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Burocad optimizes and automates order intake and quality control

Burocad - Printsalon Since 1997, Belgian based Burocad has grown into one of the larger online printers in the Belgian market, providing print solutions for a large range of products, from packaging t...

Pre-print automation

Aug 12, 2021 Customer Cases

Caldera releases PrimeCenter 1.2.0

We are happy to announce that PrimeCenter has just been updated with long-awaited features and enhancements! With this new update, file preparation for double-sided printing and cutting has never been easier, both for rectangular and non-rectangular shapes! When preparing double-sided banners or stickers for instance, PrimeCenter automatically generates and places Side B, the margins and the cutting marks at the right place to reduce manual errors. First released in 2020, PrimeCenter helps digit

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Aug 9, 2021 News

Four Pees apps increase print productivity

Four Pees has recently created a series of apps for the Enfocus Appstore to help enhance the various possibilities in Enfocus Switch, based on feedback they received from various companies. One of the...

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Jul 22, 2021 News

GlobalVision launches Desktop PC Version 5.9.0

GlobalVision Desktop PC Version 5.9.0 is a validated PC release. The purpose of this release is to create a more flexible way of deploying GVD, by providing the options of offline licensing and individual module activation. New Features Individual module licensing and activation Site filtering feature available in the Audit Trail to manage large deployments on multiple sites. Offline licensing capabilities for installations without an internet connection. Improvements Installer Update - Easier d

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Jul 13, 2021 News

Inkish TV - Call in the experts: internal staff or external consultants?

Inkish TV - Call in the experts: internal staff or external consultants? Calling in an expert can be the missing link to successfully find and implement the right tools or automation for your printing business. In this 10 to INKISH episode we address some of the major questions that arise. What is the extra value an external consultant can bring to the table? I really like the term external experts. Because it identifies what I think are the two value points. The first thing is that it is someon

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Jul 9, 2021 News

Four Pees creates Ghent PDF Output Suite Conformance training

The Ghent Workgroup recently developed 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. Certification is granted by the Ghent Workgroup but is always guided by a Ghent Workgroup member. As one of its newest members, Four Pees can not only guide printers through this process but has also created a full training course t

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Jul 8, 2021 News

callas software release pdfToolbox 12.3.

Recently callas software has released pdfToolbox 12.3. with all new fixups and features to further boost you productivity and efficiency. Discover all of them here. Features New Fixups Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces Actions Save as image: Support for RGBA (RGB with transparency) for TIFF Save as image: Support for GrayA (Gray with transparency) for PNG and TIFF [CA1030406] Fixes PDF Standards PDF/A-1 conversion: Adjust or remove annotations: Setting for transparen

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Jul 6, 2021 News

Four Pees Café - Generating bleed in the print process: Different ways and tools

You receive a PDF from the client and guess what: no bleed! It’s one of the most common mistakes printers encounter when receiving documents from clients and it does create the occasional headache. If a PDF has been created without bleed, or if the bleed is not sufficient, generating bleed out of page content is needed to avoid register problems. How to add bleed where there is none? In our last Four Pees Café before the summer holidays (yes, we do take holidays), Michiel Van den Saffele and Dav

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Jul 2, 2021 News

Four Pees Café - Distributed processing options - Dealing with production peaks

Like life itself, print production also has its highs and lows! Perhaps you want to start as small as possible because you’re a startup. Perhaps you need to automate preflight and you see you’re growing. Perhaps you have peak production moments you want to be able to handle… callas pdfToolbox can handle all of these situations with ease and it can grow with you from small to world-conquering. In this Four Pees Café, Christian Blaise and David van Driessche explain what your options are, both fro

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Jul 1, 2021 News

Inkish TV - Web-to-print: Do I need one?

Web to print is a hot topic and can be a game changer to the graphic arts industry. Is it just a hype?, Who it is for?, and why it is NOT “just another” sales channel… In a recent episode of 10 to Inkish , our CTO David van Driessche went a bit deeper into the topic.

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Jun 28, 2021 News

Four Pees Café - The wonderfully confusing world of creating imposed print sheets

Imposition, ganging, (true shape) nesting, step-and-repeat, sheet optimization… All of those terms are used by people when they talk about generating efficient print sheets. But often different people use the same terminology for different processes. And it’s even less clear which software you should use to solve what problems efficiently. In this Four Pees Café, David van Driessche and Michiel Van den Saffele dive into the terminology first of all, and then take a look at some of the different

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Jun 14, 2021 News

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WS Display combines great customer services and flexible automation with pdfToolbox CLI

WS Display WS Display specializes in wholesale portable trade show displays, banner stands and large format digital printing. Founded in 2001 as initially a start-up business out of the CEO’s garage i...

Pre-print automation

Jun 11, 2021 Customer Cases