Highly suited for electronic delivery, in-house and corporate publishing, prepress and print production.
• Presentation tool boosts communication and appeal of PDF-based slides and handouts

Easy to use

• Performing complex tasks is easier than ever due to ground-breaking and appealing user interface
• Support and updates are only a click away through the user interface
• Use as standalone or in combination with any PDF viewer or Adobe® Acrobat®

Enjoy highest quality and reliability

• Production tools guarantee complete control and highest quality PDF output
• Ensures compliancy with ISO standards

Improve time to market and reduce cost

• Saves time in document preparation and modification
• Reduces software costs by creating document versions directly from the PDF

Callas pdfToolbox runs with all versions of Adobe® Acrobat® including Elements, Standard, Professional, Extended as well as Adobe Reader or other PDF viewers.
The following operating systems are supported:
Mac OS X, version 10.5 or newer
Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7

All-in-one PDF automation from preflighting and fixing to impositioning and repurposing Whether for print production, PDF/X standard compliant file exchange, presentation preparation, repurposing or any other type of document analysis or processing, callas pdfToolbox Server surpasses its competition in ease of use, speed, and feature set.

All possibilities of the desktop version are taken to the next level by providing instant automation through the use of hot folders. Fully multi-processor aware, callas pdfToolbox Server easily scales with your needs and built on the Adobe PDF Library it provides rock-solid processing. A command-line version and full developer SDK are available when it’s necessary to provide closer integration.

From the developers of Adobe® Acrobat®’s Preflight technology, pdfToolbox Server offers comprehensive, yet easy to use.

• PDF preflighting and automatic correction
• Metadata extraction
• Presentation tools
• Imposition
• …And more

New in pdfToolbox 6
For the whole pdfToolbox family:

• Process plans
• Building logic into profile
• Execution of processing steps in response to results of previous sequences
• Combining profiles with actions
• Color remapping improvements
• Extensions to the conversion of color channels, so that any process color channels can be converted to spot colors and vice versa
• Spot colors can be put anywhere on PDF layers
• Numerous other enhancements
• Many checks, fixes and profiles have been extended and the process stability is further increased

Specific for pdfToolbox Server:

• Network-enabled setup and management using pdfToolbox Desktop
• Support for load-balancing through dispatcher
• Load-balancing for hot folder application
• Load-balancing work to be done by Switch configurator

General

• Supports all PDF versions (up to PDF 1.7/Acrobat® 9)
• Supports all PDF/X standards (PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4, PDF/X-5)
• Includes the most significant industry standard profiles like the Ghent PDF Workgroup standard
• Connects to existing workflows through hot folders
• Simultaneous processing of multiple files for optimized throughput
• Splits multipage PDF files into segments
• Creates permutations of PDF files per layer or layer view
• Merges multiple PDFs into a single PDF file
• Generates configurable single page EPS files
• Exports pages as JPEG or PNG in quality settings from thumbnail over full size preview up to high resolution content proof
• Uses IPTC, XMP and other object related metadata and exports them in a configurable XML report
• Allows to limit most manipulations to specific objects

Workflow

• Provides configuration files that can be interchanged with other servers
• Integrates fully into FullSwitch® and PowerSwitch®
• Updated Switch® configurator with the ability to define runtime parameters in dynamic pdToolbox profiles
• Extensive Switch® integration improvements: save as image, enhanced EPS export, creation of multiple reports, severity-dependent reporting, and saving of XML reports as an XML metadata data set

Verification & conversion features

• Checks more than 1000 characteristics
• Adjusts and corrects more than 100 different features
• Supports all principle standards: validates and creates PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-4p, and validates PDF/X-5
• Allows creation of different types of reports in one run
• Embeds missing fonts (including Easter European, Cyrillic and Far Eastern fonts) and makes font names unique to protect against character dropouts or font substitution in down stream processes
• Imposes any type of PDF based on extremely flexible rule based imposition schemes
• Places page objects or new PDFs on layers
• Creates PDF/X-4 conforming layer views (OCCDs) for using multilingual publication files or handling product variants in packaging
• Provides adjustable compression methods for images
• Supports smart configuration through dynamic pdfToolbox profiles that allow variable parameters to be defined at runtime - creating incredible versatility in your workflow (profiles can be adjusted on the fly and checks and fix-ups can be dynamically switched on or off)

Color-management features

• Full support of ICC and DeviceLink profiles
• Provides comprehensive conversion of Office RGB
• Delivers all professional conversions - RGB gray to black only for text, line-art and images, CMYK and spot colors to RGB, spot colors to process, colored PDFs to black/white
• Processes line-art and images separately
• Allows to optionally preserve primary, secondary and tertiary colors
• Offers tone value adjustment (for both process and spot colors)
• Supports black point compensation
• Maps between various color spaces

DeviceLink Add-On features (payable option)

• Includes a series of most used DeviceLink profiles for repurposing in professional printing
• Includes DeviceLink profiles for optimization of total ink coverage and ink saving for standard printing conditions
• Supports process conversion between sheet fed offset, web offset, news printing and gravure, supporting established best practice guidelines for Europe, North America and Japan

Focus and simplicity

• No more need for a host of different products. Access all the PDF automation functionality you need from one application

Easy to use

• Intuitive user interface to configure and manage hot folder automation
• Simple setup for ad hoc batch-processing of one large set of files.
• Clear reporting of results as a PDF, XML, Text or HTML report
• Comes with the pdfToolbox desktop version for easy configuration of PDF analysis and processing instructions
• Highly intuitive configurators in FullSwitch® and PowerSwitch® make it easy to set up, run and monitor advanced automation features

Increase productivity through fully automated PDF processing

• Processes large amounts of data at high speed
• Analyzes and processes in one step as opposed to complicated and time consuming sequences of multiple steps
• Offers comprehensive testing of all PDF file characteristics with unsurpassed performance
• Identifies and corrects production problems and minimizes risks during the processing and releasing of PDF files

Enjoy highest quality and reliability

• Uses the same technology that callas software licenses to Adobe® for Acrobat® Preflight
• Achieve perfect color, fully automated
• Industry strength, unattended 24/7 operation
• Easy replication of setup to additional servers
• Ready-to-use configurations supporting established guidelines from industry association like Ghent PDF Workgroup or PDFXready

Prepare any PDF for use in various environments

• Electronic delivery and publishing
• In-house and corporate publishing including marketing, commercial, legal and technical documentation
• Prepress and print production for sheet fed and web offset as well as gravure and digital printing
• Ad delivery and handling between ad agencies and publishing houses (for newspapers, magazines, books)

Benefit from the market’s widest range of capabilities PDF/X standards compliance, both in terms of validation as well as PDF/X production and value added transformation and conversion

Windows 2000 or 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2008 or Windows 7
Mac OS X version 10.5 or newer
Versions for Linux, Solaris and AIX available as callas pdfToolbox CLI 4
Also available as functionally equivalent programming libraries (SDKs) on Mac, Windows, Linux, Solaris and AIX

ProofMaster provides a complete quality control solution that allows verifying and correcting incoming files and provides color accurate proofs.

ProofMaster provides effortless setup and allows for out-of-the box contract proofs in line with the ISO 12647-7 and other industry color standards.

Standards-compliant color proofing made easy With the print industry fast moving towards a high level of standardization, the time is ripe to implement standards compliancy in your print workflow. ProofMaster Certify takes your color confidence to the next level by guaranteeing the files you process fully match the latest color standards.

Out of the box contractual quality ProofMaster Certify is so easy to set up that you will be producing industry-standard certified proofs within minutes.
It comes with all the necessary color profiles to create ISO 12647 compliant proofs straight out of the box on specific sets of quality PerfectProof, Fogra certified contract proofing papers. ProofMaster Certify also includes Enfocus Certified PDF® technology, allowing it to recognize preflighted and Certified PDFs. The partnership with Enfocus software also creates a link between the file and the proof by writing the same unique identification code on the proof and in the Certified PDF, thus excluding any discussion on which proof was created from which file.

Flexibility without the premium price Unique in the market, ProofMaster Certify offers proofing on any size of printer from A3 to A1 at the same price and without sacrificing quality.

Automation for higher productivity The optional ProofMaster Flux, an automation platform linking different applications together, allows you to fully automate the preparation and quality control of your files all the way to production.
ProofMaster Certify's flexibility and automation provide optimal productivity at a market-beating price. With standards compliant color and full traceability, ProofMaster Certify delivers what proofs are intended for: highly accurate communication between the different partners in the production flow.

ProofMaster Certify Applications

• ProofMaster Calibrator: Printer linearization and characterization. Creation of ICC profiles.
• ProofMaster RIP: File interpretation and rasterization.
• ProofMaster Flux (Optional): Platform for file reception, routing and advanced production automation.

General

• Works on Mac® OS and Windows®
• Drives 1 printer (see compatibility list for details)
• Comes with ISO standard profiles for ProofMaster Fogra certified paper types

Certification to standards

• Local and international offset, gravure and newspaper industry standards
• ISOcoated (Fogra-27 / ISO 12647)
• Newsprint (IFRA-26 / ISO 12647)
• PSR LWC (Gravure / ISO 12647)
• Sicogif
• Swop
• GRACoL
• Status check of Enfocus Certified PDF® and registration of tracing code

Color & Ink

• ISO 12647-7 compliance
• Comes with FOGRA / UGRA and GATF control strips
• Precise color accuracy through included ICC profiles
• Fine-tunes results through DeviceLink profiles
• Automatic certification report in PDF format
• Accepts all the main file formats: PS, PDF (X3, X1a), EPS, PSD, AI, nCT/nLW, DCS2, TIFF (/IT) and also the RAW format for digital photography
• Supports all common spectrophotometers from X-Rite and Gretag

Automation

• Easy setup of an unlimited number of proofing queues and hot folders
• Can detect Enfocus Certified PDF®s
• Advanced automation through ProofMaster Flux (Optional, Available at the end of Q1 2010)

Recommended System Requirements
Mac OS® 10.6.x - Mac OS® 10.7.x

• Processor: 2.0GHz Intel® Coreâ„¢ 2 Duo
• Memory: 2Gb
• Hard Disk: SATA 80Gb (5400 RPM)
• Network interface: Integrated Gigabit LAN
• I/O port: USB 2.0

Windows® XP Professional SP2, Vista or Windows 7

• Processor: 2.0GHz Intel® Coreâ„¢ 2 Duo or AMD equivalent
• Memory: 2Gb
• Hard Disk: SATA 80Gb (7200 RPM)
• Network interface: Integrated Gigabit LAN
• I/O port: USB 2.0

ProofMaster provides a complete quality control solution that allows verifying and correcting incoming files and provides color accurate proofs. ProofMaster provides effortless setup and allows for out-of-the box contract proofs in line with the ISO 12647-7 and other industry color standards.

