Following the acquisition of the Canadian imposition software companies Tilia Labs by Esko at the end of 2022, the Tilia Labs products will now be gradually integrated into the product portfolio of Esko and Enfocus respectively. The Tilia Labs product Griffin has already been integrated into the Enfocus portfolio:
Digital Printing
Optimally prepare PDF files
for variable data printing
In the blog article entitled How to optimally prepare PDF files for variable data printing? Callas CEO Dietrich von Seggern describes the principle of variable data printing and gives some tips on preparing the PDF files used for this purpose. He thus revisits the topic of the two brochures recently published by the PDF Association with Recommendations for creating PDF files,for variable data printing.
Recommendations for creating PDF files
for variable data printing
The PDF Association has published two guides with recommendations for creating PDF files for variable data printing:
There are different editions for designers and developers (about 60 pages each):
- Best Practice in creating PDF files for variable data printing – Designer Edition
- Best Practice in Creating Print Files for Variable Data Printing – Developer Edition
The documents were created by the PDF Association’s Print Product Metadata Liaison Working Group (LWG) and PDF/VT Technical Working Group (TWG). Their member, Martin Bailey, explains the background for these two brochures in a blog article at Global Graphics.
Four Pees Café about Quite Imposing
Belgian distributor Four Pees hosted a webinar on Quite Imposing (43’06”), a longtime Acrobat plug-in for the imposition of printed pages, as part of its regular online event, Four Pees Café:
Ghent Workgroup launches Ghent PDF Output Suite 5 Conformance Certification
The Ghent Workgoup (GWG) has officially announced the availability of the Ghent PDF Output Suite 5 Conformance Certification. As the chair of the GWG Process Control subcommittee, I have been preparing the project over the last few months.
The new service is aimed at print service providers. With this certification they can prove that their PDF workflow is compliant with the PDF/X-4 standard (ISO 15930-7:2010):
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