LithoTechnics announces another pioneering breakthrough - Metrix® 2.0,
supporting multi-signature bound jobs

At IPEX 2006 LithoTechnics will be demonstrating the forthcoming version of their award-winning product, Metrix. Version 2.0 incorporates all the ease of use and sophisticated ganging technology of Metrix, but adds for the first time, the ability to dynamically and automatically calculate multi-signature bound jobs, directly from JDF or operator input.

Metrix 2.0 extends job planning automation to the broad commercial market, and heralds a comprehensive change in the way the printing industry plans and imposes work. Metrix handles all work dynamically and automatically, at the click of a button, transforming the laborious layout planning process into a quick and easy step in the print production workflow. Rohan Holt, LithoTechnics founder states: "Metrix is unlike any job planning system on the market. We designed Metrix with clear goals - ease of use was of paramount importance. Secondly, we wanted to facilitate just-in-time production decisions, so we designed editing to be dynamic and intelligent." Holt continues, "We tackled the most difficult type of work - ganging - first, because we knew it would be a rock-solid foundation for the future. Now, with book work added, Metrix users will benefit from the best of both worlds." Customers who have seen the alpha version of Metrix 2.0 have described it as ground-breaking in the way it handles all types of planning and imposition. Moreover, its ability to import JDF files which describe complete publications from enabled MIS systems makes Metrix 2.0 an indispensable tool in the battle for efficiency and profitability. Metrix completes the productivity loop by exporting the layout in JDF format, including all PDF content, press sheet geometry and marks, to JDF-enabled workflows and JDF-enabled RIPs, and to JDF and CIP3 capable finishing equipment. Metrix 2.0 will be demonstrated at IPEX 2006 in the JDF Pavilion, Hall 20-C60, on the stand of LithoTechnics' UK distributor, Positive Focus, Hall 20-D45, and at various other partner locations throughout the show.

PDF version About Positive Focus Positive Focus is a provider and integrator of graphics and prepress solutions, with more than 25 years experience in print production. The company distributes Preps, Pandora and UpFront from Kodak; Jaws PDF products from Global Graphics Software, Infix and Gemini PDF editing tools from Iceni Technology Ltd., XMPie personalisation products, FirstProof from Hamillroad Software and Blackmagic proofing solutions from Serendipity in the UK and Ireland. Positive Focus also provides systems integration for Jaws PDF Courier, XMPie, Enfocus and Markzware products. For more information on the product range and services, visit www.positivefocus.co.uk. About LithoTechnics LithoTechnics is a privately held company founded in 2003 by Rohan Holt. Holt is the original inventor of SuperImpose™, the product that was adapted and renamed UpFront® when it was acquired by ScenicSoft in 1999. Metrix, LithoTechnics' flagship product, received the prestigious 2005 PIA/GATF InterTech™ Technology Award, recognized industry-wide as a symbol of technological innovation and excellence. Based south of Sydney, Australia, LithoTechnics is a software company focused on providing key tools and technologies to enable print workflow automation. LithoTechnics is a full member of the CIP4 Organization. For more information visit http://www.lithotechnics.com. Copyright © 2006 LithoTechnics Pty Limited. Metrix is a trademark of Outback Software Pty Limited and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. JDF is a trademark of the CIP4 Organization. Other company, brand, or product names are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Press Contacts: Ivor Dixon Positive Focus 12c Shepperton Business Park Govett Avenue Shepperton Middlesex TW17 8BA Tel +44 (0) 8456 120 246 Fax +44 (0) 8456 120 248 Distributors and integrators of workflow solutions for graphics, print and communication. Imposition Tools : JDF Integration : Proofing : PDF : Personalisation PUBLISHED 20-02-06