The widest compatible Fogra Certified Proofing Media. The ProofMaster Proofing Media have been especially developed to provide prepress customers with a very large color gamut and remarkable color stability. Fogra certified, they are the ideal substrate for all areas of the professional color management segment. You can easily certify your contract proofs to international (ISO/Fogra, SWOP, GRACoL, SICOGIF) or customized press standards.

While ProofMaster Proofing Media are a specifically good fit with the ProofMaster color proofing solutions, they are also compatible with other color RIPs. To save time and money of our partners when installing or migrating new customers to those great new papers, our support team has prepared color profiles and installation guidelines for the leading RIP softwares (GMG, EFI, CGS, ColorGate, ProofMaster, Compose...) & inkjet printers (Epson, Canon, HP).

ProofMaster Contract Proofing Media Highlight ProofMaster Contract Proofing Media 265g is a paper that on top of easy certification towards international standards (Fogra, Sicogif, GRACoL, SWOP) is very well suited for use with customized press standards. It also fits the Flexo printing ISO 12647-6 standard. It has a production consistency of ΔE < 0.4. This paper fits particularly well in 3rd party RIP configurations such as GMG, CGS or EFI, in addition to ProofMaster environments of course.

ProofMaster Proofing Media 280g is a heavyweight semi-glossy paper for High-End proofing applications, that certifies any proof to international or customized printing processes, for optimal CMYK and spot color reproduction. It has a production consistency of ΔE < 1.0. This paper has the look and feel of previously most common used analog proofing systems.

ProofMaster Proofing Media 250g has a production consistency of ΔE < 0.9. While a little lighter than the other papers it offers an excellent value for money and can replace the PerfectProof Contract Proof 260gr without intervention of a technician.

• Extra large color gamut for certified proofing (bigger than ISO Coated v2)
• Very high L-value/96,0 (for optimal spot color reproduction)
• Almost zero optical brighteners Reduced metamerism and no matting effects
• Instant dry even at very high ink loading
• Compatible with dye and pigmented inks (CF, UC, K3, UV, HP Vivera, Canon Lucia) 3â€� core rolls to reduce curling

ProofMaster provides a complete quality control solution that allows verifying and correcting incoming files and provides color accurate proofs.

ProofMaster provides effortless setup and allows for out-of-the box contract proofs in line with the ISO 12647-7 and other industry color standards.

Contractual quality for better communication between print-buyer and production ProofMaster Plus provides effortless setup and allows for out-of the box contract proofs in line with the ISO 12647-7 and other industry color standards. Regardless of whether you’re preparing files for offset, gravure, newspaper, flexo- or screenprinting, ProofMaster Plus’ Multi Channel color engine provides an easy path to spot-on results.

It plays well with specialty printing types such as packaging, consistently generating superb, color-accurate proofs and ensures those results to carry through to production and final output.

Built for flexibility and growth > ProofMaster Plus combines unparalleled flexibility and ease of use straight out of the box.
ProofMaster consists of different modules: the Calibrator, the Editor and the RIP, allowing the separation of calibration and profiling from job preparation and actual proofing. You can easily add functionality such as 1-Bit proofing or profile creation through the different available options.

Efficiency through automation If you need advanced automation and interaction with 3rd party applications, ProofMaster Flux provides automated file reception, routing and production.

ProofMaster Plus Applications

• ProofMaster Editor: Verification, correction and soft proofing.
• ProofMaster Calibrator: Printer linearization and characterization. Creation of ICC profiles.
• ProofMaster RIP: File interpretation and rasterization.
• ProofMaster Flux: Platform for file reception, routing and advanced production automation.

ProofMaster Plus Options 1Bit

• Processing of halftone 1bit TIFF files to create screened proofs

Advanced Color

• Creation of ICC Profiles
• Creation of Substrates for Substrate Simulation (Gravure and Offset uncoated stock proofs)
• Creation of Dot Gain curves and first % break off simulation (Flexo or Gravure proofs)
• Device Link profile Creation
• Device Link profile Tuning
• Custom Spot Color Tuning
• Input of tints of Spot Colors

Flux (Expected availability end Q1 2010)

• Visual, drag-and-drop workflow-design
• Flow wizard to create common flows
• Automate file reception through email and FTP
• Route jobs (naming conventions, file type, variables)
• Support for renaming jobs (prefix, suffix, search/replace...)

Color, quality & Ink

• ISO 12647-7 compliant output
• Comes with FOGRA/UGRA v3 media wedge
• Precise color accuracy through standard and customized ICC profiles
• Comes with a standard editor offering a host of image editing, production tools and soft proofing, also on PDF files
• Supports Multi Channel input profiles and has full Multi Channel support
• Processes image and vector elements in Multi Channel jobs
• Drives Multi Channel printers
• Fine tunes results through DeviceLink profiles
• Works with high-end color-managed workflows (CMYK, RGB or Lab)
• Accepts all the main file formats: PS, PDF (X4, X3, X1a), EPS, PSD, AI, nCT/nLW, DCS2, TIFF (/IT) and the RAW format for digital photography
• Advanced handling of spot colors, fully CxF-compatible
• Provides a handy spot color tuner
• Can use standard and customized contact sheet templatesv
• Color setting import via Adobe CSF
• Improved linearization and ink-bleeding
• Supports all common spectrophotometers from X-Rite and Barbieri

Automation

• Easy set up of an unlimited number of proofing or photo printing queues and hot folders
• Automatic media optimization
• Can detect Enfocus Certified PDF®s

General

• Works on Mac OS® X (10.6-10.7) and Windows® XP Pro (Service Pack 2), Vista and 7
• Drives up to two IP/USB/FW printers as standard (choose from three printer driver categories)
• Simultaneous rendering and printing for higher efficiency

Recommended System Requirements Mac OS® 10.6.x - 10.7.x

• Processor: 2.0GHz Intel® Coreâ„¢ 2 Duo.
• Memory: 4Gb
• Hard Disk: SATA 160Gb (5400 RPM)
• Optical drive: SATA 16x DVD-ROM
• Network interface: Integrated Gigabit LAN
• I/O port: USB 2.0

Windows® XP Professional SP2, Vista or Windows 7

• Processor: 2.0GHz Intel® Coreâ„¢ 2 Duo or AMD equivalent
• Memory: 4Gb
• Hard Disk: SATA 160Gb (7200 RPM)
• Optical drive: SATA 16x DVD-ROM
• Network interface: Integrated Gigabit LAN
• I/O port: USB 2.0

The Remote Director monitor proofing system is the final link to a truly digital workflow, eliminating the last remaining skeleton: the paper proof.

With Remote Director, viewers can collaborate over color-accurate proofs in real-time or work at their own convenience, allowing agencies, brands, publishers, prepress shops and printers to communicate with the utmost efficiency and accomplish in hours what has traditionally taken days.

Proof on your own terms. Remote Director Remote Director is the leader in monitor proofing systems – by combining all of the tools you need to create, view, annotate and collaborate with Remote Director’s patented color technologies you can finally move to a true fully digital workflow and simplify client interaction while increasing color accuracy and consistency.

Whether you are viewing a proof on press, creating a concept or contract proof to send to your client for approval or just accessing an incoming proof, Remote Director provides unparalleled functionality and performance to allow your production workflows to keep pace with the demands of today’s changing marketplace.

Eliminate the lost time, inaccurate color and miscommunication about what your client wants to see by adding a color managed monitor proof to your workflow today.

Proof Creators can set their own specifications and invite viewers by assigning permissions, color profiles, and proof parameters in order to completely control the experience of all parties in the collaborative process.

By eliminating the last analog step in the digital workflow, you can ensure that everyone viewing an accurate proof, errors are eliminated and historical tracking is available.

Those who only need to view & approve proofs can just simply click a link in the proof invitation email and easily access the same centrally located proof seen by others, being asked to utilize Remote Director’s simple internal calibration software only if that particular proof is color critical.

At press side, Remote Director has been the technology pioneer in bringing to the market easy to use tools for quick navigation of a full printing surface and the confidence that the color being matched will meet the customer’s expectations and sign-off criteria.

Days and weeks turn into minutes and hours when the logistics and cost of transporting hard copy proofs around the globe are eliminated. Global brand colors can be managed all throughout the workflow to ensure that all parties adhere to the same standards.

Remote Director recently added spectral color processing to Remote Director, thereby bringing the highest levels of accuracy and speed to spot and special colors to address all facets and needs of today’s markets.

Unique Remote Director Features

• Open architecture with support for a wide range of hardware and operating systems
• Built-in monitor calibration software with remote verification for all users
• Dynamic use of ICC profiles to simulate any printing condition in RGB/CMYK/n-channel workflows
• Uniformity Correction Mapping (UCM) to correct for color and luminance variations in monitors
• Built-in system certification to SWOP, GRACoL or FOGRA, or to a custom-defined color standard
• Full archive and restore functionality, including all notes, images, approvals and calibration status
• Wide range of OEM integration possibilities with Software Development Kit (SDK)
• XMP approval and color verification data embedding per Ghent PDF Workgroup specifications.

Remote Director Key Features Color Management and Color Accuracy

• Certified Monitor Proofing System: As the first SWOP certified system, Remote Director continues to lead the industry in color accuracy and compliancy to industry standards
• RD has automated the certification method so an end user can "self certify" any system to SWOP3, SWOP5, GRACoL or their own internal color standard

Built-in Calibration and Remote Verification Utilizing the same built-in calibration software not only provides a simple workflow for the novice user and forces calibration when necessary but guarantees consistent results between locations & equipment.

RGB, CMYK or Spot Workflows Remote Director’s spectral blending engine provides accurate proofs of all ICC profiles and blended spot colors for precise rendering of any commercial or packaging job.

Spot Color Support Spot Color Only Mode: Use the Remote Director spectral blending engine to accurately view blended spot colors on various substrates Hybrid Mode: CMYK plus up to 12 spot channels Proof or simulate any Color Space including RGB, CMYK or N channel (multicolor profile) including:

• PantoneTM libraries including GoeTM
• Custom Colors (L*a*b*)
• Imported Spectral Data (.cie)

Dynamic use of Color Space Dynamic Profile Switching: Remote Director unique profile handling enables the ICC profile to be changed during the proofing session providing a powerful ability to display any job with any number of different printing conditions or different substrates

Workflow Features

• Single file control from a centralized database
• Supports any number of simultaneous viewers
• Data streaming allows high resolution view/zoom
• Automated email notification

Open Architecture

• Cross Platform: Remote Director offers the only proofing solution to provide verified color accurate proofs on Mac or PC
• Commercially Available Hardware: Choose from leading manufacturers in measuring devices, platforms, monitors, viewing booths etc.

Monitor Control Remote Director runs from the GPU and directly communicates with supported monitors to control native bit depth and increase speed & provide smoother color rendering

Monitor Uniformity Correction Mapping Remote Director can create uniformity corrections for both luminance and color across the display, compensating for manufacturing defects.

