HTML-based customizable reports now also available in pdfToolbox Desktop

Berlin, 23 January 2014 after raving customer feedback on pdfToolbox 7, callas software today issues an important maintenance release. This release makes the new customizable and HTML-based preflight report available in pdfToolbox Desktop as well as Server and adjusts a number of new features in pdfToolbox 7 based on customer requests. Releasing a major pdfToolbox version with completely novel concepts always stimulates our customers to come up with creative ways in which they want to use … Read more

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January 23, 2014

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Releasing a major pdfToolbox version with completely novel concepts always stimulates our customers to come up with creative ways in which they want to use those features, says Dietrich von Seggern, Business Development Manager at callas software: weve always valued that feedback tremendously and it feels good to be able to react this quickly and come up with an important update only a few months after pdfToolbox 7 was released.

Customizable Reports

pdfToolbox 7 introduces a completely new preflight report format. Based on an HTML template, it allows easy and thorough customization of the complete report. Its not just about providing your own colors and company branding, comments Dietrich von Seggern: Because this new report is based on HTML and CSS, its very easy to modify. But more importantly it also allows the use of JavaScript and has access to a lot of preflight information generated by pdfToolbox. So not only can you modify the look and feel of the report, you can really customize the content as well. Reducing complexity of the report if your audience needs that for example, or including specific information missing from the default report.

The new report starts from a template consisting of an HTML file, CSS and JavaScript and can be easily adjusted using common HTML tools. That template is converted to a good, printable PDF file on the fly by callas pdfToolbox whenever a PDF document is preflighted and a preflight report is generated. Starting with this pdfToolbox update, the options of the new report format are further extended and it can now be used in pdfToolbox Desktop.

Performance improvements

The new pdfToolbox update also introduces various performance improvements. These are mainly important for Process Plans, the preflight profile variant introduced in pdfToolbox 6 that allows multiple conditional steps to be executed on PDF files. There are also a number of important changes related to Mac OS X 10.9; when Apple released Mavericks it changed some system components significantly and this update optimizes support for the operating system.

Expanded functionality

Some of the new preflight checks and fixes received a warm welcome by the user community and as a result of early feedback have been expanded in this update. A good example of this is the new fixup that allows adding line-art elements on or in relation to the different page boxes in a PDF document. This would for example allow overlaying a rectangle on top of the trim or bleed box in a PDF document in a specific layer or using a specific spot color.

Prices and availability

callas pdfToolbox 7.2 is available as of today and comes in two versions:

pdfToolbox Desktop for manual processing as a plug-in within Adobe Acrobat or standalone starts at 499 EUR. An upgrade from pdfToolbox 6 costs 199 EUR and an upgrade from pdfToolbox 5 costs 299 EUR. This update is free for existing 7.x users.
pdfToolbox Server for fully automated, hands-off processing starts at 3999 EUR. Upgrades to pdfToolbox Server 7 are included in the maintenance agreement for pdfToolbox Server.

For further inquiries regarding availability, price, options or return on investment, please contact sales@fourpees.com. A fully functional time-limited trial version can be downloaded from http://www.callassoftware.com.

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<h3 id= About callas software

callas software finds simple ways to handle complex PDF challenges. As a technology innovator, callas software develops and markets PDF technology for publishing, print production, document exchange and document archiving. callas software helps agencies, publishing companies and printers to meet the challenges they face by providing software to preflight, correct and repurpose PDF files for print production and electronic publishing. Businesses and government agencies all over the world rely on callas softwares future-proof, fully PDF/A compliant archiving products.

In addition, callas software technology is available as a programming library (SDK) for developers with a need for PDF optimization, validation and correction. Software vendors such as Adobe®, Quark®, Xerox® and many others have recognized the quality and flexibility provided by these callas tools and have incorporated them into their solutions.

callas software actively supports international standards and actively participates in ISO, CIP4, the European Color Initiative, the PDF Association, AIIM, BITKOM and the Ghent PDF Workgroup. In addition, callas software is a founding member of the PDF Association, and since October 2010, Olaf Drümmer has served as its chairman.

callas software is based in Berlin, Germany. For more information, visit the callas software website at: http://www.callassoftware.com.

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