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In a prepress workflow, package printers must control file incompatibilities that prevent software from understanding files created in an off-the-shelf design program. The Macintosh diecutting program Score, for example, does not accept Adobe Illustrator files, says Caitlin Lathan, sales manager, Kandu Software. This can be solved with a vector graphics translator such as Kandu's Cadmover, which imports the Illustrator file, scales, positions and saves it in a format Score can understand, then exports the file to Score exactly as it was created.