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PDF Checkpoint Now Supports Preflighting of LibreOffice PDF files

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Zevrix Solutions announces PDF Checkpoint 1.7.7, a maintenance update to its PDF preflight and conversion solution. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, exports as images, splits and optimizes Adobe PDF files. The software can also convert the color of PDF colors, downsample resolution and compress images. The new version lets users preflight PDF documents created with LibreOffice as well as files that underwent GhostScript conversion.

Toronto (ON), Canada (April 10, 2015) — Zevrix Solutions today announces PDF Checkpoint 1.7.7, a maintenance update to its solution to automate PDF preflighting and conversion. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, exports as images, splits and optimizes multiple Adobe PDF files. PDF Checkpoint is an ideal program for users who need a fast, affordable and easy to use solution to check PDF files for errors and convert them to the desired format and color space.

The new version lets users preflight PDF documents created with LibreOffice as well as files that underwent GhostScript conversion. Processing of such files could previously result in crashes. LibreOffice PDFs can also be split into single pages and converted to images. Unlike PDF documents created with other programs, images in LibreOffice files still cannot be optimized ofr color space and resolution. This limitation also affects PDF files created with GIMP, as well as any other program that uses the Cairo library for PDF export. It’s expected to be addressed in the future.

PDF Checkpoint is designed to automate and simplify PDF workflows of publishers, ad agencies, prepress houses, printers and graphic designers.

–Automate preflighting and conversion of multiple PDF files.
-Check PDF fonts, colors, images and metadata for specific attributes.
-Route files by preflight results into success and error folders.
-Convert PDF color mode using ICC profiles.
-Split files into single page PDFs.
-Export PDF as images with specific resolution, color and page scale.

Pricing and availability:
PDF Checkpoint can be purchased on Mac App Store and Zevrix website for US$39.95, as well as from authorized resellers. The update is free to licensed users. Trial is also available for download. PDF Checkpoint requires Mac OS X 10.7-10.10.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides automation and productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, as well as Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals increase their profits through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

Solutions for Adobe InDesign & the Graphics Industry

Software, Technology

Output Factory for Adobe InDesign Improves Alternate Layouts Handling

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Zevrix Solutions announces Output Factory 1.5.18, a maintenance update to its output automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Output Factory automates printing, exporting and post-processing from InDesign and offers batch processing, export as single pages, variable file names, layer versioning, preflighting, output history and more. The new version addresses an issue in which a bug in InDesign installation could result in incorrect output results.

Toronto (ON), Canada (March 27, 2015) — Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of Output Factory 1.5.18, a maintenance update to its solution to automate printing, exporting and post-processing from Adobe InDesign. Output Factory automates and simplifies workflows of printers, prepress bureaus, ad agencies and publishing houses worldwide by offering batch processing with powerful and time-saving output options.

“Output Factory has been the single biggest time-saver I’ve encountered in years of print production,” says Mike Agate, Production Manager of Which?, Europe’s largest consumer rights organization. “Easily saves hours a week, producing bullet-proof documents over and over… With the reduction in head count and efficiency savings, it must have paid for itself 500 times over.”

The new version addresses a bug in InDesign installation that can prevent Output Factory from retrieving the list of document’s alternate layouts. This error could result in incorrect output page range, erroneous file names and other issues. Output Factory now informs the user about the installation error, its possible consequences and steps to take to resolve the problem.

With Output Factory users only need to select InDesign files, adjust workflow settings, and the software will do the rest automatically. Built-in preflighting ensures that no output errors will be left unnoticed. The program supports all popular output formats and offers the following key features:

–Output multiple InDesign files with a single click
–Export as single pages
-Output to several formats at once
-Output layer combinations as single files
-Update modified links automatically
-Variable output file names
-Preflight files before processing and skip errors
-Detailed output history

Pricing and Availability:
Output Factory can be purchased from Zevrix website for US$169.95 (Light version $120, Server $700), as well as from authorized resellers and Adobe Exchange. Trial is also available for download. BatchOutput users can upgrade to Output Factory for $84.97. Output Factory requires Mac OS X 10.6-10.10 and Adobe InDesign CS3-CC 2014.

About Zevrix Solutions
Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF workflows, graphic file diagnostics, file delivery and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

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Output Factory for Adobe InDesign Improves HTML Export, File Naming

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Zevrix Solutions announces Output Factory 1.5.10, a maintenance update to its professional solution to automate output from Adobe InDesign. Output Factory automates printing, exporting and post-processing from InDesign and offers batch processing, export as single pages, variable file names, layer versioning, preflighting, processing history and more. The new version improves handling of variable file names as well as web resources folders created during HTML export.

Toronto (ON), Canada (October 9, 2014) — Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of Output Factory 1.5.10, a maintenance update to its professional solution to automate printing, exporting and post-processing from Adobe InDesign. Output Factory automates and simplifies workflows of printers, prepress bureaus, ad agencies and publishing houses worldwide by offering batch processing with powerful and time-saving output options.

