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Registration opens for callas software’s PDF Camp

Berlin, February 26, 2019 – callas software, a leading provider of automated PDF quality assurance and archiving solutions, is organizing another PDF Camp. This time, it takes place in the Pfefferwerk at Christinenstraße 18/19 in Berlin on April 8-9, 2019. This established event is an opportunity for users to broaden their knowledge of the PDF format and callas software’s products. The focus is throughout on interaction and exchanging ideas. Together in small groups, attendees work on real-world

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Feb 26, 2019 News

David van Driessche

Why DeviceLink profiles should interest you

In version 10, pdfToolbox introduced support for a wide range of DeviceLink profiles. They can be used – for free – from within the Switchboard or using a fixup in a preflight profile. And they can be really interesting for your production work! Hold on! What are DeviceLink profiles? That, of course, is a good and essential question, and I need to explain it before I can explain why you could use them. ICC Profiles Let’s start with regular ICC profiles, something you should be at least somewhat

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Feb 20, 2019 News

AI Integration

Better organization in pdfToolbox using libraries

Once you start creating your own Profiles, Checks, Fixups and so on, you'll see that you need some organization or you're going to loose your way. Libraries are perfect for that! And you already know them as pdfToolbox ships with a bunch of default libraries. But you can do a lot with them ...

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Feb 13, 2019 Knowledge Base

Dietrich von Seggern

Understanding Overprint

When working with support cases the ones that are related to Overprint parameters in PDF are always very likely to surprise customers. This is due to the fact that the Overprint rules in PDF are - compared to other rules, let's say for transparency - much less intuitive. I think this is because Overprint was invented for PostScript and nothing has been changed in these rules for PDF. That means Overprint was defined when technology was much less powerful than today and its rules had to take into

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Feb 6, 2019 News

Dietrich von Seggern

How accessible is the documentation these days?

Today's world of Information Technology has opened the doors in many ways in order to integrate people with disabilities into our society. But there are a number of prerequisites that need to be met. PDF/UA standard for reading and editing documents and forms serves the same purpose to barrier-free PDF as served by a flattened curb or a stepless access to a wheelchair user. In PDF/UA (= Universal Accessibility), the specifications for barrier-free PDF documents are defined as an ISO standard. Wi

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Jan 23, 2019 News

New MadeToPrint version with feature extensions & improvements

Berlin – January 18, 2018 - axaio software, developer of solutions for PDF creation, printing and content correction workflows for the publishing and printing markets as well as for the creation of tagged, accessible PDF documents, announces the immediate availability of the new version 2.7.313 of its MadeToPrint output solution. With the current MadeToPrint version, two new feature enhancements as well as improvements for a more comfortable usage of MadeToPrint have been introduced: Parameter O

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Jan 18, 2019 News

callas software presents a new update for pdfaPilot

Berlin, January 17, 2019 – callas software, a leading provider of automated PDF quality assurance and archiving solutions, today released version 8.1 of pdfaPilot. Among other things, this update provides users with new options for ordering pages, adding filters for automatically removing XMP metadata and an optimized tagging structure view. New options for ordering pages pdfaPilot had already included the ability to customize the order of pages within PDF files. Now, to assist users with repeti

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Jan 17, 2019 News

Dietrich von Seggern

How does PDF 2.0 affect the printing industry?

It's true that many developments in the printing industry have led to progressive automation of workflows, like increasing quality requirements, declining print runs and prices ... Perhaps the most important technology in this context is the PDF format acting as the carrier of the print data which plays a central role in the communication and application of color in the printing process. Nevertheless, against the background of these massive tectonic changes in the printing landscape, some cracks

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Jan 9, 2019 News

All callas software products are now PDF 2.0 ready!

Berlin, January 8, 2019 – callas software, a leading provider of automated PDF quality assurance and archiving solutions, has announced that its PDF solutions now fully support the PDF 2.0 standard. From now on, users of its products pdfToolbox, pdfaPilot, pdfChip and pdfGoHTML will benefit from the new possibilities that PDF 2.0 opens up. PDF 2.0 , published as an ISO standard in mid-2017, is making increasing inroads into the business world. Dietrich von Seggern, Managing Director at callas so

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Jan 8, 2019 News

Olaf Druemmer

Entirely barrier-free: PDF/UA for eGovernments

What the flattened curbside or stepless access is for wheelchair users, the barrier-free PDF in accordance with the PDF/UA standard is for reading and editing documents and forms. Without limiting the diversity of PDF technology, it determines how unrestricted accessibility of content in PDF files is ensured. Making information easily accessible to citizens is undoubtedly a big part of eGovernment and is sought after by federal and state authorities as well as districts, cities and municipalitie

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Dec 19, 2018 News

Version 2.0 of pdfChip is out now!

Berlin, December 17, 2018 – callas software, market leader for automated PDF quality control and archival solutions, releases version 2.0 of its pdfChip software solution. pdfChip 2.0 adds a 64-bit version on Windows, optimized handling of referenced images while supporting more image types, support for PDF 2.0 and much more! Extended PDF feature support ISO (International Standards Organization) has published a new major version of the PDF specification, called PDF 2.0. With pdfChip 2.0, callas

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Dec 17, 2018 News

AI Integration

Webinar - Make your PDF files print ready with pdfToolbox!

In this webinar we show you how you can check in pdfToolbox whether or not your PDF files are ready to be printed. 
Get a quick overview of the functionality in pdfToolbox Desktop for PDF quality control, correction, color management, imposition and more.

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Dec 12, 2018 Knowledge Base