UCS can be applied to a singe monitor or an array of monitors Metadata Support Remote Director and the Ghent PDF Workgroup have pioneered the specifications for embedding approval status & color verification data in a PDF through XMP job ticketing information Automation/Integration Automate proof creation through Remote Director’s ProoFlow hotfolder application, integrate Remote Director into any internal workflow system, or utilize existing manufacturers integrations through our very simple Software Development Kit Complete set of Simple Collaboration Tools.

• Online workflow enabled remote communication
• Mark-up & annotations: Marques, secure password protected notes, densitometers, rulers,
• Secure Digital Sign-Off: Password protected status selection (approved, rejected, approved with changes)
• Archive & Restore

Remote Director is the only solution to collect proof, notes, sign-off & color information, creating an offline archive file that can be fully restored for any future use.

Time Savings

• Reduce cycle time
• Proofs are viewed in minutes, not days
• Get instant approval
• Eliminates overhead of handling, routing, trafficking of hard copy proofs

Cost Savings

• Consumables, shipping/storage costs
• Standardization & Tracking
• Profiles, specifications are all centralized, managed and attached to proof

Workflow Automation

• Full digital workflow is realized when the last manual process is removed

Color Consistency

• Monitor proofing is a better predictor of the color than a mix of variable quality hard proofs
• Self-monitoring – stops you from viewing a proof under the wrong conditions

Globalization

• Collaborate around the world
• Manage brand color around the world
• Eliminate time & geography barriers

Environmental Responsibility

• Eliminate the creation of costly hard copy proofs, which end up in the trash!
• Eliminate transportation & fuel costs

Twixl Publisher is a publishing solution that takes projects from InDesign to iPad.
Specifically, it is a combination of a stand-alone (Mac OS X) application and a plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS5/5.5 and CS6 that converts and exports traditionally created documents into interactive reader applications for the Apple iPad.

Twixl Publisher makes it possible to translate print designs into digital designs by integrating interactive content such as photo slide shows, audio, video and more into a seamless iPad blend.

Twixl Publisher is a publishing solution that takes projects from InDesign to iPad.
Specifically, it is a combination of a stand-alone (Mac OS X) application and a plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS5-6 that converts and exports traditionally created documents into interactive reader applications for the Apple iPad. Twixl Publisher makes it possible to translate print designs into digital designs by integrating interactive content such as photo slide shows, audio, video, HTML 5 animations and more into a seamless tablet blend.

Twixl media is a key player on the market of digital publishing solutions. Their core solution, Twixl Publisher is the first application that allows users to produce tablet applications fully independently, from design to publishing in the app stores.

Twixl Publisher is a publishing solution that takes projects from InDesign to tablets. Specifically, it is a combination of a stand-alone (mac os x) application and a plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS 5-6 that converts and exports traditionally created documents into interactive reader applications for tablets.

Twixl Publisher makes it possible to translate print designs into digital designs by integrating interactive content such as photo slide shows, audio, video, HTML 5 animations and more into a seamless tablet blend.

Bronze Edition A single user version that lets you independently create an unlimited number of single-issue app store builds for iPad, Android and Kindle Fire tablets. It is ideal for individual designers and smaller shops that regularly want to create branded app store apps.

Gold Edition A workgroup edition that lets you independently create an unlimited number of both single- and multi-issue app store apps for iPad, Android and Kindle Fire tablets.
. It also provides different analytics options and the possibility to customise the user interface of your kiosk app.
This product targets publishers, printers and agencies. It supports in-app purchases, subscriptions and push notifications.

Platinum Edition In addition to all the unlimited app store publishing capabilities in the Gold edition, this edition also allows you to create an unlimited number of single-issue and multi-issue “ enterprise� apps for iPad, for easy distribution of in-house apps.
This product is targeting professionals who understand the needs and the opportunities in enterprise publishing.
Twixl Publisher Platinum is the creation tool for apps that will be distributed with the Twixl Enterprise Kiosk server.

What’s new in version 3.0?

• The builder application has been completely rewritten, with a different wizard-like approach to app building.
• You can now create iPad builds, as well as Android or Kindle Fire builds. The 1024x768 design is compatible with all iPad models, and for Android there's a 10" (1280x800) and optional 7" (1024x600) format.
• We use the liquid layout/alternate layout features in CS 6 to allow you to automatically create optimized versions of your content for other devices and orientations than the tablet layout you started with. This technology allows you to design for other formats but still gives you the possibility to adapt them manually according to your needs.
• 'Preview on device', allows you to preview your publication on a device on the local network, running the 'Twixl Viewer' app. This viewer app is a free download from the iOS App Store and from the Google Play store.
• We added new analytics options: we now support Flurry and Localytics analytics (for Gold and Platinum users only)
• The App Store Kiosk User Interface is now customizable. We now allow all UI elements of the App Store Kiosk to be customized.

(1) Optimized Android & Kindle Fire layouts require InDesign CS6

(2) Requires an account with Urban Airship. When distributing issues of a publication with the Professional version via a multi-issue app, there is a fee either per download or per subscriber, depending on the model

(3) Requires Twixl Enterprise Kiosk Server for deployment (iPad only)

(4) When distributing issues of a publication with the Advanced or Professional version via a multi-issue app, there is a fee either per download or per subscriber, depending on the model

Affordable Our pricing is as transparent and easy as our product. We provide our customers a state of the art solution and all the support they need for a one-time license fee.
There is no extra cost to publish except for the cost of creating the app itself.
To make it even easier, we provide a free ‘Twixl Publisher E xplore Edition’, that allows users to develop and test apps in-house. So you can experience for free how our solution works.

Independent Independent publishing means our customers are 100% in control of their application. They can publish as much as they want without extra fees.
They do not have to publish their content on our servers to create their app.
Once the design is ready for publication,they publish directly to the app stores or within their own Enterprise network.

Smooth & intuitive Twixl Publisher is based on our philosophy of ease of use, simplicity and intuition. We put the user and the user experience at the heart of your solution.
That is being reflected in every word, pixel and button. Our three-step model ‘Design, Build and Publish' is the fastest and easiest way to an enticing interactive reader’s experience.

InDesign CS5/CS5.5/CS6 requirements: see the Adobe site for details.

Although the plug-in can be used on both Windows and Mac OS X, the Twixl Publisher Builder app is Mac OS X only.

Twixl Publisher Builder requirements: Mac OS X 10.7.4 or 10.8.x and Xcode 4.5 or newer.

Xcode is a free download from the Mac App Store.

Twixl Enterprise Kiosk is an in-house publishing platform. This enables the deployment and distribution of apps within a closed enterprise environment, so that all in-house content will be available to all members of your organization.

Twixl Publisher & Twixl Enterprise Kiosk are two separate products.
Twixl Publisher is an app creation tool, Twixl Enterprise Kiosk is an in-house publishing platform.
With Twixl Publisher you can create enriched publications, e.g. sales presentations.

This solution allows you to create interactive apps for tablets, integrating enriched content such as slide shows, audio, video, HTML 5 animations and more.

Twixl Enterprise Kiosk enables the deployment and distribution of these apps within a closed enterprise environment, so that all in-house content will be available to all members of your organization.

Not only publications created with Twixl Publisher can be added to the Twixl Enterprise Kiosk app, but PDF, text files, iWork and Microsoft Office documents are also supported (Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Excel, PowerPoint and Word).

This platform is managed through a web-based CMS where an administrator can define user profiles (PHP/MySQL), and manage the content that will be available for the different profiles. Enterprise publishing Twixl Publisher in combination with Twixl Enterprise Kiosk is an ideal solution for businesses that need to publish apps and content internally.

Many businesses are equipping their sales and service teams with iPads. They have a large quantity of information that they want to publish on iPads for various employee profiles within their organisation.

Enriched product presentations with dynamic content and animations for sales people, catalogues that need to be continuously updated, manuals for installers etc.

Companies are looking for a quick and inexpensive solution to update the information on the iPads.
In the end, the creation cost for tablets is similar to the creation cost for print, but the publication and distribution costs are much lower and the content is kept continuously up to date.

An organisation can choose to either create its Twixl Publisher publications in-house and/or contract it out to an agency or printer.

These publications can then be deployed with Twixl Enterprise Kiosk. Twixl Publisher-enhanced content, as well as PDF, iWork and Office documents, can be distributed via this platform.

The platform also offers a management module to manage user profiles and passwords and to determine who gets access to which documents.

There is also usage reporting so user/presenter behavior can be analyzed.

One important aspect of enterprise publishing is that the organisation must retain full control over its publications. These never go outside, but they will remain within the organisation's network. As a result there are no additional download fees other than the cost of the bandwidth available on the in-house server.

• End to end solution from creation to deployment
• Publications remains within the company network
• No additional distribution cost
• Supports Twixl Publisher publications
• Supports PDF, Text, iWork and Office documents
• Web-based CMS & user management

Why It’s better

• Publish unlimited numbers of apps
• No download fee
• No access/subscription fee
• No licencing cost per publication
• Completely independent
• All content stays inhouse
• iPad has a more than 80% market share in Enterprise publishing
• Combine InDesign and HTML5
• Cost-effective in production

Independent Independent publishing means Twixl media’s clients are 100% in control of their application.
You can publish as much as you want without any extra costs.
You do not have to publish your content on Twixl media’s servers to create your app, you can host the content within your own hosting infrastructure.

Once the design is ready for publication, you can publish directly within your own Enterprise network (private).

No hidden cost The pricing is as transparent and easy as the product. Twixl provides a state of the art solution and all the support you need for a basic license fee.
From there on, no extra cost to publish is implied, except for the cost of creating the app itself.

If a company publishes on their own server they will have no yearly access/subscription fee, no download cost and no licensing cost per publication.

Image- or HTML5-based Right now, an image-based application with native controls offers the best and most fluid experience for reading interactive publications on an iPad.

Although HTML-based solutions may in theory generate smaller file sizes for your apps, current HTML5-based implementations appear to still be unable to deliver the same kind of responsiveness.

In addition, whereas a designer has grown accustomed to WYSIWIG in print, and can get the same results for image-based publications, that is not yet the case with HTML5 implementations.

Also, image-based solutions can easily integrate any type of font without any licensing restrictions, which is not the case in HTML environments.

Best of both worlds Today it is still expensive to develop a completely custom made app. Most of the time the number of downloads or even potential customers does not justify the development cost.

From an enterprise point of view only a limited extra cost is acceptable to create interactive dynamic publications instead of static printed documents.

Because the solution starts from existing documents and layouts in InDesign, it lowers the development cost and if required additional features can still be added through the integration of HTML5 based content.

With this solution you can easily enrich your publications and you can develop as much as your budget allows you to. Bottom line: it is an efficient and cost effective tool.

