New features in OneVision's imposition software increase efficiency of PDF-based imposition.
OneVision
Software AG, a print and media
production software solutions provider, has released an updated version of its
imposition software aimed at strengthening the focus on network production.
Speedflow Impose supports PDF 1.6, the new PDF version in Adobe Acrobat 7. The
updated software also includes new enhancements to help increase the efficiency
of PDF-based imposition.
According to individual requirements, Speedflow Impose 2.2 can now
provide a JDF file, the source files' PDF pages, as well as an additional PDF
containing all marks to the RIP. Imposition is then handled in RIP using the JDF
information and the pages. Based on Speedflow Impose 2.2 imposition information
the RIP can place the pages directly in the right order and set the marks
according to the mark PDF.
This allows for corrections and changes inside the source PDF pages to be
addressed even at the last minute before the RIP process begins. Users can edit
the files at a late production stage in Adobe Acrobat or by using OneVision's
Speedflow Edit, which is a stand-alone PDF editor for print and media
production.
The data volume is also reduced, since only relevant pages have to be
transferred to the RIP instead of complete imposed sheets. Single separations of
composite PDF files can be imaged to help boost fast production of replacement
or correction plates.
Company spokesperson Frank Ladwein noted that the updated version reduces
output time: "Speedflow Impose supports PDF 1.6. As known from previous
versions, the output of sheets is based on the highest available PDF version
amongst a set of files supplied for imposition. If you supply PDF 1.5 and PDF
1.6 files for imposition, the resulting output is based on PDF 1.6.
"Due to further improvements on Speedflow Impose's core engine, the
output time is reduced by about one third. Hence, productivity of Speedflow
Impose increases significantly. And if you bring Adobe Acrobat 7 into your
workflow, you can now go directly to imposition with PDF 1.6, Adobe's latest
version of the Portable Document Format."
Additional features of Speedflow Impose 2.2 concentrate on improved
usability. User-defined marks like control strips can be centered automatically,
independently of sheet format, in order to place them always relative to press
and punching in a unified way. To identify files more quickly, the default name
for imposed output is now based on job name and title. Additionally, the
integration of Speedflow Impose 2.2 into Speedflow Cockpit, OneVision's PDF
workflow control and collaboration tool, has been improved.
