Preps 5.2 shipping with impressive feature enhancements

Preps now runs on dual core Intel based Apple MAC OSX Preps 5.2 ships at the end of March with an impressive list of new and improved features. Preps is Kodak’s quality imposition solution, and with over 27,000 copies in circulation, is the acknowledged market leader, both as a stand-alone application and embedded within Prinergy, Brisque, Apogee and Rampage workflows.

Preps software accepts file formats from more than 200 popular desktop applications, allowing users to impose and print any combination of PostScript, PDF, EPS, DCS, TIFF, and RDO files in a single Preps job. Preps software allows you to use a PostScript or a PDF native workflow. The PDF workflow accepts all incoming PDF files without converting them to PostScript, saving time and disk space. The imposed PDF files can be archived, sent to an output device, or exported for viewing. Preps can output job files as JDF or PJTF for integration with leading prepress workflows. What’s New in Preps 5.2 software Acrobat 7 compatibility Preps software now imposes Acrobat 7 PDF files. Better native PDF previewing Preps 5.2 software previews PDFs three times faster than previously, provides overprint support, better anti-aliasing, fewer pixel artifacts and better colour separation viewing. Preps software also now allows remapping of spot colours to spot or process colors and the setting of line screen and screen angle for individual colours in native PDF jobs. Page-anchored SmartMarks SmartMarks can be attached to individual pages or a range of pages on a signature. Pages do not have to be sequential. Both commercial and packaging printers can benefit from this feature. Edit multiple objects in the template editor Users can now edit multiple pages or gutters simultaneously. Uncalibrated color bars For the Prinergy and Prinergy Evo workflow systems, PJTF and JDF jobs can be printed with a colour profile or curve applied to everything except the colour bar. Colour bars can now be anchored and stepped from the centre of the sheet, as an alternative to stepping left to right. Support for Müller Martini and WST optical bar codes Preps software now dynamically generates job-specific bar codes that can be read by Müller Martini and WST optical readers, to prevent errors when collating and folding sheets in postpress equipment. Assign devices per signature You can now assign specific devices to signatures or entire templates. You can then output a job with multiple plate sizes using a single print command. Improved JDF signature matching For closer matches and faster results when resolving JDF signatures, Preps software now searches on additional criteria, including sheet size and optionally on work style, folding pattern and head and foot trims. JDF output from Preps now contains all of the information required to be able to reconstruct the original job. This is useful for repeated output, such as when a job needs to be replated. In Preps Pro, JDF cutting data can be exported in addition to the already supported CIP3/PPF. Brisque edition merge Preps standard and Brisque editions have been unified. Users can now generate PostScript, PDF, JDF, PJTF and Brisque output, making it easier to drive any workflow from Preps software. Preps online help For quick access to information as you work, online help is now available from the Help menu. Preps 5.2 is a free of charge upgrade for users already with version 5.x. Low cost upgrades are available from previous versions. Contact Positive Focus on 08456 120 246 or sales@positivefocus.co.uk. V 5.2 will be showing on the Positive Focus stand, 20-D45, at IPEX, and there are various crossgrade and loyalty opportunities available for existing Preps users and anyone wanting to switch to this application from their existing imposition package.

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