Automatic update notification All the publications are updatable, but how do users know new publications are available? On the one hand, the back end administrator will be able to send a notification to the users, and on the other hand users will get a notification in the Kiosk if an update to a publication is available for download.

The tablet: a specific medium In Twixl's view the tablet is a specific medium which is close to the design experience of print and close to the digital and information accuracy experience of digital.

Creating publications for this medium requires specific needs. Design is important, content is important, you have to create an experience, choices, interactivity, animations, video, sound are expected! Be aware of the expectations of your audience and deliver.

Their solution enables you to fill in these needs and is based on our philosophy of ease of use, simplicity and intuition. The most common feedback we get in our workshops is: “Is it that easy?� It actually is, as it is based on our three-step model ‘Design, Build and Publish' - the fastest and easiest way to an enticing interactive reader’s experience.

InDesign CS5/CS5.5 requirements: see the Adobe site for details. Although the plug-in can be used on both Windows and Mac OS X, the Twixl Publisher Builder app is Mac OS X only.

Twixl Publisher Builder requirements: Mac OS X 10.6.8 or 10.7.x and Xcode 4.x. Xcode is a free download from the Mac App Store.

Al-Rassam Al-Arabi ™ a unique and powerful utility for all Windows applications.

Al-Rassam Al-Arabi ™ (for Windows) is Layout's most widely known Arabic desktop publishing software.

It allows you to insert Arabic in the world's leading illustration and photo-retouching applications for Windows, such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrator®, Macromedia Flash™, CorelDraw™ and Avid Technology, Inc. Al-Rasam Al-Arabi comes bundled with 22 high-quality Arabic fonts.

The power to access the features of Latin graphic design software programs on the Windows platform along with their initial bundling with computer systems throughout the region - has made of Al-Rassam Al Arabiâ„¢ the perfect software solutions for adding the Arabic language to your designs, including advertisements, brochures, catalogs and more.

With this Arabic Software, designers can insert Arabic into their designs and texts, by simply:

1. Typing and Editing Arabic Text in Al-Rassam Al Arabi ™
2. Copying
3. Pasting in a non-Arabic Applications

The Result will be: A creation of stunning effects with no need for an Arabic enabled windows system.

The range and quality of effects in Arabic are left only to a designer's imagination.

Al-Rassam Al-Arabi ™ opens up self-publishing opportunities in Arabic for the novice as well, including students, freelancers, and home-based professionals.

• Import, Paste, and Export Arabic text from Windows platform
• Export text either as ASCII or Unicode format
• Export selected text only, or multi-line paragraphs to non-Arabic applications
• Copy and paste text from Microsoft Word to Al-Rassam Al-Arabi (for Windows)
• Use palettes and measurement units to resize windows for easy text export
• Al-Rassam Al-Arabi (for Windows) can be used for displaying Arabic TV program credits
• Al-Rassam Al-Arabi (for Windows) include 22 high-quality Arabic fonts with 10 additional free Arabic fonts upon registration

Windows XP, Vista and 7

ArabicXT is an award-winning Arabic software extension which transforms QuarkXPress, the most widely used publishing software worldwide from Quark Inc. into a professional Arabic desktop publishing solution, allowing you to publish in Arabic and to create outstanding designs for both print and electronic media.

Using ArabicXT in conjunction with QuarkXPress, anyone can learn to create superb bi-directional page layouts, producing top-quality professional Arabic and Latin publications, without the need for an Arabic operating system.

Since first introduced in 1992, ArabicXT has been adopted by thousands of publishing companies around the world. ArabicXT is widely used by newspapers, magazines, book publishers, catalog houses, printers, prepress houses, advertising agencies and design firms.

AWARD-WINNING ARABICXT

When Layout introduced the first version of ArabicXT, it was awarded PC Middle & Near East Magazine's 1998 Award of Excellence as well as the Best of GITEX '97 from BYTE Middle East Magazine.

ARABICXT: A USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE FOR OPTIMAL PRODUCTIVITY

ArabicXT also opens up the world of publishing in Arabic to the novice, including students, freelancers and home-based professionals. Anyone can learn the system in a very short time to create professional Arabic publications. Because ArabicXT does not change anything in the original code of QuarkXPress, all of QuarkXPress' features are available in the Arabic language.

ArabicXT 8 allows you to publish in Arabic and to create outstanding designs for both print and electronic media- with no need for an Arabic operating system.

ArabicXT 8 is a unique solution that utilizes all the features and direct-editing capabilities of QuarkXPress. ArabicXT 8 does not modify anything in the original code of QuarkXPress, allowing you to benefit from the latest release -QuarkXPress 8.

Through an adaptable and user-friendly interface, it supports the unparalleled and new features of QuarkXPress 8, allowing publishers to meet their most demanding publishing needs and create innovative Arabic publications.

Features & benefits

• Publish with all Right-To-Left languages in the same document and text box
• Full support of ArabicXT fonts as well as Mac Arabic system fonts
• Copy and paste Arabic text to and from other Arabic Unicode software
• Create Arabic searchable PDF files,superb Arabic web-based and print-based designs
• Synchronized Arabic text among different layout spaces
• Efficient table management in a mixed Arabic-Latin page layout
• Automatic vertical and horizontal positioning of vowels over characters
• Flip document layouts for bilingual publications
• Drop words over several lines at beginning of paragraphs
• Automatic Kashida insertion using powerful Kashida algorithms
• Mixing Arabic and Latin Text
• Import Unicode Arabic text from Macintosh or Windows word processors
• Bundled with 46 high-quality Arabic Fonts

Additional fonts libraries from Layout, including more than 150 Arabic fonts, may also be used

System Requirements: Mac OS
Software
• Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or Mac OS X 10.5 (LeopardTM)
Hardware
• G5 or faster PowerPC® processor or Mac® Intel® processor (G4 minimum)
• 1GB RAM (256MB minimum)
• 1GB hard disk space
Optional
• An Internet connection for activation

Windows Software
• Microsoft® Windows® XP (service pack 2 or 3) or Windows Vista® 1.0 (certified on Windows Vista)
Hardware
• 1GB RAM (256MB minimum on Windows XP, 512MB minimum on Windows Vista)
• 500MB hard disk space
Optional • An Internet connection for activation

Introduction

ArabicXT 9 allows you to publish in Arabic and to create outstanding designs for both print and electronic media- with no need for an Arabic operating system!

ArabicXT is a unique solution that utilizes all the features and direct-editing capabilities of QuarkXPress. ArabicXT 9 does not modify anything in the original code of QuarkXPress, allowing you to benefit from the latest release -QuarkXPress 9.

Through an adaptable and user-friendly interface, it supports the unparalleled and new features of QuarkXPress 9, allowing publishers to meet their most demanding publishing needs and create innovative Arabic publications.

Features & benefits

• Create eye-catching Arabic-language Web documents to export as HTML documents and post directly on a website
• Gain more control over your Arabic layout spaces
• Convert your Arabic print-based designs to Arabic Web-based designs or vice-versa, within one file. You can even include an Arabic Web layout and a print layout in the same file and share Arabic text content between the two.
• Synchronize Arabic text among different layout spaces for greater accuracy: Include the same Arabic language text in multiple layout spaces and synchronize it between different layout spaces. You can then edit this synchronized Arabic text in one layout space, and it will automatically be changed in other layout spaces.
• Manage tables efficiently - You can link text cells to one another, or to any text box, in a mixed Latin-Arabic page layout. You can also easily set the tab order of cells, thus customizing your tables.
• Multiple Undos - Enjoy this feature to reverse one action or a series of actions including text and picture import, text linking style sheet edits and much more.
• Automatic Kashida insertion using powerful Kashida algorithms for perfect justification
• Automatic vertical & horizontal positioning of vowels over characters
• Drop word over several lines at the beginning of paragraphs
• Controllable Ligature selection
• Mix Arabic and Latin text in the same text box desktop publishing and workflow solutions for arabic and latin languages
• Flip page layout from right to left or left to right
• Bilingual find and replace
• Export Arabic text for editing in other Arabic word processors
• Copy and Paste text attributes on a character level basis
• Change of attributes of a specific language within a mixed selection range
• Improved handling of Style Sheets
• Enhanced Arabic "Flip Document Layout" feature to handle lines and bezier curves
• Support "text to box" feature of QuarkXPress directly in an Arabic textbox
• Convert "text to table" and "table to text" for the Arabic text

System Requirements: Mac OS
Software
• Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or Mac OS X 10.5 (LeopardTM)
Hardware
• G5 or faster PowerPC® processor or Mac® Intel® processor (G4 minimum)
• 1GB RAM (256MB minimum)
• 1GB hard disk space
Optional
• An Internet connection for activation

Windows Software
• Microsoft® Windows® XP (service pack 2 or 3) or Windows Vista® 1.0 (certified on Windows Vista)
Hardware
• 1GB RAM (256MB minimum on Windows XP, 512MB minimum on Windows Vista)
• 500MB hard disk space
Optional • An Internet connection for activation

Introduction

The unique Arabic Print Design Xtension for QuarkXPress 10. For more than 20 years, designers have used QuarkXPress ® to produce professional print outputs, books, magazines, newspapers, brochures… Through designing and discovering stunning digital environment is QuarkXPress 10, you will enjoy producing your own digital projects in Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish, Jawi and other right-to-left languages.

With QuarkXPress/ArabicXT 10, you have the chance to create and develop outstanding digital designs on any iDevice (tablets and mobiles) , eBook, Kindle…

Features list:

In addition to ArabicXT 9 features and newly added benefits in QuarkXPress 10, designer will have great fun experimenting with:

- ShapeMaker™ feature lets you create unique and useful shapes using configurable waves, polygons, stars, spirals, and more.

- Cloner™ automates the task of copying pages or groups of items to other pages, layouts, or projects. You can split a multi-page layout into multiple single-page layouts, and even clone pages or page ranges from one layout into another.

- Transparncy and Drop Shadows: QuarkXPress® lets you add depth to your layouts with transparency — a design effect where elements become partially see-through — and drop shadows, which produce a three-dimensional effect.

- Clipping Paths and Alpha Masking: QuarkXPress® supports embedded paths and alpha masks in imported images, and even lets you create and manipulate your own clipping paths right there in the layout.

- App Studio is the leading cloud-based HTML5 solution for creating award-winning apps for the iPad, iPhone, Android and other mobile devices.

QuarkXPress works directly with App Studio to give you complete control over the design of your app content utilizing the world’s most efficient environment for laying out content for multiple devices and orientations. Create digital magazines and newspapers, highly interactive eBooks, catalogs, research, financial reports, digital brochures and more.

- Export to ePub nd Kindle: With the QuarkXPress® eBook Export feature, you can easily convert your QuarkXPress print files into well-structured, reflowable eBooks for popular reading devices such as the iPad®, Sony® Reader, and NOOK®, or submit to Amazon for the Kindle.

