Use Case One of our loyal historical clients asked us if we could improve his proofing process. Indeed, it processes a lot of files in its control and proofing workflow and, in many cases, the files contain technical inks such as diecut, varnish, etc. These inks are obviously using spot colors and, therefore, when the…
callas pdfToolbox 11 callas software has just released the new version of its flagship software, pdfToolbox. What does callas offer us this year with this new version? This major version brings so many new features that it is difficult to cover everything here. We will focus on a few functions that we find particularly interesting.…
Would you imagine driving your car without insurance? Living in your home without insurance? Let your children go to school without insurance? Of course not and you want to be able to protect yourself from any risk on a daily basis. But there is one area where you may be very helpless in the event…
In the world of graphic production, it is common to produce several versions of the same PDF file. Here an high-res. version for print, there a low-res. version for online distribution… Usually, this leads at best to automated cascade processing; at worst to a succession of manual actions. However, thanks to callas pdfToolbox, it is…
PDF page boxes There are 5 page boxes in a PDF file: Mediabox Trimbox Bleedbox Cropbox Artbox These different boxes are used to precisely define the content of your PDF file. They may or may not be present in your PDF file, depending on the software and method you used to create your PDF. The…
Back-to-School! Today is back-to-school and we hope you had a great summer. We are ready for another year of Tech Mondays, we hope you will enjoy reading our posts again. Last year, you may have missed one of our articles, so here we present you the most successful ones. Have a good back-to-school reading! …
Something people ask us very often if how long will it take to preflight a PDF file? Sorry to bear the bad news here but there is just no simple answer to this question. PDF is a container and nor the weight nor the number of pages can indicate the length of the preflight operation.…
If you are a lucky Enfocus Switch Licence Owner, you know some flows can get very complex. Of course you probably tackled it eventually stacking branches and commands or developing a Script. But did you think of looking at Enfocus AppStore first? Not every single Switch User knows about Enfocus AppStore. However some resources are really…
The right settings…. In a previous edition of our Tech Mondays, we explained the PitStop workspaces to properly set up your PDF production environment and keep it under control. We received many comments on this article indicating that this function was very useful and finally ensured that the workstation was correctly set up. However, several…
PitStop Pro Workspaces Have you heard about PitStop Pro workspaces? Probably not… This feature is very powerful to improve your productivity with PitStop Pro, and allows you to create workspaces dedicated to specific use cases, such as inspection, correction, etc. but also correctly configures your Acrobat for prepress production. Isn’t Acrobat correctly configured by…