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New MadeToPrint workflow possibilities & features

Learn new ways to use MadeToPrint to standardise & automate printing processes for more reliability from within InDesign, Illustrator, XPress and more. 
Not to forget: see what happened in MadeToPrint in the last 12 months!

Webinars

Nov 12, 2018 Knowledge Base

AI Integration

Using DeviceLinks in pdfToolbox

DeviceLink profiles are specialised ICC Profiles that are very useful for color conversions, TAC reductions or ink save. 

This session goes into the theory behind them, but also explains how and where in pdfToolbox you can use them and - most importantly - what is new in there...

Webinars

Nov 12, 2018 Knowledge Base

AI Integration

A short history of the world - PDF & callas software

A short history of the world of PDF and callas software, with questions such as:

Where does the current product range come from? How did it evolve? How did PDF itself evolve? How does the GWG and standardisation in general fit into that picture? What’s the relevance of standards and how does that affect callas software and pdfToolbox?

Webinars

Nov 12, 2018 Knowledge Base

MadeToPrint 2.7.312 introduces a new token ‘ScriptLabel’

Berlin – November 8, 2018 - axaio software, developer of solutions for PDF creation, printing and content correction workflows for the publishing and printing markets, announces the availability of update version 2.7.312 of MadeToPrint. The new version contains a new feature, enhancements and some bug fixes. axaio MadeToPrint is a plug-in for i.a. Adobe InDesign and InDesign Server to automate print output processes through standardization of print settings, merging multiple output steps into on

News

Nov 8, 2018 News

Dietrich von Seggern

Digital personnel records for eternity

Numerous directives and laws state that employee records must be maintained for many years after an employee leaves the company. How can companies ensure that the documents are still accessible? Do companies want to keep this data online for 5 years? One possibility is to store the documents in PDF/A format, the ISO standard for long-term archiving. How long the contents of personnel files must be stored varies, depending on various factors like company policy or country's laws. In some cases, i

Blogs

Nov 7, 2018 News

AI Integration

Webinar - Preflight standards in callas pdfToolbox

This webinar will explain the theoretical differences between the different preflights and show you how to use them in practice. 

Webinars

Nov 6, 2018 Knowledge Base

Stephan Jaeggi

How PDF changed prepress production dramatically in the last 25 years

In the early 1990s, Desktop Publishing (DTP) technology had superseded the proprietary typesetting and image processing systems of the eighties. Because of the relatively low investment and the ease-of-use of the new technology, a new division of work became possible. Ad agencies, graphic designers and even print customers started to create print layouts on their own. Eventually these pages needed to be transferred to the print shop. At the beginning, imaging service bureaus which imaged the pag

Blogs

Oct 24, 2018 News

AI Integration

Webinar - Technical Data Sheets in treeDiM's Picador

In this webinar we show you how to create a template yourself and how to apply it to your design.

 treeDiM Picador has a feature with which you can instantly load Technical Data Sheets from customizable templates which use variables and calculations to fill in data. 

Webinars

Oct 23, 2018 Knowledge Base

MadeToPrint, MadeForLayers & MadeToTag immediately available for Adobe InDesign CC 2019

Berlin – October 22, 2018 – axaio software, developer of automation solutions for PDF creation, printing and content correction workflows for the publishing and printing markets, announces the availability of MadeToPrint, MadeForLayers and MadeToTag for Adobe’s just released InDesign CC version 2019. With the new features and enhancements in InDesign CC 2019, such as the option to convert footnotes and endnotes, an enriched font panel and the ability to import PDF comments into InDesign, Adobe o

News

Oct 22, 2018 News

AI Integration

Webinar - Picador, a guide to your packaging design workflow

In this webinar, we guide you through the different modules of treeDiM Picador and show how they all come together into a fluent and efficient packaging design workflow.  We go over how to work with existing parametric designs in the library, how to design your own packaging from scratch and fold it into a 3D model, and also how to use StackBuilder to help you with logistics. 

Webinars

Oct 18, 2018 Knowledge Base

New: MadeToTag supports Caption, Blockquote & Index

Berlin – October 12, 2018 – axaio software, developer of automation solutions for PDF print workflows for the publishing and printing markets as well as for accessible PDF creation, announces the availability of a new MadeToTag version for Adobe InDesign CS6 - CC 2018. MadeToTag version 1.9.093 contains new options for the export tag selection to map the semantic structure in a PDF document even more accurate. axaio MadeToTag is an Adobe InDesign plug-in for preparing and exporting InDesign file

News

Oct 16, 2018 News

David van Driessche

Watch this video!

How can you learn the most about our software? Well, the obvious answer would be the Online Documentation of course; we have an Online Documentation website where you find lots of background information about the products and their features. But there’s another source you should know about, as it will teach you things you won’t easily find in the Online Documentation. Every year, callas answers about 1500 support questions. These questions deal with everything: problems with licenses, activation

Blogs

Oct 10, 2018 News