More Information about QuarkXPress 10:

- Comprehensive QuarkXPress features.

- Compare Features between versions.

IMPORTANT ALERT:

QuarkXPress 10 supports documents saved on versions 7,8, 9 and 10.

In case designer uses QuarkXPress 3,4,5 and 6, an upgrade to version 10 is a must.

System requirements: Mac OS X

Software

• Mac OS X® 10.7.5 (Lion), Mac OS X 10.8.x (Mountain Lion)

Hardware

• Mac® Intel® processor
• 2GB RAM or higher
• 2GB hard disk space

Optional

• An Internet connection for activation
• DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD (not required for installation from download)

System requirements: Windows

Software

• Microsoft® Windows® 7 (32 and 64 Bit) SP1 or Windows 8 (32 and 64 Bit)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0

Hardware

• 2GB RAM or higher
• 2GB hard disk space

Optional

• An Internet connection for activation
• DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD (not required for installation from download)

Introduction

The unique Arabic Print Design Xtension for QuarkXPress 2015 .

For more than 20 years, designers have used QuarkXPress ® to produce professional print outputs, books, magazines, newspapers, brochures… Through designing and discovering stunning digital environment is QuarkXPress 2015, you will enjoy producing your own digital projects in Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish, Jawi and other right-to-left languages.

With QuarkXPress/ArabicXT 11, you have the chance to create and develop outstanding digital designs on any iDevice (tablets and mobiles) , eBook, Kindle…

Features list:

Your features. Delivered. Meet the New QuarkXpress

You’re going to love the new features in QuarkXPress 2015 because they are your features. In fact, we’ve included the top 10 most user-requested enhancements. Work faster with unbeatable 64-bit performance and an array of features for print and digital production such as certified PDF/X-4 output and fixed layout eBooks. Work smarter with new designer-controlled automation including footnotes and content variables. QuarkXPress 2015 is available as a perpetual license for Mac OS X and Windows, no subscription required. Get your lifetime license today.

Our Focus: Performance. Stability. Quality.

With its new 64-bit architecture, QuarkXPress 2015 can use all of the RAM available to deliver performance improvements across the board from file handling and layout rendering to PDF export. Combined with a relentless focus on quality means you get the speed and reliability you deserve.

Support for Verified PDF/X-4 Output

QuarkXPress 2015 will allow users to create PDF/X-4 files. The exported PDF/X-4 files are certified with the same technology used inside Adobe Acrobat. With this latest standard, designers can preserve transparency to enable faster output, smaller files and higher quality print output.

Work Smarter with Designer-Controlled Automation

QuarkXPress has always been about automation. From the early days of style sheets, master pages, indexes and TOCs to more recent additions such as shared content, conditional styles and callouts. QuarkXPress 2015 builds on this legacy with new long document features including:

Automatic footnotes and endnotes

A new, faster alternative table tool for superior Excel integration with table styles

Content Variables for automatically populating reoccurring fields – like running headers, page numbers, dates, references and static text

Fixed Layout eBooks with App-like Interactivity

Building on the popularity of reflowable eBooks (ePub) and stunning interactive apps from App Studio, QuarkXPress 2015 combines the best of both worlds with a new digital output format. You can now create HTML5 fixed layout eBooks without any additional software or costs. The fixed layout eBook format (ePub3 or Amazon’s KF8), displays pixel-perfect layouts without the complexity and cost of creating native apps. Unlike many fixed layout creation tools, your layouts need not be static either. You can add interactive enrichments such as slide shows, page flips, animations and more.

System Requirement
Mac OS
Software

Mac OS X 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion®)

Mac OS X 10.9.5 or higher (Mavericks®)

Mac OS X 10.10.x (Yosemite®)

Hardware (Minimum)

Mac Intel processor

2GB RAM or higher (1 GB available for QuarkXPress)

2GB hard disk space

An Internet connection for activation

Hardware (Recommended)

Intel processor (four cores or more)

8GB RAM or higher (4 GB available for QuarkXPress)

100GB hard disk space

An Internet connection for activation

Optional

DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD (not required for installation from download)

Kalimatâ„¢ (MAC OS X) are Layout's most widely known Arabic desktop publishing software.

Kalimat™ (MAC OS X) allows you to use Arabic in all Macintosh illustration and photo retouching programs such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrator®, Macromedia Flash™, CorelDraw™ and Avid Technology, Inc.

The power to access the features of Latin graphic design software programs on the Macintosh (Kalimatâ„¢) platforms - along with their initial bundling with computer systems throughout the region - has made of both applications the perfect software solutions for adding the Arabic language to your designs, including advertisements, brochures, catalogs and more.

With this Arabic Software, designers can insert Arabic into their designs and texts, by simply:

1. Typing and Editing Arabic Text in Kalimatâ„¢ (MAC OS X).
2. Copying
3. Pasting in a non-Arabic Applications

The Result will be: A creation of stunning effects with no need for an Arabic enabled windows system.

The range and quality of effects in Arabic are left only to a designer's imagination.

Kalimatâ„¢(MAC OS X) is the perfect Arabic desktop publishing tools for creating superlative and professional designs that include the Arabic language. With 22 beautifully designed Arabic fonts, designers have complete control over their creations.

Kalimatâ„¢(MAC OS X) open up self-publishing opportunities in Arabic for the novice as well, including students, freelancers, and home-based professionals.

• Write and Create QR code in Arabic
• Import, Paste, and Export Arabic text from Macintosh and Windows platforms
• Export text either as ASCII or Unicode format
• Export selected text only, or multi-line paragraphs to non-Arabic applications
• Copy and paste text from Microsoft Word to Kalimat (MAC OS X)
• Use palettes and measurement units to resize windows for easy text export
• Kalimatâ„¢ (MAC OS X) can be used for displaying Arabic TV program credits
• Kalimatâ„¢ (MAC OS X) include 22 high-quality Arabic fonts with 10 additional free Arabic fonts upon registration

Mac Lion OS X

Click here to Upgrade your old version 3 and 4

Quark introduced its flagship software, QuarkXPress® in 1987, delivering precision typography, layout, and color control to the desktop computer to change the way people publish around the world.

QuarkXPress® is a design software that lets anyone create and publish rich, compelling materials for print, the Web, e-readers, tablets, and other digital media in one easy-to-use tool — no coding or programming required.

There are now more than three million QuarkXPress users worldwide benefiting from a new generation of rich design capabilities for print, Web and interactive media.

With a streamlined tool set, external drag-and-drop,Item Styles, and interactive Flash files, QuarkXPress 8 is designed to help you get your work done faster and more efficiently than ever before.

The new features in QuarkXPress 8 allow you to accomplish more than ever before.

In addition to print and interactive layouts, QuarkXPress v8 supports web layouts, which graphic designers can export to create HTML or XHTML Web pages/QuarkXPress offers a set of tools for constructing Web pages, including rollovers, image maps, forms, menus, and CSS styling, as well as more standard Web page components.

Forms can contain text fields, buttons, check boxes, drop-down menus, and lists...

With this great application, user will be able to create interactive Flash designs, Active newsletters, dynamic web designs, without the need of learning a code.

To create an animated design to send to clients by email, or an online questionnaire, or a printed brochure/flyer, QuarkXPress v8 is the best tool to benefit from the quality, do the job in a short time, and minimize the cost of production over the period of time.

The arithmetic comes out in your favor!

System Requirements: Mac OS
Software
• Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or Mac OS X 10.5 (LeopardTM)
Hardware
• G5 or faster PowerPC® processor or Mac® Intel® processor (G4 minimum)
• 1GB RAM (256MB minimum)
• 1GB hard disk space
Optional
• An Internet connection for activation

Windows Software
• Microsoft® Windows® XP (service pack 2 or 3) or Windows Vista® 1.0 (certified on Windows Vista)
Hardware
• 1GB RAM (256MB minimum on Windows XP, 512MB minimum on Windows Vista)
• 500MB hard disk space
Optional
• An Internet connection for activation

Features:

• App Studio for QuarkXPress
• Design for the Blio® eReader (iPhone®, iPad®, Windows, Mac)
• Export to ePUB (iBook®, Sony® Reader, Nook®) and the Kindle
• Easy to use
• Conditional Styles
• Illustration (Bézier/Pen) Tools
• Clipping Paths and Alpha Masking
• Transparency and Drop Shadows
• Callouts
• ShapeMakerTM
• ImageGridTM
• ClonerTM

System Requirements: Mac OS
Software
• Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or Mac OS X 10.5 (LeopardTM)
Hardware
• G5 or faster PowerPC® processor or Mac® Intel® processor (G4 minimum)
• 1GB RAM (256MB minimum)
• 1GB hard disk space
Optional
• An Internet connection for activation

Windows Software
• Microsoft® Windows® XP (service pack 2 or 3) or Windows Vista® 1.0 (certified on Windows Vista)
Hardware
• 1GB RAM (256MB minimum on Windows XP, 512MB minimum on Windows Vista)
• 500MB hard disk space
Optional • An Internet connection for activation

Description

Creative expression requires the right tools and when it comes to professional results, details matter. QuarkXPress 10 has been redesigned from the inside out to deliver stunning graphics, virtuoso productivity features and a design canvas to accentuate your creativity.

New Xenon Graphics Engine with real-time rendering brings designs to life

HiDPI and Retina® display support

Modern UI and refined usability enable you to work faster and smarter

Device-independent PDFs with pass-through transparency

8000% zoom to position images with expert precision

Create vector or pixel based QR codes directly within QuarkXPress

Redline and Notes help you to collaborate with your team and customers

Books are back and better than ever!

Always aligned with the new Dynamic Guides

Create vector or pixel based QR codes directly within QuarkXPress

Redline and Notes help you to collaborate with your team and customers

More than 50 new and enhanced timesaving features to improve your design workflow

Combine with App Studio - the leading HTML5-based cloud solution - to create branded tablet and smartphone apps for iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire and Android

Easily export interactive eBooks to the ePub and Kindle formats for reading on Amazon Kindle, iBooks®, Sony® Reader, NOOK®, and more

So whether you love print or live digital, XPress Yourself with QuarkXPress 10!

System Requirements: Mac OS


Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)

Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)

Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Your features. Delivered. Meet the New QuarkXpress

You’re going to love the new features in QuarkXPress 2015 because they are your features. In fact, we’ve included the top 10 most user-requested enhancements. Work faster with unbeatable 64-bit performance and an array of features for print and digital production such as certified PDF/X-4 output and fixed layout eBooks. Work smarter with new designer-controlled automation including footnotes and content variables. QuarkXPress 2015 is available as a perpetual license for Mac OS X and Windows, no subscription required. Get your lifetime license today.

Our Focus: Performance. Stability. Quality.

With its new 64-bit architecture, QuarkXPress 2015 can use all of the RAM available to deliver performance improvements across the board from file handling and layout rendering to PDF export. Combined with a relentless focus on quality means you get the speed and reliability you deserve.