The new version extends the ability to add leading zeros to page numbers in variable output file names when exporting the entire InDesign document as a single file. The update also ensures that web resources folders created during HTML export are named after the source InDesign file instead of assigning them a temporary number.

“Output Factory is invaluable to a designer,” says Bill Bowman of the Commercial Print Craft printing company in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. “It makes the ‘grunt-work’ a lot less painful so I can go back to doing what I like best… design!”

With Output Factory users only need to select InDesign files, adjust workflow settings, and the software will do the rest automatically. The program supports printing as well as exporting to PDF, PostScript, EPS, Flash, INX, IDML, EPUB, INDD and several image formats. It offers the following key features:

–Output batches of InDesign files with a single click
–Export as single pages
-Output to several formats at once
-Layer versioning: output layer combinations as single files
-Update modified links automatically
-Variable output file names
–Preflight InDesign files before processing and skip errors
-Detailed output history

Pricing and Availability:
Output Factory can be purchased from Zevrix website for US$169.95 (Light version $119.95, Server $700), as well as from authorized resellers and Adobe Exchange. Trial is also available for download. BatchOutput users can upgrade to Output Factory for $84.97. Output Factory is available for Mac OS X 10.6-10.9 and works with Adobe InDesign CS3-CC 2014.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF workflows, graphic file diagnostics, file delivery and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

Solutions for Adobe InDesign & the Graphics Industry

Software, Technology

PDF Checkpoint Now Supports Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

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Zevrix Solutions announces PDF Checkpoint 1.5.3, a compatibility update to its PDF preflight and conversion solution. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, exports as images, splits and optimizes Adobe PDF files. The program is equally suitable to process hundreds of files as well as single PDF documents. The new version makes PDF Checkpoint compatible with recently released Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

Toronto (ON), Canada (November 25, 2013) — Zevrix Solutions today announces PDF Checkpoint 1.5.3, a compatibility update to its solution to automate PDF preflighting and conversion. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, exports as images, splits and optimizes multiple Adobe PDF files. PDF Checkpoint is an ideal program for users who need a fast, affordable and easy to use solution for PDF workflows that don’t require costly hi-end production tools.

The new version makes PDF Checkpoint compatible with recently released Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks and is offered as a free update to the licensed users.

PDF Checkpoint is designed to automate and simplify PDF workflows of publishers, ad agencies, prepress houses, graphic designers and printers, and offers the following key features:

–Automate preflighting and conversion of multiple PDF files.
-View all PDF fonts, colors, images and metadata at a glance.
-Route files by preflight results into success and error folders.
-Split files into single page PDFs.
–Export PDF as images with specific resolution, color and page scale.

For example, users can preflight a folder of PDF files and convert them to TIFF images at 300 dpi while scaling each page by 50%. Or optimize documents for the web and mobile devices while reducing file size dramatically by downsampling images to the screen resolution.

Pricing and availability:
PDF Checkpoint can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions website for US$59.95, as well as from authorized resellers. PDF Checkpoint is bundled with free Graphic Inspector software (a $39.95 value). The update is free to licensed users. Trial is also available for download. PDF Checkpoint requires Mac OS X 10.5-10.9.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides automation and productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, as well as Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals increase their profits through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

Solutions for Adobe InDesign & the Graphics Industry

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Zevrix PDF Checkpoint 1.5.2 Improves Image Preflighting in PDF Files

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Zevrix Solutions announces PDF Checkpoint 1.5.2, a feature update to its PDF preflight and conversion solution. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, exports as images, splits and optimizes Adobe PDF files. The program is equally suitable to process hundreds of files as well as single PDF documents. The new version offers numerous improvements such as Lab color recognition, improved preflight reports, interactive image selection, DeviceN color detection and more.

Toronto (ON), Canada (August 10, 2013) — Zevrix Solutions today announces PDF Checkpoint 1.5.2, a feature update to its solution to automate PDF preflighting and conversion. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, exports as images, splits and optimizes multiple Adobe PDF files. PDF Checkpoint is an ideal program for users who need a fast, affordable and easy to use solution for PDF workflows that don’t require costly hi-end production tools.

The new version introduces the following improvements:

-Lab color recognition in PDF images.
-Preflight reports now include the image ICC profile.
-Detailed image info for Photoshop PDF files.
-Color model of DeviceN images.
-Numerous fixes to improve the software performance and stability.

In addition, the new version lets users interactively locate the selected images in the actual PDF document, which is especially helpful to identify duplicate images with different properties as well as the images that end up being fractured during the PDF creation process.

PDF Checkpoint is designed to automate and simplify the PDF workflows of graphic designers, ad agencies, prepress houses and printers, and offers the following key features:

–Automate preflighting and conversion of multiple PDF files.
-View all PDF fonts, colors, images and metadata at a glance.
-Route files into success/error folders by preflight results.
–Split PDF files into single page PDFs.
-Export PDF as images with specific resolution, color and page scale.

