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Article: Automating the PDF workflow.(digital original)
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- Quick Printing
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Prepress automation is going to become the "next big thing" as more printers embrace a PDF workflow. Enfocus has introduced a new product called Automate. This is a tool that automates many of the functions of PitStop so anyone can preflight and correct a PDF file before it is RIPed. The software can perform conditional checks on files and decide which path the file should follow based on file type, size, and other file or document properties.
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What perked my interest was the price. At $6,000, the program is priced well below the workflow solutions offered by many of the RIP companies. For quick printers who have a number of RIPs ...