Support for Verified PDF/X-4 Output

QuarkXPress 2015 will allow users to create PDF/X-4 files. The exported PDF/X-4 files are certified with the same technology used inside Adobe Acrobat. With this latest standard, designers can preserve transparency to enable faster output, smaller files and higher quality print output.

Work Smarter with Designer-Controlled Automation

QuarkXPress has always been about automation. From the early days of style sheets, master pages, indexes and TOCs to more recent additions such as shared content, conditional styles and callouts. QuarkXPress 2015 builds on this legacy with new long document features including:

Automatic footnotes and endnotes

A new, faster alternative table tool for superior Excel integration with table styles

Content Variables for automatically populating reoccurring fields – like running headers, page numbers, dates, references and static text

Fixed Layout eBooks with App-like Interactivity

Building on the popularity of reflowable eBooks (ePub) and stunning interactive apps from App Studio, QuarkXPress 2015 combines the best of both worlds with a new digital output format. You can now create HTML5 fixed layout eBooks without any additional software or costs. The fixed layout eBook format (ePub3 or Amazon’s KF8), displays pixel-perfect layouts without the complexity and cost of creating native apps. Unlike many fixed layout creation tools, your layouts need not be static either. You can add interactive enrichments such as slide shows, page flips, animations and more.

System Requirement
Mac OS

Software

Mac OS X 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion®)

Mac OS X 10.9.5 or higher (Mavericks®)

Mac OS X 10.10.x (Yosemite®)

Hardware (Minimum)

Mac Intel processor

2GB RAM or higher (1 GB available for QuarkXPress)

2GB hard disk space

An Internet connection for activation

Hardware (Recommended)

Intel processor (four cores or more)

8GB RAM or higher (4 GB available for QuarkXPress)

100GB hard disk space

An Internet connection for activation

Optional

DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD (not required for installation from download)

Windows

Software

Microsoft Windows 7 (64 Bit)

Windows 8 (64 Bit), Windows 8.1 (64 Bit)

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or later

Hardware (Minimum)

CPU with two cores/li>

2GB RAM or higher (1 GB available for QuarkXPress)

2GB hard disk space

An Internet connection for activation

Hardware (Recommended)

CPU with four cores or more

8GB RAM or higher (4 GB available for QuarkXPress)

100GB hard disk space

An Internet connection for activation

Optional

DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD (not required for installation from download)

DIGITAL PRINTING EXCELLENCE

Wasatch SoftRIP is sophisticated RIP software made easy. With simple setup, intuitive workflow, and powerful print controls, SoftRIP saves you time and money while producing excellent quality color. With SoftRIP, you don't need to be an expert to print like one. No matter how large or complex your production environment, SoftRIP has the tools you need for complete control.

Wasatch SoftRIP gives you the perfect combination of easy operation and sophisticated features. New users will be up and running in minutes, thanks to easy-to-use:

• Color controls: It's easy to make quick color adjustments to your image's lightness and hue. The Color correction tools work just like similar features in design applications.
• Plug-and-play imaging configurations: SoftRIP's Imaging Configurations take plug-and-play color to a whole new level. All settings that can affect your color are bundled into this one quick setting. That means you can produce high quality, completely repeatable results easily. Just choose the IC matching your print conditions and you're ready for great color
• Quick setup. Improve your color reliability with SoftRIP's color lock. This feature ensures that nobody will accidentally corrupt the color settings in your imaging configuration. It is especially useful in larger shops where many operators interface with the RIP.

Printing experts will find the intricate controls and innovative tools necessary to implement even the most complex production and color workflows for unparalleled quality output.

Superior Color Quality And Speed

Wasatch RIPs are known for their superior image quality.

The award–winning Precision Stochastic Screens (PSS) have a 16-bit deep rendering pipeline that produces perfectly even gradations without stairstepping. Plus, since PSS is based on efficient algorithms developed exclusively by Wasatch, it's faster than other RIP methods

• Smooth Gradients: SoftRIP's exclusive Precision Stochastic Screens (PSS) raise fine art and photographic printing to a whole new level. Compared to other software RIP solutions, they provide superior tonal quantization by eliminating "stairstepping" or "rainbowing" in the printing of subtle gradations. They also improve the reproduction of all grays.
• Faster RIP Speed: The PSS halftone method not only improves image quality, but also improves throughput speed. Using PSS versus other RIP halftone methods increases RIP speed by 30% for variable– dot printers and more than 100% for fixed–dot printers.

Wasatch SoftRIP allows you to drive up to four printers simultaneously, so no matter how large or complex your production environment, SoftRIP has the workflow tools you need for complete control. SoftRIP can manage any print environment—from one small or large format inkjet printer to a complex production plant with multiple wide format inkjet printing devices.

• More Control, Less Work SoftRIP's Master Queues Manager displays the real-time status of every job in production. You can check job status, drag-and-drop files between printers, and send images to the layout screen. With the Queues Manager, you skip the learning curve and go straight to easy.
• Digital Tool Kit With SoftRIP, all the tools you need are right at your fingertips. You can use the Digital Tool Kit to prepare your images for print and the simple Workflow tabs to process them through production. With SoftRIP, you increase your productivity by keeping the work on the home screen.
• Easy Tiling for Oversized Jobs With SoftRIP, it's easy to print jobs that are larger than the width of your printer. Just specify cut locations, crop marks, and overlap. Both printing and assembling your oversized job will be a snap.
• Customization Time Saver The Wasatch Variable Data Printing option streamlines the production of customized print runs such as signs, labels, jerseys, and promotional items. Changing text or images over base graphics is quick and easy with Wasatch templates.
• Clear Up Computer Space SoftRIP's Archive Tool easily backs up RIP'd files. Just drag and drop print queue entries to removable media or network space. When you retrieve archived files, SoftRIP makes sure your color settings are correct for quality output.

SoftRIP pays for itself quickly in saved time and media. Most RIPs bundled with inkjet printers include only the basic features necessary to drive the printer. Only a quality RIP like SoftRIP gives you the tools you need to save thousands of dollars of media over the long haul.

• Smart Nesting for Big Savings There is no one layout option that works best for all users. SoftRIP has automatic Smart Nesting options to help you create layouts that meet your printing objectives. SoftRIP's easy-to-use interface also allows you to manually create your own layouts.
  Whether your top priority is conserving media, cutting down on trimming time, or finding a compromise between both, SoftRIP has a solution for you. Tightest Fit saves the most media, while Super Easy Cut saves the most guillotine trimming time. Our best-of-both option, Easy Cut, balances media and time savings with an innovative turn-and-trim layout.
• Layout Workflow Flexibility SoftRIP lets you prepare your images in the direct-to-layout window or hold single jobs to arrange later. You can also combine RIP'd files with new jobs and even rotate pre-RIP'd images to conserve media.
  The direct-to-layout workflow uses the full width of your media as a digital canvas. You can drag and drop images into the layout window and prepare them to print as a part of your overall print run or use images that have already been RIP'd as part of another layout without having to re-RIP those files.
• Wasatch Templates Wasatch Templates save hours of prep time for users who need to repeat layouts, use exact placement, or print with strict registration.
  This powerful feature allows you to save layouts and image location, alignment, and scaling attributes so you don't have to manually adjust your job every time you need to print. With templates, file preparation is complete in three simple steps: drag, drop, and RIP.

SoftRIP’s power isn’t limited to the RIP station. Any PC, Mac, or Unix workstation on your network can use SoftRIP to print using a regular web browser. SoftRIP's server tools are simple to set up on networked workstations and even easier to use.

• Print from any Program With Wasatch, you can easily send files to the RIP from any application on your computer. This works for any computer on your company's network. You can easily configure the RIP to look like a virtual printer. When you print, your file will go to a holding folder, or hot folder, on your network. Then you can open the file in SoftRIP or configure your file to automatically RIP and Print.
• More than Just Hot Folders With Wasatch ImageNET, any iPad, PC, Mac, or Unix workstation on your network can interface with the RIP. Even a novice can set up the workstation for access in just minutes. Using a web browser, any networked user can connect to SoftRIP to remotely manage queues, check job status, change RIP & Print priorities, prepare files for printing, and more.
• Prepare Files to Print Automatically With SoftRIP, you can use hot folders to automatically scale, mirror, or rotate jobs in preparation for print. Hot folder file preparation saves time for dye sublimation users who routinely mirror jobs or for other workflows with settings that need to be applied to every file. You can even apply specific imaging configurations to your hot folders to streamline color management for your networked users.
• Quick Soft Proofing SoftRIP's exclusive Internet Deployment feature automates the process of creating and transmitting previews of your image before printing. With the option to send via email or FTP, your customers can quickly preview files prior to production. With Internet Deployment, you streamline the approval process and reduce wasted time and consumables.

Argox has launched its first 2D scanner, the AS-9500. The new handheld scanner is small, lightweight and easy-to-use, and not only does it read all popular 1D and 2D barcodes, it also reads postal codes and OCR. The AS-9500 works in all environments including bright sunlight up to 100,000 Lux. Now the new AS-9500 series with vibration mode comes in three models for different applications, which include the AS-9500g for general use, the AS-9500HD for high density scans, and the AS-9500L for longer distance scans.

The AS-9500 series is durable and designed for everyday use, meeting IP42 dustproof and waterproof standards as well as drop tests from 1.8 meters. It connects to other devices via RS-232, USB HID and USB COM port interfaces. The AS-9500 is ideal for use in applications requiring information-rich 2D barcodes, such as hospitals, pharmacies, libraries, government tax bureaus, customs, industry, automotive, and more.

• Three different models for various applications: AS-9500g (General Use); AS-9500HD (High Density); AS-9500L (Long Range)
• Aiming line for easy-of-use in scanning barcode
• Plug and play connectivity - All popular interfaces are on board including RS-232, USB HID and USB COM port
• Readable under sun light to 100,000 Lux
• Durable - Withstand 1.8m floor drop and reach IP42 dust and splash resistance
• Support scanning 2-Dimensional symbols such as MaxiCode, DataMatrix, QR Code and Aztec, as well as the full range of barcode symbologies.
• Reliability
  (1) Trigger: 1,000,000 times
  (2) Cable: 320,000 times (90°)

The CP-3140 compact desktop printer offers 300dpi resolution and larger memory for high quality printing. The high print resolution is perfect for producing text and graphics for applications such as clothing labels, photos on hospital I.D. bracelets, and labels for small retail items such as jewelry.

The CP-3140 holds a 300M long ribbon for large printing demands and for less frequent ribbon changes. Loading media and ribbons is quick and easy. A paper sensor system supports diverse media and you can select ribbon ink-side in or ink-side out. Four autocalibration modes deliver more precise printing. The printer provides multiple communication interfaces including parallel, RS-232, and USB ports.

