02 Nov 2016
pdfToolbox 9.1 focuses on improving usability and reliability even further
Berlin, 2 November 2016 – callas software, market leader for automated PDF quality control and archival solutions, today releases version 9.1 of its pdfToolbox product line. pdfToolbox 9.1 adds support for the Processing Steps standard, includes a new version of the Adobe PDF library and extends several main pdfToolbox features.
"The 'shape' fixup uses some of the coolest technology we’ve integrated into pdfToolbox in years", states Dietrich von Seggern, Managing Director at callas software. "We were certain customers would immediately see its value. At the same time, we were also convinced they would find use cases we hadn’t considered yet!" pdfToolbox 9.1 extends the shape technology to enable some of these use cases, such as better support for spreading or choking while adding irregular shapes.
Processing Steps is a specification originally developed by the Ghent Workgroup to associate information about printing and finishing processes (such as cutting, embossing, varnish …) with a PDF document. This is done by grouping page objects in layers (technically: optional content groups), and adding metadata to those layers to identify them as processing steps. The specification is going through a standardization process at the ISO organization to become an official international standard.
pdfToolbox 9.1 implements wide support for this specification: it is possible to view or add processing steps information, check for its availability or correctness during preflight and fix common problems with it.
The place content functionality in pdfToolbox is a very flexible way to add content to PDF documents, from simple text or page numbers, over barcodes with the built-in barcode library, to more challenging tasks with place content templates. In pdfToolbox 9.1, it is now also possible to simply add a complete SVG file to a PDF document.
Process plans are a convenient and powerful way to run complete fixup sequences on PDF documents, optionally with conditional (if … then …) processing. Building complex process plans can be challenging and pdfToolbox 9.1 helps by providing process plan debugging functionality. In debug mode, all information about processing (including intermediary PDF files and reports) of a process plan is stored. This allows running a process plan and then analyzing in detail what the result of each step was to further optimize what happens in the process plan.
pdfToolbox internally uses the Adobe PDF library for transparency flattening or rendering of PDF documents. This library has been updated in this release, to be on par with Adobe’s flagship Acrobat DC product. This change improves reliability and quality of the transparency flattening process specifically.
On November 22 at 4 PM CET David van Driessche, CTO at Four Pees, will hold an English webinar to introduce you to pdfToolbox 9.1. The webinar is free of charge. You can already register here:
On November 17 at 11 AM CET Marc Heusmann and Dietrich von Seggern from callas will hold a German webinar to introduce you to pdfToolbox 9.1. The webinar is free of charge. You can already register here:
callas pdfToolbox 9.1 is immediately available:
For further inquiries regarding availability, price, options or return on investment, please contact your local reseller or Four Pees via sales@fourpees.com. A fully functional time-limited trial version can be downloaded from www.callassoftware.com.
callas software finds simple ways to handle complex PDF challenges. As a technology innovator, callas software develops and markets PDF technology for publishing, print production, document exchange and document archiving. callas software helps agencies, publishing companies and printers to meet the challenges they face by providing software to preflight, correct and repurpose PDF files for print production and electronic publishing. Businesses and government agencies all over the world rely on callas software’s future-proof, fully PDF/A compliant archiving products. In addition, callas software technology is available as a programming library (SDK) for developers with a need for PDF optimization, validation and correction. Software vendors such as Adobe®, Quark®, Xerox® and many others have recognized the quality and flexibility provided by these callas tools and have incorporated them into their solutions.
callas software actively supports international standards and has been participating in ISO, CIP4, the European Color Initiative, the PDF Association and the Ghent PDF Workgroup. In addition, callas software is a founding member of the PDF Association and active in its board since then.
callas software is based in Berlin, Germany. For more information, visit the callas software website at: www.callassoftware.com.
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