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PrintFactory and ProofMaster get major upgrade
Friday 05. February 2010 - Version 4 of PrintFactory and ProofMaster focuses on increased quality and production automation, with even better ease of use.
Four Pees, an international sales and marketing organization and worldwide distributor of ProofMaster and PrintFactory announces the immediate availability of a major upgrade to its proofing and large format production product range. This marks the first major upgrade since Four Pees has taken over the exclusive sales and marketing rights of these product ranges and aims to increase the color accuracy and production efficiency of its users.
PrintFactory v4: Increased Productivity, Amazing Results
PrintFactory v4 builds further on the idea of being more than just a RIP but rather a complete solution that covers all aspects of large format production from file preparation to output and finishing.
The new PrintFactory WebFront offers print shops customers an online portal to deliver and review their files and its production specifications. With this new feature print buyers can upload their files directly into the production workflow. They can specify the number of copies and delivery specifications and can review the tiling and grommet placement in an online editor. WebFront also enables them to select the media the job should be printed on, allowing customer service representatives to focus on getting new jobs rather than reviewing existing ones.
The PrintFactory Production Editor offers the most advanced tiling available on the market. It provides full control to come up with any type of tiling, defining white space in overlaps, bleed per panel, panel numbering and allows to save it as a template for fully automated tiling on jobs with the same tiling scheme. The Production Editor gives the operator the freedom to define where to print white ink or varnish from any object or on a whole job. In addition to that it gives full control in a print and contour cut workflow.
PrintFactory Flux which will be available as of March 2010 is based on Enfocus Switch technology and provides a full automation platform and an easy to use interface to automate file reception and file routing. Its interaction with applications such as Adobe Creative Suite allows for automatic file standardization from a vast series of incoming files formats. This vastly reduces the amount of errors and file make-ready time.
PrintFactory v4 has also expanded its already extensive list of supported devices. As one of the first production suites in the market, it now drives all aspects of the Roland LEC 300 and 330. Additionally it drives the new set of Canon devices, the HP FB 7500, a series of Kongsberg cutting tables and more.
These innovations, together with its previously available features: the ability to run the different applications in a mixed environment on Mac and PC and its powerful color engine, turn PrintFactory v4 into a complete production suite allowing print shops to significantly optimize their production capacity and the profitability of every single job.
For a more complete overview of PrintFactory and its benefits, visit www.print-factory.net.
ProofMaster v4: Contractual Quality, Amazing Results
With the introduction of version 4 ProofMaster distinguishes two versions: ProofMaster Plus and ProofMaster Certify. ProofMaster Plus builds on the basis of contract proofing to provide a full range of tools for color and standardization, quality control and correction. ProofMaster Certify is the solution for out-of-the box standard compliant proofing.
ProofMaster Plus features a greatly enhanced Editor. Providing a user interface in the spirit of Adobes applications it allows to review and potentially make last minute corrections to incoming files. The ProofMaster Plus Editor has an internal PDF engine and takes in the most common image and graphics file formats. Its soft-proofing capability gives a color accurate representation of the job before creating a hard copy proof and sending it off to production. This completes ProofMaster Plus quality management concept.
Also new in v4 is the Generic Driver Technology. This enables ProofMaster Plus to drive any device that is installed on the system. While not guaranteeing the color accuracy on any device, it does allow to hook up any printer in a configuration and gain control over some aspects of the color management.
ProofMaster Plus also expands its list of supported devices and now drives amongst others the Canon iPF 6200 and the Epson 7900 and 9900 with SpectroProofer option.
Unique in its category, ProofMaster Certify v4 includes the latest profiles for standard compliant proofing on the the high quality range of ProofMaster Contract Proofing Papers.
Both ProofMaster Plus and ProofMaster Certify can be completed with the ProofMaster Flux option. Based on Enfocus Switch technology this option provides a full automation platform to take in files and distribute them through production. This option will become available in March 2010.
For a more in-depth overview of ProofMaster novelties and its benefits, visit www.proofmaster.net.
Maintenance and support
As of version 4, maintenance and support contracts are available on all ProofMaster and PrintFactory configurations. They provide access to all updates and upgrades and premium support for the duration of the contract.
Pricing and availability
ProofMaster Plus, ProofMaster Certify and PrintFactory v4 are immediately available as a download from their respective websites. Pricing starts at 990. A personalized configuration quote is available through the local dealer network or through sales@proofmaster.net.
About Four Pees
Named after the four Ps of marketing – product, price, place and promotion – Four Pees is an international business partner providing marketing, sales and distribution, as well as professional services for production automation and color optimization solutions.
Four Pees is worldwide distributor of ProofMaster, for color-accurate contract proofs and PrintFactory, a production suite for large format printing. Other represented brands include axaio software, Barbieri, callas software and Elpical.
Four Pees was established in 2007 by Tom Peire and has quickly grown into a team of seasoned marketing, sales and service professionals.