callas pdfToolbox Desktop

Today callas pdfToolbox is the easiest yet most powerful PDF preflight and correction application on the market. Problem files can be fixed during preflight or with a click of the button in the Switchboard. Flattening transparency, converting fonts to outlines, inserting trim and bleed boxes to match printer marks, converting office documents or even PostScript files directly into PDF, comparing versions of PDF files, visualizing ink coverage… no task is too difficult for callas pdfToolbox.

Imagine a solution for your PDF problems

Working with PDF files has solved a lot of problems in today’s workflows, probably also in your workflow. Unfortunately it has not resolved all problems… pdfToolbox from callas software has been designed to find those problems and fix them in the quickest and easiest way.

Spot the differences

Control quality

Adobe licensed the preflight engine embedded in callas pdfToolbox for use in Adobe Acrobat Pro.  You can create your own quality control rules or you can simply adopt those developed by standards organizations such as the ISO or the GWG.

And with full support of the Proof of Preflight standard developed by the GWG, callas pdfToolbox will protect your preflighted files with a digital signature . This way you can easily prove that the file you delivered was indeed good.

Inspect visually

Sometimes PDF files will fail quality control, but you need to know whether they will actually cause problems in production. callas pdfToolbox contains a unique “visualizer” mode that visually highlights the severity of problems such as ink coverage overruns, low-resolution images and small text and line-art. The errors are color-coded right on top of the actual document so that you can see how severe and how widespread those problems really are. With this information, you are best placed to decide whether the file will be useable or if you need a new version.

Create good PDF files

What if your client sends you a Microsoft Word file? Or an EPS or PostScript file? callas pdfToolbox can automatically convert Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher and Visio files into quality PDF files for you.  Just drag them on the document window or drop them into a callas pdfToolbox Server hot folder.

OpenOffice documents are fully supported on Mac, Windows and Linux, as well as Pages on Mac OS X. Using the integrated Adobe engine, callas pdfToolbox even does quality conversion of EPS and PostScript files for you, without having Acrobat Distiller installed.

Impose yourself

How about doing simple imposition tasks , such as making booklets or doing a step-and-repeat? callas pdfToolbox does that seamlessly taking a PDF file generated with spreads and splitting it into single pages for example. More complicated imposition schemes can be created and applied as well and of course they can also be automated using callas pdfToolbox Server. 

Oh, and please do impose yourself! We’ll be happy to set up a personalized demo or you can simply download the fully functional time-limited trial version from our website.

Automation you said?

So what if you have more than just a sporadic PDF file you need to work on? callas pdfToolbox Desktop offers a neat batch feature that lets you run a quality control profile or a PDF fix-up on a whole folder of files – easy to use and lightning quick.

And if you want to process higher volumes of files or you want to free up operators by hands-off automation, callas pdfToolbox Server provides just that. The hot folder interface lets you set up different watched folders that automatically pick up files and process them. A command-line interface and a full developer SDK are also available when closer integration or more fine-grained control is required.

Producer: callas software GmbH

More information: http://www.callassoftware.com