Enfocus Software

The concept of workflow is probably easier to understand than it is to define. Workflow incorporates the many step-by-step decisions and deliverables that are required from the original concept stage through production—in the case of printing, the printed product. Workflow automation is somewhat easier to define. It incorporates a variety of tools—within each workflow segment—that are available to help users maximize efficiencies, drive down costs, and reduce the impact of human error, leading to faster time to market. Most commercial prepress workflows account for basic production steps that include trapping, screening, and imposition, along with color management, proofing, and platemaking. Packaging workflows differ from

ENCINO, Calif.—Enfocus, the Artwork Systems brand and a leader in PDF and production automation technology, announced that it is donating 60 user site licenses for its PitStop Professional PDF application to Cal Poly University’s Graphic Communication Department. Enfocus PitStop Professional’s PDF editing and industry standards-compliant preflight capabilities allow advanced quality checking and last minute corrections. Global Change and Action Lists offer automated modifications to an entire document. Enfocus Certified PDF technology embeds the quality status in the file for easy file exchange. PitStop Professional has proven to be a real job saver. “This is a tremendous donation to Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department, for

ENCINO, Calif.—Enfocus, the Artwork Systems brand and the leader in PDF and production automation technology, announced that it is donating a full version of its PitStop Automate PDF technology, worth $5,999, to the Graphic Arts industry’s largest association, PIA/GATF (Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation) based in Sewickley, Pa. PitStop Automate is an advanced and affordable workflow automation solution that allows design studios, ad agencies, printers and publishers to easily and automatically control graphic arts file movement and processing through production. Built to streamline graphic arts processes, PitStop Automate extends the power of Enfocus’ automation-enabling technologies such as PDF preflight and editing, and

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Markzware announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Los Angeles against ENFOCUS SOFTWARE, Inc., a California corporation; ARTWORK SYSTEMS GROUP, N.V. a Belgian corporation; and ARTWORK SYSTEMS, N.V., a Belgian corporation. The lawsuit alleges that products manufactured and sold by the defendants infringe upon the Markzware U.S. Patent No. 5,963,641 for a ‘Device and method for examining, verifying, correcting and approving electronic documents prior to printing, transmission or recording.’ Markzware preflight products for digital documents include FlightCheck Professional, FlightCheck Designer, FlightCheck Studio, FlightCheck Workflow and FlightCheck Online. The complaint seeks monetary and injunctive relief from all three

GHENT, Belgium—The Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG), an international association that helps produce and exchange digital documents for the publishing workflow, announced the availability of new GWG Packaging Specifications, offering best practices for PDF file exchange in packaging applications. The specifications developed by the GWG’s packaging experts were tested in North America by Kraft Foods Inc., and in Europe by France’s Square. The new specifications are downloadable for free at www.gwg.org. GWG Packaging Specifications Reduce Time-to-Market According to GWG Packaging Subcommittee co-chairs, Steve Carter, director of technology, St. Louis Division of Southern Graphics Systems, and Christian Blaise, international sales account manager for Enfocus,