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News Release from: Artwork Systems
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 February 2006
Artwork Systems plans major software
launces
Artwork Systems is planning to launch an array of software at Ipex 2006, with new products for all of its core markets - commercial, packaging and publishing.
Visitors to the stand will be able to see demonstrations of the Odystar 2.5 workflow, now available for the commercial and the packaging markets Odystar has quickly become a major industry workflow, with its ability to enable existing output equipment to handle native 1.5 PDF files
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Other new software on the company's Ipex stand will include Neo, a system that allows last minute changes to be made to PDF files, resulting in significant savings in time and money.
"Neo gives the operator all the high-end editing and correction functionality in a native PDF environment that previously only existed in proprietary non-PDF systems," says UK managing director Jan Ruysschaert.
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"We are convinced that many Odystar users will see Neo as a huge asset in drastically reducing the approval and correction cycles that are unavoidable in today's demanding pre-press environments." Functions include separation handling, advanced text and paragraph editing, object transforms, image editing and re-linking, clip path handling and page box handling.
Neo fully embraces Certified PDF technology.
All Certified PDF sessions remain in the PDF file, and the edits performed in Neo are simply added to the Certified PDF information in the PDF file.
Artwork Systems will be bringing a revolutionary new halftone dot technology to the market at Ipex 2006 with the introduction of Concentric Screening, which divides the conventional round dot into thin concentric rings.
These rings limit ink buildup on the plate - thereby providing greater latitude on press and increased colour saturation.
Printers are able to increase, even double, screen rulings without experiencing the traditional problems of mottle, dot gain and variability previously associated with high screen rulings.
Other products on the Artwork Systems stand will include the industry leading workflow Nexus and the pre-press production software ArtPro.
There will be a new version of WebWay that will mark a new chapter in Internet collaboration.
Featuring an even closer integration with Artwork Systems' applications and workflows, WebWay 4.0 will incorporate a broad base of new technologies and functions.
"WebWay does not require the installation of software to allow remote users to view and annotate production jobs online," says Jan Ruysschaert.
"Instead, a sophisticated applet enables the remote user to 'stream' and view pixels of high resolution files, whether they are ArtPro, PDF or 1 bit data files, to a standard Internet browser.
The user then has the option to view the job in a variety of formats eg annotate the job, preview separations or traps, measure densities etc.
"In the new WebWay 4.0 this applet has undergone some major developments and along with an improved user interface incorporates many new functions, including a new page layout, improved previewing functions, a navigation window, multi-page support with thumbnail previews, plus the ability to download a printable and colour managed proof.".
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