Workflow

Screen’s TrueFlow SE v6.0 workflow system now available

Introducing OutlinePDF-Advance, the ultimate workflow is more advanced than ever

Tuesday 26. August 2008 - Introducing OutlinePDF-Advance, the ultimate workflow is more advanced than ever

Screen announces the immediate availability of TrueFlow SE Version 6.0, the latest version of Screen’s JDF-enabled, PDF fully automated prepress production workflow.
Incorporating the Adobe PDF Print Engine to ensure consistent and predictable output, Screen’s TrueFlow SE v6.0 builds upon the previous generation of TrueFlow SE features by offering a number of innovative productivity-driven functionality increasingly in demand by the multi-faceted print production industry.

Trueflow SE v6.0 offers improved printing quality and productivity. It features standard file checking, OPI support, trapping and imposition and many other prepress functions. Trueflow SE is designed both to drive optimised computer-to-plate (CtP) production and digital printing presses, and to provide an advanced automated and streamlined workflow environment. Trueflow SE is enables existing users to move easily from a PDF and PostScript workflow into a JDF-based environment and achieve seamless communication with Management Information Systems (MIS).

NEW FUNCTIONS IN TRUEFLOW SE VERSION 6.0
– OutlinePDF-Advance
The most versatile and interchangable format, OutlinePDF, has advanced still further. Operations in the advanced PDF route can take place just as they did with OutlinePDF. Fonts are embedded, and operators can choose whether or not to outline broken lines and elements containing line segments. Reliability as digital film is again a level higher. When step-and-repeat processing is used to position the same data repeatedly, the RIP data can be reused, which significantly reduces data volumes and processing time.

– Digital page inspection
Digital page inspection significantly improves output reliability by offering an automated method of checking the post-RIP’d file against the original PDF file and flagging up any data interpretation differences.

– Versioning
Versioning is extremely useful when creating multiple variations of a document by replacing parts of the document, such as during the production of manuals that will be published in multiple languages. Trueflow SE v6.0 supports a more flexible design environment that includes multi-layer PDFs. To create multiple versions at once, the operator simply selects the necessary elements and gives the output command.

– PDF Trapeditor
The advanced PDF route supports operations using PDF Trapeditor, an Adobe Acrobat plug-in that makes it possible to edit traps created by Trueflow SE. PDF Trapeditor can be used in both Windows and Mac environments.

– Compatible with the latest PitStop profiles
Trueflow SE Version 6.0 is compatible with the newest profiles from PitStop, an Adobe Acrobat plug-in that optimizes PDFs for their intended use. When combined with a strong PDF preflight function, PitStop contributes to the creation of a remarkably stable PDF workflow.