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| Adobe PDF Print Engine is Announced Adobe Systems Incorporated announces the Adobe PDF Print Engine, new printing software technology that ensures print hardware can output Portable Document Format (PDF) files that include complex designs and effects, such as transparency, quickly, accurately and consistently. With the emergence of PDF as the industry-standard for delivering high quality printed content, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are integrating the Adobe PDF Print Engine into a new generation of printing products. Today's software lets users develop very complex artwork, which creates ever increasing challenges for print production workflows, such as meeting tight deadlines and accommodating last-minute changes while consistently producing high-quality results. Realizing more efficient print workflows and better automation requires print systems built on industry standards. For example, maintaining jobs in Adobe PDF format at the highest abstraction level, without conversions, and capturing process information in the industry standard Job Definition Format (JDF) throughout the workflow helps eliminate unexpected rework and enables late-stage changes of content or output intent. The Adobe PDF Print Engine combines the strengths of content definition in Adobe PDF and JDF to control print systems, allowing PDF print jobs to stay device-independent across the workflow. Print workflow systems that are powered by the Adobe PDF Print Engine can easily allow late-stage content corrections, enable repurposing jobs for output on different printing systems and provide on-screen, high-resolution previews driven by the same rendering engine as final stage Raster Image Processors (RIPs). Adobe is providing the Adobe PDF Print Engine as a Software Development Kit (SDK) for OEMs who will build the next generation of PDF printing solutions, including RIPs, print previewing and proofing software and print workflow systems. The modular architecture of the Adobe PDF Print Engine will enable fast Adobe PDF version upgrades, so printers can update their print systems to the latest Adobe PDF specification with little system downtime. Its scalable architecture for concurrent processing is optimized for fast rendering on multiple CPU systems. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |