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Callas pdfChip 2.0 supports PDF 2.0

11. January 201917. December 2018 by Stephan Jaeggi

Callas Software 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 including the new black point compensation entry.

New Landing Page and White Paper for Packaging and Labels

11. January 201910. December 2018 by Stephan Jaeggi

The Ghent Workgroup (GWG) has created a new landing page and published a new White Paper focusing on Packaging and Label production.

This follows the recent announcement of a new ISO Standard 19593-1 (Processing Steps). The paper reviews today’s trends, while the landing page includes discussion with leading players regarding the growth of the packaging sector and the upsurge in specialist and unique applications.

It also reviews the development of digitization for printing and packaging technologies and processes. It focuses on GWG’s work with packaging production specifications to date and the opportunities for the future of the entire packaging pre-production workflow.

Interview about PDF 2.0
with Martin Bailey

4. December 20184. December 2018 by Stephan Jaeggi

At Print 18 in Chicago Dave Zwang, GWG chairman, has conducted an interesting interview about PDF 2.0 witht Martin Bailey, CTO of Global Graphics:

How PDF changed prepress production
dramatically in the last 25 years

24. October 201824. October 2018 by Stephan Jaeggi

I wrote an article entitled How PDF changed prepress production dramatically in the last 25 years for the recently launched blog from Callas Software.

New MadeToTag supports
Caption, Blockquote & Index

18. October 201818. October 2018 by Stephan Jaeggi

The new plug-in axaio MadeToTag version 1.9.093 for InDesign CS6 – CC 2018 contains new options for the export tag selection to map the semantic structure in a PDF document even more accurate.

In a correctly tagged PDF, special text elements, such as Caption, Blockquote and Index, must be specifically marked as such. The PDF/UA standard (PDF for Universal Access) also provides the assignment of these specific tags in order to map the semantic structure in the PDF as precisely as possible. However, only basic tags (header or simple text) are used in InDesign. Special elements, such as Caption, Blockquote and Index, did not have their own tag equivalent in InDesign.