For example, users can preflight a folder of PDF files and convert them to TIFF images at 300 dpi while scaling each page by 50%. Or optimize documents for the web and reduce file size dramatically by downsampling images to screen resolution.

Pricing and availability:
PDF Checkpoint can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions website for US$59.95, as well as from authorized resellers. PDF Checkpoint is bundled with free Graphic Inspector software (a $39.95 value). The update is free to licensed users. Trial is also available for download. PDF Checkpoint is available for Mac OS X 10.5-10.8 as Universal Binary.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides automation and productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, as well as Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals increase their profits through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

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Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

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Zevrix Releases PDF Checkpoint 1.5: Improves Automatic PDF Preflighting

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Zevrix Solutions announces PDF Checkpoint 1.5, a feature update of its PDF preflight and conversion solution. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, exports as images, splits and optimizes Adobe PDF files. The program is equally suitable to process hundreds of files as well as single PDF documents. The new version offers numerous improvements such as new image parsing engine, spot color detection, enhanced PDF viewer, detailed page dimensions info, improved reporting and more.

Toronto (ON), Canada (June 11, 2013) — Zevrix Solutions today announces PDF Checkpoint 1.5, a feature update of its solution to automate PDF preflighting and conversion. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, exports as images, splits and optimizes multiple Adobe PDF files. PDF Checkpoint is an ideal program for users who need a fast, affordable and easy to use solution for workflows that don’t require costly hi-end production tools.

The new version introduces the following major improvements:
-The image parsing engine has been rewritten from the ground up, improving greatly the reliability of image info.
–Spot colors and color profiles in images are now reported.
-Enhanced PDF viewer.
-Page and trim dimensions info.
-Numerous fixes to improve the software performance and stability

PDF Checkpoint is designed to automate and simplify PDF workflows of graphic designers, ad agencies, prepress houses and printers, and offers the following key features:

-Automate preflighting and conversion of multiple PDF files.
-View all PDF fonts, colors, images and metadata at a glance.
-Route files into success/error folders by preflight results.
-Split files into single page PDFs.
–Export PDF as images with specific resolution, color and page scale.

For example, users can preflight a folder of PDF files and convert successful ones to CMYK TIFF images at resolution 300 dpi while scaling each page by 50%. Or optimize documents for the web and reduce PDF file size dramatically by downsampling images to screen resolution.

Pricing and availability:
PDF Checkpoint can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions website for US$59.95, as well as from authorized resellers. PDF Checkpoint is bundled with free Graphic Inspector software (a $39.95 value). The update is free to licensed users. Trial is also available for download. PDF Checkpoint is available for Mac OS X 10.5-10.8 as a Universal Binary.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides automation and productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, as well as Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals increase their profits through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

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Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

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Zevrix Updates Output Factory for InDesign: Improves EPUB Workflow

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Zevrix Solutions announces Output Factory 1.3.17, a feature update to its professional output automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Output Factory automates printing, exporting and post-processing from InDesign and offers batch printing, single page export, layer versioning, variable file names, preflighting and more. The new version lets users apply specific EPUB export settings across a batch of InDesign documents in addition to the option to export each file with its current EPUB settings.

Toronto (ON), Canada – February 15, 2013 — Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of Output Factory 1.3.17, a feature update to its professional solution to automate printing, exporting and post-processing from Adobe InDesign. Output Factory automates and simplifies workflows of printers, prepress bureaus, ad agencies and publishing houses worldwide, and is the major upgrade of the company’s widely popular plug-in BatchOutput.

The new version adds a new option to the EPUB output workflow: users now can output batches of InDesign files with a single set of EPUB export settings, in addition to exporting each file in a batch using its current EPUB settings. The new feature is especially helpful for the users who need to select a specific CSS file to be batched with every EPUB document.

With Output Factory, users have the freedom and power to output hundreds of documents or just single files with full control over batch printing, layer versioning, automatic preflighting, file delivery, and more. All they need to do is select the desired InDesign files and adjust workflow settings – and the software will do the rest automatically.

Output Factory supports printing as well as exporting to PDF, PostScript, EPS, Flash, INX, IDML, EPUB, HTML, INDD and several image formats. It offers the following key features:

–Batch processing of InDesign files
-Single page output
–Layer versioning
-Variable output file names
-Preflighting
-Update modified links
-Output to several formats at once

Pricing and Availability:
Output Factory can be purchased from Zevrix website for US$169.95 (Light version $119.95), as well as from authorized resellers and Adobe Exchange. Trial is also available for download. BatchOutput users can upgrade to Output Factory for $84.97. Output Factory is available for Mac OS X 10.5-10.8 on Intel-based Macs and works with Adobe InDesign CS3-CS6.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF workflows, graphic file diagnostics, file delivery and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

Solutions for Adobe InDesign & the Graphics Industry