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PREPRESS & PREMEDIA Personalization Software Marketed by Pitney Bowes Pitney Bowes offers two personalization software packages that complement each other and enhance marketing and promo- tional communications very easily! The first package, PrintShop Mail Suite is a standalone variable data printing composi- tion software that allows you to merge any design with any database and print on any printer. The true potential of this software lies in the personalization of promotional documents. Harness the power to increase your customer's response rates, increase order value and sales, and improve response time. Secondly, DirectSmile software is an image personalization program that works with PrintShop Mail to drive reader awareness and engagement. Imagine being able to easily put your customer's prospect's name in a cloud formation or on another relevant image, as an example! Together this solution allows you to offer: • Targeted promotions, variable images, and variable barcodes to engage the recipient and drive open and transaction rates • Optimized print files for high-speed printing of high-volume merges • Provides a new dimension of personalization on promotional com- munications Pitney Bowes also offers many other mailing and printing solutions including; addressing software, postal education, and color digital laser and inkjet printers that will beautifully print your promotional pieces. Contact Pitney Bowes today at www.pb.com/quickprint or 877-202-5360. www.MyPrintResource.com/10007238 ColorPath Sync Fujifilm's ColorPath Sync is a Web-based tool for creating color curves, aligning output devic- es, and ensuring color consistency across plat- forms and locations. Backed by Fujifilm's exper- tise in color consistency, ColorPath Sync allows printers to match output devices and maintain the consistency they achieved when first implementing the G7 specification. Additionally, they're able to do it in-house, without the need for consultant fees and expenses. ColorPath Sync uses a cloud-based model, providing organized, centralized access any- where an Internet connection is available. Data storage is secure, backed-up offsite, and users will always have the most current version of the software. ColorPath Sync's intuitive interface offers user-friendly charts that enable on-the-fly color correction, while iterative color cor- rection increases accuracy and minimizes downtime. Information from ColorPath Sync can be exported directly to many popular workflows, which helps eliminate the potential for error. Fujifilm's ColorPath Sync offers printers a tremendous return on a relatively small invest- ment. The ability to ensure color consistency across an entire operation not only yields advan- tages to the bottom line, including fewer re-runs, quicker press checks, and less waste, but also gives printers a strong marketing and sales tool they're able to use to gain new business. www.MyPrintResource.com/10013800 Enfocus Switch 10 Enfocus Switch, available as Enfocus LightSwitch, Enfocus FullSwitch, and Enfocus PowerSwitch, is a modu- lar, open automation platform that gives printers, publish- ers, ad agencies, and those interested in higher overall efficiency across departments; the tools to accomplish repetitive tasks associated with receiving, processing, and sorting files automatically, thereby eliminating those tasks from the user's scope of responsibility. Switch automatically downloads files from any FTP server, receives them as email attachments, or handles hot folders; and then sorts into different folders, or transmits to the appropriate staff so that each is ready for processing or archiving. Switch sends notifications to stakeholders, and directly back to clients when needed. Switch can also deliver files through email or FTP to the next step in the workflow. FullSwitch and PowerSwitch automatically interface with third-party applications—such as preflight, color management, imposition software and native applications. More advanced users can rely on Switch for scripting and metadata tools. SwitchClient—a separate desktop application—enables controlled file submission by ensuring easy involvement of the com- pany's workgroup, and external clients, in workflows. SwitchClient can be used to submit jobs to Switch workflows and intervene when jobs are held for inspection. www.MyPrintResource.com/10005189 B18 BIG BOOK WINTER 2011 | Cygnus Graphics Media Graphtec CSX530-09 CIS Large-Format Scanner Paradigm Imaging Group's CSX530-09 Large-Format Scanner features Graphtec's new Luxios scanning engine. 48-bit sensor output combined with Graphtec's proprietary color matching technology allow for highly accurate and uniform color reproduction. The 36-inch CSX530-09 supports sRGB and Adobe RGB color space and image quality is enhanced via Graphtec's newly designed digital processing system. The Graphtec Luxios CSX530-09 large-scanner includes two powerful software packages—Scanning Master Pro Color for image editing and file management and Scanning ARTS2, a user-friendly scan-to- copy tool. www.MyPrintResource.com/10007112 Xanté iQueue 5.0 Ultimate New iQueue 5.0 Ultimate is the latest edition of the prepress workflow designed specifically for Xanté Pro Series Digital Print Systems. iQueue allows users to take control of their custom- er's digital files, manage multiple jobs on multiple ILUMINAs, apply custom color corrections, estimate job cost and deliver improved print quality. iQueue 5.0 Ultimate offers workflow enhancements and production smart features like the Right-On spot color matching feature. Right-On uses a unique visual gamma match- ing system that allows users to make custom color corrections on individual spot colors that exist within a digital file. Simply send your digital file to iQueue Ultimate, click on the Right-On tab to see a complete list of the file's spot colors. Right- On's approach allows you to print an individual Color Swatch Page for each spot color listed. Each page has multiple numbered color swatches of different color builds found in the spot color's gamma. This provides a visual comparison as well as a swatch number you can use to make a correction. Simply enter the new swatch number, and Right-On automatically replaces the bad spot color with your new custom conversion. Right-On saves all your spot color chang- es (for a particular job) until you decide to make future changes. www.MyPrintResource.com/10008689 Avanti Print MIS Ultimate Impostrip Integration Avanti Computer Systems' Print MIS has been integrated with Ultimate Technographic's Impostrip OnDemand imposition software. This integration partnership allows printers to achieve zero-touch workflows from "Web-to-print-to-finish." Jobs submitted across the web are automatically created in Avanti Print MIS. Important job parameters (i.e. job description, customer info, stock, quantity, number of pages etc.) are sent by Avanti directly to Ultimate's XML Director, where the imposition is created (with all the required elements such as dynamic barcode, marks etc.). Once imposition is completed, XML Director automatically sends the press- ready PDF to the selected press for printing. At the same time, a JDF job ticket is produced and the job parameters are sent to the selected finishing device which is automatically set up with finishing instructions. With Avanti and Ultimate, printers can eliminate three critical workflow touch-points: Avanti's Print MIS to Ultimate's XML Director, Ultimate's XML Director to the press equip- ment, and press equipment to the bindery through Ultimate's Bindery for finishing automation. Absolutely no human intervention is required and true Web-to-print-to-finish capability is achieved. Avanti Print MIS closes the loop by having key job information returned automatically for job tracking, job costing as well as inventory and scheduling updates. www.MyPrintResource.com/10016316 Version X10.1 Production RIP Software Version X10.1 of ONYX Graphics, Inc.'s production RIP products: ONYX ProductionHouse, ONYX PosterShop, and ONYX RipCenter is now available. Key features include: a new G7 support toll to help achieve gray and color consistency, smoother Smart 16-Bit color blends and gradients, better native PDF file handling, faster and easier media profiling, better control of ink costs and color, and an automated print-and-cut workflow. The new SmartApps Sign&Banner; Plug-in is a tool for Adobe Illustrator that simplifies and accelerates the set-up of wide-format signs and banners. Quickly add banner grommets and finishing marks, and set up bleeds directly in Illustrator. www.MyPrintResource.com/10007006 www.MyPrintResource.com