The CP-3140 prints at a speed of 4ips and onto media of up to 50-inches in length. Standard memory includes 8MB Flash and 8MB SDRAM. The printer’s modular design simplifies maintenance. It supports 1D/GS1 Data bar, 2D/Composite codes, QR barcodes, and Windows TrueType font download. The CP-3140 provides high quality printing for applications that require enhanced printing of text and graphics. The new CP-3140 printer is space-saving, flexible, and delivers outstanding print performance.

• Compact size and 300M ribbon capacity
• Easy media and ribbon loading
• Multiple communication interfaces
• A variety of paper sensor system for diverse applications
• Ribbon wound ink-side out or ink-side in available
• Printing speed up to 4 ips, and expanded memory for font, graphic and form storage
• Module design and easy maintenance
• Four Auto-Calibration Modes
• Printing noise improved
• Supports 1D/GS1 Data bar, 2D/Composite codes and QR barcodes, and windows true type font download available

OMNINAS - Your Personal Cloud The Shuttle OMNINAS KD20 is a two-bay network-attached storage (NAS) which is designed to become your hub of multimedia

content - letting you easily store and share documents, personal movies and music as well as photos.

Not only does it support access from personal computers, the OMNINAS KD20 makes sure you have your files always with you - be it on the go on Android or iOS-based devices or basically from any place in the world.

Application

• Budget-friendly NAS Server for Small Office, Workgroups and Home Use

Design

• Elegant ID design with solid 2.5mm aluminum for better heat dissipation
• Dimensions: ca. 17 x 9 x 22.5 cm = 3.4 litres

Low noise

• Ultra-quiet operation - the fan is activated automatically only under heavy load/temperature

RAID 1 Hot Swap

• Two storage bays 8.9cm (3.5")
• Support 2x 4TB+ hard disks
• Supports reliable RAID 1 mirroring with hotswap function

Fast

• Superior performance: up to 75/55 MB/s read/write [1]

Power-Saving

• Power saving: only 9W in standby and 15.5W in normal operation

Connectors

• SD card reader (Auto-Copy & share function)
• 1x USB 3.0 (Auto-Copy & share function)
• 2x USB 2.0
• Gigabit LAN (RJ45)

Anywhere Access

• Accessable from local network under Windows, Mac OS X or Linux
• Accessable via Internet (Notebooks, PCs)
• Accessable from iOS and Android mobile devices (smart phones or tablets)

Functions

• Samba Server (SMB file sharing)
• Supports DLNA/iTunes media server for audio/video streaming
• Scheduled Backup: NAS to USB, NAS to NAS
• Scheduled BT downloads without PC
• Integrated Printer Server

All-in-one Touchscreen Barebone PC The Shuttle X50V2 Plus Barebone is an all-in-one PC boasting a 39.6cm (15.6-inch) touchscreen LCD powered by Intel's dual core Atom processor D525.

Intended for use in the home environment, the Shuttle X50V2 Plus Barebone is targeted at hardware experts seeking to build a complete system according to their individual requirements.

The bulk of components is yet built in, just three components need to be installed: memory, hard disk and operating system. Equipped with Intel's integrated graphics, it provides generous performance for daily computing with internet and office applications. A 2.0 MP webcam, built-in speakers, card reader, WLAN and other features leave nothing you could ask for.

Have any applications start up quickly by just touching the screen for working most swiftly and conveniently.

All-in-one design

• Full featured stylish PC platform
• Small: 391 x 327 x 36 mm (WHL)
• Stand can also be used as a handle
• External, fanless power supply (40W)

Display & Graphics

• 39.6cm (15.6â€�) touchscreen (1366x768)
• Integrated graphics (GMA3150, DX9)
• VGA Video output (Extended Mode)

CPU & Chipset

• CPU: Intel ATOM D525 Dual Core , 1.8GHz Chipset: NM10 (Plattform Controller Hub)

Storage (not included)

• Supports DDR3-667/800 (or higher) 2x 204 pin SO-DIMM slots, max. 2x 2GB
• Supports one 6,35cm/2,5" SATA hard disk

Operating system

• Operating system not included
• Compatible with Windows XP / Vista / 7

Connectivity

• 4x USB, Audio: Mic, Line-out
• LAN connector, Wireless LAN (draft-n)
• Optional: 2x RS232, 1x LPT (PCL68)

Built-in

• SD card reader
• 2.0 Megapixel webcam
• 2x 2W speakers
• Electret Condenser Microphone
• 100mm VESA mount capable
• Light bar at the bottom

Power Supply

• 40W, fanless, Energy Star 5 compliant

Warranty

• 24 months Bring-in Service

All-in-one Touchscreen Barebone PC The Shuttle X50V3 Barebone is an all-in-one PC boasting a 39.6cm (15.6-inch) LCD touchscreen powered by Intel's dual core Atom processor D2700.
Intended for use in the home environment, the Shuttle X50V3 Barebone is targeted at hardware experts seeking to build a complete system according to their individual requirements.

Most of the hardware is yet built in, just three components need to be installed: memory, hard disk (or SSD) and operating system.
Equipped with Intel's integrated graphics, it provides generous performance for daily computing with internet and office applications.
An external display can be connected via HDMI or D-Sub. A 2.0MP webcam, builtin speakers, card reader, WLAN and other features leave nothing you could ask for.
Have any applications start up quickly by just touching the screen for working most swiftly and conveniently.
With the optional accessory PCL69 you can upgrade the device with additional ports:
2x RS232 (serial) and 1x LPT (parallel).

All-in-one Design

• All-in-One PC Barebone platform with resisitive touchscreen
• Small: 391 x 327 x 42 mm (WHL)
• Stand can also be used as a handle
• 100mm VESA mount capable
• External, fanless power supply (40W)

Display & Graphics

• 39.6cm (15.6â€�) resistiive touchscreen with 1366x768 resolution
• Integrated graphics (GMA3650, DX9)
• HDMI + D-Sub/VGA Video output

CPU & Chipset

• CPU: Intel ATOM D2700 Dual Core 2.13 GHz
• Chipset: NM10 (Platform Controller Hub)

Storage (not included)

• Supports DDR3-800/1066 (or higher) 2x 204 pin SO-DIMM slots, total max. 4GB
• Supports 1x 6,35cm/2,5" SATA hard disk / SSD

Operating System

• Operating system not included
• Compatible with Windows 7, 32 Bit

Connectivity

• HDMI, D-Sub, 4x USB, Microphone-in, Line-out
• Gigabit LAN, Wireless LAN (n)
• Optional: 2x RS232, 1x LPT (PCL69)

Built-in

• SD card reader
• 2.0 Megapixel webcam
• 2x 2W speakers
• Electret Condenser Microphone

Power Supply

• 40W, fanless, Energy Star 5 compliant

Warranty

• 24 months Bring-in Service

This sleek All-in-One touchscreen PC combines impressive computing power with fluent graphics performance.

Thanks to the support of Intel Core desktop processors up to TDP=65W also energy-saving technologies are on board.

This processor allows for fluent work with different applications at once just as with a conventional desktop PC.

The HDMI output enables dualmonitoring for enhanced office applications up to multimedia and presentations on large screens.

The optional COM/LPT port is especially relevant for electronic POS and control systems.

All-in-one design

• Full featured stylish PC barebone
• 100x100 VESA mount compatible

Display & Graphics

• 46.7cm (18.5îâ€�), Resolution: 1366 x 768
• Resistive single- touch display
• Integrated graphics (depends on CPU)
• HDMI video outputs

CPU & Chipset

• CPU: supports Intel Core Processors
• Supports 32nm Sandy Bridge and
• 22nm Ivy Bridge, TDP max. 65W
• Chipset: H61 (Platform Controller Hub)

Storage(not included)

• Supports DDR3-1333
• 2x 204 Pin SO-DIMM slots max. 2x 8GB
• Supports one 6.35cm/2.5" SATA hard disk

Operating system

• Operating system not included
• Compatible with Windows XP / 7 / 8, Linux

Connectivity

• HDMI (supports digital audio)
• 2x USB 3.0, 6x USB 2.0, Microphone, Line-out
• Dual RJ45 Gigabit LAN, Wireless LAN (b/g/n)
• 1x COM port (RS232)
• Optional: 2x COM and 1x LPT (parallel)

Built-in

• SD card reader
• 2.0 Megapixel webcam
• 2x 2 W speakers
• Microphone

Power Supply

• 120W, fan-less, Energy Star 5 compliant

Environment

• Operating temp.: 0~40°C
• Humidity: 10~90% non-condensing

Certificates

• EMI: CE, FCC ,BSMI ,C-Tick
• Safety: CB , 3C, ETL ,BSMI
• Others: RoHS and

Ivy Bridge performance & extensive connectivity The ultra-compact Shuttle Slim-PC Barebone XH61V is the ideal basis to set up a small, but powerful PC.

Be it for the home environment in form of a HTPC, an office PC for enterprises or a platform to be used for industrial applications, the XH61V delivers.

With Dual-LAN for server applications and two serial ports to connect it to professional devices, there are also two digital video outputs to use multiple monitors at once.

Driven by a 22nm Intel Ivy Bridge processor and in a team with a 2.5" SSD, the XH61V is an efficient system that banks its reliability on Shuttle’s well-tried heat pipe cooling.

Slim-Design

• Slim 3.5 litre chassis, black
• Dimensions: 24 x 20 x 7.2 cm (L/W/H)
• Bays: 2x 6.35cm/2.5â€� for hard disks or SSDs and 1x slim optical drive
• Supports Socket 1155 CPUs, max. 65W TDP
• Supports Core i7 / i5 / i3, Pentium, Celeron
• Supports 32nm and 22nm processors
• Including heat-pipe cooling system

Chipset

• Intel H61 Express Chipset

Memory

• 2x 204 pin SO-DIMM slots
• Supports DDR3-1333/1600, max. 2x 8 GB

Graphics

• Integrated Intel HD graphics (features depends on processor)
• Video-outputs: HDMI and DVI-I

Drive Connectors

• 3x SATA II (3 Gbit/s) with UEFI support
• Two pre-installed SATA cables (HDD+ODD)
• 5.1 HD Audio (digital audio via S/PDIF)

Other Connectors

• 2x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0, 2x USB 2.0 onboard
• Dual Gigabit LAN (RJ45), supports WOL, PXE
• 2x COM ports (RS232 + RS232/RS422/RS485)

Power Supply

• External 90W fanless power adapter

Application

• Home, office, vertical market

reliable Digital signage communication platform Shuttle's DS61 is a slim, but powerful x86-based Digital Signage Platform offering the best quality, performance and connectivity to meet the requirements of processing high quality digital media.

DS61 helps you build an affordable media player to spice up your marketing and merchandising effectiveness at exhibitions, hotels, office lobbies, customer waiting areas, shopping malls and retail outlets - the possibilities are highly versatile.

