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Four Pees Café - The Ghent Workgroup Output Suite, an introduction

Four Pees Café - The Ghent Workgroup Output Suite, an introduction

During this Café we welcome our first guest speaker of the year! Stephan Jaeggi, Chair of GWG Process Control Subcommittee, will give more information on the new Ghent Workgroup Output Suite, a conformance certification program around the Ghent PDF Output Suite 5.0. Printers who obtain the conformance certification label show they have a modern workflow, that is compatible with and optimized to process PDF/X-4 files. During this Café, Stephan Jaeggi will give an overview of what the Ghent Workgr

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Feb 7, 2022 News

Four Pees Café – JavaScript controlled checks in pdfToolbox 13

We heard you when you said “More JavaScript!” during our last Café’s! Today we’ll be going further into JavaScript and pdfToolbox 13 and look into how we can create JavaScript controlled checks in pdfToolbox 13. In pdfToolbox 12, callas added a JavaScript / JSON based way to define fixups to be done on documents. This immediately lead to the question whether this would also be possible for preflight checks. If you miss this session but you want to see callas's answer to this in pdfToolbox 13. Da

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Feb 1, 2022 News

Ghent Workgroup answers all your questions about PDF standards in a new free FAQ

The Ghent Workgroup (GWG) is thrilled to announce that it has published a new user guide that provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about PDF standards. This user guide has been written by David van Driessche, Executive Director of the Ghent Workgroup and co-chair of the Specification and Process Control subcommittee.

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Jan 31, 2022 News

Four Pees Café – Creating a new JavaScript imposition config from scratch in pdfToolbox 13

Yes, we’re back! We’re kicking off our new Four Pees Café season right where we left off, and that’s pdfToolbox 13! While we gave you a short summary of the main features during our last Four Pees Café before Christmas, we’re going to dive into the nitty gritty for our first Four Pees Café of 2022 and more specifically JavaScript and imposition! You missed the first episode of the new season of four pees café. Don't worry, you can still find David van Driessche, who explains how to create a new

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Jan 24, 2022 News

Save the date - PDF Camp is back!

callas software will organize a new PDF Camp in 2022 . This established event is an opportunity for users to broaden their knowledge of the PDF format and callas software’s products. The focus lies on interaction and exchanging ideas. This year's PDF Camp will be held on May 12-13, 2022 at the Classik Hotel Alexander Plaza in Berlin. The event is aimed at both users of callas software products and interested parties with general questions about PDF. Together in small groups, attendees work on re

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Jan 18, 2022 News

callas software releases pdfaPilot 11

callas software, a leading provider of automated PDF quality assurance and archiving solutions, today released a major update for its pdfaPilot product line. pdfaPilot 11 builds on various new improvements that callas have implemented into pdfToolbox 13, released in November last year. This major update has added new features and improved existing features so users can take full advantage of PDF/A conversion. With this new release pdfaPilot 11 now offers a unified concept for defining page areas

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Jan 17, 2022 News

ColorLogic announces ColorAnt 8

ColorLogic is proud to announce the release of ColorAnt 8, the measuring tool for any color space. ColorAnt 8 brings overall new capabilities and enhancements to the features used every day. Major features include: New InkSplitting mode and new light colors available in the Custom Chart tool New Find function in the View measurement data dialog New markers and margins in the Export Chart tool New PSD evaluation methods in the Proof Evaluation tool Measure Tool and ColorAnt can now be used simult

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Dec 9, 2021 News

Four Pees Café - What's new in pdfToolbox 13, a short summary!

Did you miss the pdfToolbox 13 Launch event week? No problem, in this Four Pees Café we give you a short overview of all the new features in pdfToolbox 13! (Video in English)

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Dec 3, 2021 News

callas software releases pdfToolbox 13

New release simplifies process automation, features greater interactivity and an optimized user interface callas software, a leading provider of automated PDF quality assurance and archiving solutions, has just released version 13 of its pdfToolbox product line. The centerpieces of the new release are a wider range of options for using JavaScript to dynamically generate checks and fixups, as well as for impositions. Another focus has been on adding new options for process plans, and improvements

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Nov 22, 2021 News

Four Pees Café - Discover REST API for pdfToolbox CLI

Let’s be honest, when it comes to automating all your preflight procedures in your platform, you can’t go wrong with pdfToolbox CLI. However, perfection does not exist, as we’ve heard some popular requests from clients such as the availability of job queuing, working different jobs in parallel and calling the CLI from a different location. So what did we do? We brought together our brightest minds (that were available at the time) to solve those issues by creating a REST API for pdfToolbox CLI w

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Nov 15, 2021 News

Four Pees Café - prepress, there's an app for that

Let’s be honest, preflighting documents and getting approval from clients can be a tedious and repetitive process. But what if there’s an app for that? Enter 3CPDF! It could hardly be more efficient: select PDF files to be checked or drag and drop them into 3CPDF, then just click on “Check” or “Check and correct”. Within seconds, 3CPDF creates a meaningful, easy-to-understand, and explanatory error and correction reports. These and the corrected PDF files can be downloaded with a single click or

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Nov 8, 2021 News

Automation in Indesign with axaio MadeToPrint

Great, you've created multiple variants, languages, and layers of a design in Indesign. Now begins the long, time-consuming journey in making all the different versions. But what if you could do that with just one click? During this Four Pees Café, Christian Blaise, our Director of Professional Services and Support, will dive deeper into MadeToPrint, an Adobe Indesign plugin that allows manual, one-click, print, and export from your design document to one or more output targets. Helping you gain

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Nov 3, 2021 News

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