With its robust metal chassis and outstanding temperature range the DS61 is an industrial-grade signage platform designed for long-term, smooth and reliable operation.

Slim Design

• Slim 1.3 liters metal chassis, black
• 190 x 165 x 43 mm (LWH)
• Operating temperature: 0~50°C
• Including VESA mount (75/100 mm)

Operating system

• The operating system is not included

Processor

• Compatible w. Windows XP/Vista/7/8, Linux
• Supports Socket 1155 CPUs, max. 65W TDP
• Supports Core i7 / i5 / i3, Pentium, Celeron
• Supports 32nm and 22nm processors
• Including cooling system with 2 fans

Chipset

• Intel H61 Express Chipset

Memory

• 2x 204 pin SO-DIMM slots
• Supports DDR3-1333/1600, max. 2x 8 GB

Graphics

• Integrated Intel HD graphics (features depends on processor)
• Video-outputs: HDMI and DVI-I

Storage Bays

• Bays: 1x 6.35cm/2.5â€� for hard disk or SSD
• Slot: Full-Size Mini-PCIe slot supports mSATA
• 2x Audio (Line out and microphone)
• 2x USB 3.0 rear, 2x USB 2.0 front

Other Connectors

• SD card reader
• Dual Gigabit LAN (RJ45), supports WOL, PXE
• 2x COM ports (RS232 + RS232/RS422/RS485)
• Connector for external power button

Power Supply

• External 90W fanless power adapter

Application

• Digital Signage, POS, control device, etc.

The Shuttle Barebone XS35GS V2 is a Mini-PC in the 1-litre class which, thanks to its shape can be easily fitted behind flat panel displays and therefore does not take up any space.

Intel's Atom D525 Dual Core Processor (2x 1.8 GHz) and the NM10 Express chipset serve as the energy-saving hardware platform.
A high-performance AMD RadeonTM HD 7410M graphics card provides streaming 3D and video playback.
Thanks to the HDMI connection there is also excellent sound and picture quality.
Other front and rear connections include 5 x USB, VGA, Gigabit-LAN and Audio.
For wireless communication, WLAN (n) is already integrated.
The small casing has room for a card reader, a 2,5" hard disk and optical slimline drive.
The XS35GS V2 is 100% passively cooled, and thus virtually noiseless.

Chassis

• Slim 1.5 litre chassis
• Dimensions: 25.2 x 16.2 x 3.84 cm
• Hole for the Kensington Lock
• Optional: VESA75/100 mounting kit PV01

Operating system

• Without operating system (compatible with Windows 7 and Windows XP)

CPU

• Intel ATOM 525 Dual Core (2x 1.8GHz)

Chipset

• Intel NM10 Express Chipset

Graphics

• AMD RadeonTM HD 7410M graphics 512MB DDR3, HDMI and VGA outputs

Memory

• 1x SO-DIMM socket (204 pins)
• Supports max. 4GB DDR3
• Supports DDR3-1333/1066 at 800 MHz

Storage

• Supports slim-line DVD or Blu-ray drive
• Supports 2.5â€� SATA hard disk or SSD
• SD card reader

Connectors and WLAN

• HDMI (Digital Video & Digital Audio)
• Microphone input, Headphones output
• Gigabit-LAN, WLAN 802.11 b/g/n

Power supply

• External 40W fanless power supply

Applications

• Basic and Home-Media

The XS35V3 is a thrifty barebone suitable for building of particularly slim nettops with drives and operating system, as well as for purely network-based applications in client/server environments.

The pre-installed Intel Atom D2700 processor clocked at 2x 2.13 GHz offers sufficient computing power for a wide range of possible applications.

The XS35V3 comes completely fanless which helps cut down on operating noise and expensive servicing as there are no moving parts in the machine.

Equipped with the relevant hard drives or flash memory/SSDs, the XS35V3 is suitable for continuous 24/7 operation.

Chassis

• Slim 1.5 litre chassis
• Dimensions: 25.2 x 16.2 x 3.84 cm
• Hole for the Kensington Lock
• Optional: VESA75/100 mounting kit PV01

Operating system

• Without operating system (compatible with Windows 7 and Windows XP)
• Compatible with Windows 7 (32 bit)

CPU

• Intel Atom D2700 Dual Core (2.13GHz)

Chipset

• Intel NM10 Express Chipset

Graphics

• Integrated Intel GMA3650 Graphics
• Shared Memory: max. 384MB DVMT

Memory

• 2x SO-DIMM socket (204 pins)
• Supports max. 4GB DDR3-1066
• Supports DDR3-1333/1600 at 1066MHz

Storage

• Supports one optical slimline drive
• Supports one 2.5â€� SATA hard disk or SSD
• With SD card reader

Connectors and WLAN

• HDMI v1.3
• D-Sub VGA
• 5x USB 2.0 (1x front, 4x rear)
• 2x Audio (mic, head phone)
• Gigabit-LAN
• WLAN 802.11 b/g/n

Power supply

• External 40W fanless power supply

Applications

• Basic and Home-Media

The XPC Barebone SH61R4 is based on Intel's H61 Express chipset for second-generation Intel Core processors (LGA1155) and features new, energy-efficient technologies and innovative functions like USB 3.0 for the office and home environment.

It allows for up to three drives to be installed and can operate up to 16 GB of DDR3 memory at the same time.
For expansions, one slot for PCI-E x16 2.0 (graphics cards), PCI-E x1 2.0 and mini PCI-E x1 2.0 (expansion cards) is available.
The two digital monitor connectors on the rear can be controlled by the graphics function integrated in the Intel Core processors - without any add-on graphics card required in the PC .
The front panel can be customized by adding individual design motifs for the maximum individuality possible. (Integrated graphics dependent on processor type)

R4 chassis

• Black aluminium chassis (13.3 litre)
• Bays: 1x 5.25“ external, 2x 3.5“ internal

CPU

• Supports Socket 1155 Desktop CPUs
• Supports Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 (TDP 95W)
• Shuttle I.C.E. Heat-pipe cooling system

Slots

• 1x PCIe x16 (v2.0) supports dual-slot PCI-Express X16 graphics cards with 6 pin power connector 1x PCIe X1 (v2.0), 1x Mini-PCIe X1 (v2.0)

Chipset

• Intel H61 Express PCH

Optional: Integrated Graphics Memory

• Intel HD graphics optionally integrated in the Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor
• Video output: 2x DVI (DVI-I und DVI-D)
• Supports HDCP, 1080p Full-HD

Memory

• upports 2x DDR3-1066/1333
• Up to 16 GBytes in total (2x 8GB)

Drive connectors

• 4x SATA 3Gb/s

Other connectors

• With UEFI Bios – supports hard disks >2.2TB
• 5.1-ch HD-audio
• GigaBit LAN (RJ45)
• 2x USB 3.0 (rear)
• 8x USB 2.0 (2x front, 6x rear)
• optional: RS232 COM-Port (H-RS232)

Power supply

• 250 Watt mini power supply

Application

• Business, Office, Entry-level

A new level of performance The Shuttle XPC Barebone SX79R5 is the world's first LGA 2011 based platform in a cube-size format.

It supports the latest Core i7 3xxx series Sandy Bridge E processors with up to six hyperthreaded cores and 15MB Cache.

Four DIMM slots support no less than 32GB DDR3-1600 memory in a new quad-channel architecture which doubles the bandwidth to meet the highest requirements of applications.

The elegant aluminium chassis offers space for one optical drive, two 3.5" hard disks in RAID configuration and an mSATA-SSD drive.

The SX79R5 is also equipped with two PCI-E X16 Rev 3.0 graphics slots enabling the user to set up a multimonitoring solution with up to 16 screens or a powerful workstation machine.

R5 Chassis

• Black aluminium chassis (14.2 litre)
• Bays: 1x 5.25“ external, 2x 3.5“ int./ext.

CPU

• Supports Intel Core i7 CPUs with LGA2011
• Shuttle I.C.E. Heat-pipe cooling system

Slots

• 2x PCIe x16 (v3.0) slots for graphics cards
• Supports NVIDIA SLI and ATI Crossfire
• 2x Mini-PCIe slots (1x half size, 1x mSATA)

Chipset

• Intel® X79 Express Chipset

Memory

• Supports 4x DDR3-1600, Quad Channel
• Up to 32 GBytes total size (4x 8GB)

Drive Connectors

• 2x SATA 6Gb/s and 2x SATA 3Gb/s, RAID
• 1x external SATA, 1x mSATA (mini-PCIe)

Other Connectors

• 7.1-ch HD-audio, SPDIF output
• Dual Gigabit LAN (RJ45) supports Teaming
• 4x USB 3.0 (2x front, 2x rear)
• 8x USB 2.0 (2x front, 6x rear)
• optional: RS232 COM-Port (H-RS232)

Power Supply

• 500 Watt power supply (80 PLUS Bronze)

The digital performer multi feature If what you want is maximum performance and lots of extras, the Shuttle XPC Barebone SZ68R5 is the natural choice.
You'll be astounded by its comprehensive equipment list and new R5 design.
With the SZ68R5 you get a barebone that's bursting with features and functions.

As a first for Shuttle, this machine supports "Smart Response Technology" (SSD caching), which enables an SSD drive to be used for increased speed (e.g. an mSATA-SSD in the mini-slot). The SZ68R5 also uses intelligent Intel Core processors with LGA1155 socket. Up to 32 GB DDR3 RAM can be spread across four memory sockets. A 500 W power supply with 80-PLUS certification comes pre-installed.

R5 chassis

• Black aluminium chassis (13.5 litre)
• Bays: 1x 5.25“ external, 2x 3.5“ int./ext.

CPU

• Supports Socket 1155 Desktop CPUs
• Supports Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 (TDP 95W)
• Shuttle I.C.E. Heat-pipe cooling system

Slots

• 1x PCIe x16 (v2.0) supports dual-slot PCI-Express X16 graphics cards 1x PCIe x4 (v2.0), 1x Mini-PCIe x1, 1x mSATA

Chipset

• Intel Z68 Express PCH

Optional: Integrated Graphics

• Intel HD graphics integrated in the Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor. Note: integrated graphics dependent on processor type
• Output: HDMI 1.4a [2] and DVI-I
• Supports HDCP, 1080p Full-HD

Memory

• Supports 4x DDR3-1066/1333
• Up to 32 GBytes total size

Drive connectors

• 2x SATA 6Gb/s and 2x SATA 3Gb/s, RAID
• 1x External SATA, 1x mSATA (3 Gb/s)

Other connectors

• 7.1-ch HD-audio, SPDIF output
• GigaBit LAN (RJ45)
• 4x USB 3.0 (2x front, 2x rear)
• 8x USB 2.0 (2x front, 4x rear, 2x onboard)
• optional: RS232 COM-Port (H-RS232)

Power supply

• 500 Watt power supply (80 PLUS Bronze)