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New Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro introduces exciting new features that enhance professional print workflows, including advanced preflight capabilities, accurate color conversions, intelligent overprint previews, and robust document comparison capabilities. Learn more >
New Adobe PDF Print Engine 2
Adobe PDF Print Engine 2 is a full-featured PDF renderer, designed to provide maximum flexibility and streamline print production by enabling integrated, end-to-end PDF workflows for all job types – offset, short-run digital, and Variable Data Publishing. Learn more >
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium
This unified, intuitive environment is the designer's dream toolkit for print, web, and mobile publishing. It combines new versions of essential tools for producing everything from professional page layouts to rich interactive experiences.
Adobe InDesign Server
Adobe InDesign® Server software supports all the core functionality of Adobe InDesign CS3 software and offers the ability to automate and integrate these features with other business applications.
JDF in a nutshell
This new demonstration follows the path of a JDF-enabled PDF file from design through production. In less than six minutes, you'll learn how designers and printers use JDF and electronic job ticketing to improve communications, speed production, and increase reliability.
Print Service Provider program
The Adobe Partner Connection Print Service Provider program offers tremendous value to print professionals. At the Authorized membership level, participants receive two free copies of Adobe Creative Suite 3, unlimited toll-free telephone technical support, and more. Learn how the Adobe Partner Connection Print Service Provider program can help keep you one step ahead.
Adobe PDF JobReady
With solutions based on Adobe PDF JobReady technology, printers can offer customers reliable Adobe PDF creation, job submission, and printing services via the Web.
White papers, Printing Guides, and More
Considering XPS? Consider this commentary on PDF and XPS workflows. (PDF, 60k)
Color workflows for Adobe Creative Suite® 3 (PDF, 4.0M)
Adobe PDF in a print production workflow (PDF, 1.1M)
Reliable JDF job ticketing with Adobe Creative Suite using Acrobat 9 (PDF, 1.6M)
A new generation of VDP solutions helps marketers meet today's communications challenges (PDF, 329k)
Adobe PDF in creative workflows (PDF, 4.1M)
Transparency in Adobe applications: A print production guide (PDF, 5.1M)
Designer's guide to transparency for print output (PDF, 5.5M)
Highlights
Featured Case Study: Reynolds DeWalt Redefines the Rules of Engagement
Adobe software helps Reynolds DeWalt break new ground in marketing to its consumers across multiple media. “With Adobe Creative Suite 3, integration among Adobe tools has gotten even better so it’s easier for us to move files from one program and one delivery format to another,” says Scott Dubois, vice president, Cross-Media Services & Marketing.
Green printing tips
Whether it's motivated by customer demand, industry regulation, or personal conviction, printing green is an accelerating trend. This document outlines simple tips from Adobe on how you can turn your print-related activities into eco-friendly, sustainable choices.
Adobe’s Commitment to Environmental Responsibility
Read more about Adobe’s efforts to create products, services, and a work environment that are both desirable and sustainable.
Adobe Illustrator Plug in Opens the Door for Innovative Packaging Solutions
Where do the worlds of packing design and VDP collide? If you’re working with Adobe Illustrator, you’re half way there.
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Margie Dana's Print Tips
Tap into this valuable e-newsletter for the Print Tip of the Week, offered by Margie Dana of Print Buyers International. Written in plain English, these columns address a wide range of industry-related topics, from basic printing processes to cutting-edge technologies.
How to create the perfect PDF file
Many printers currently enjoy the benefits of a PDF-based workflow. However, there's room for even greater precision and productivity when printers and content creators agree upon a common set of rules for preparing the perfect PDF files for their workflows. Adobe teamed with BERTL to create this set of best practices for creating PDF files.
Read the full story (PDF, 465k)
Adobe Print Service Provider directory
Members of the Adobe Partner Connection Print Service Provider program are trained and equipped to print your files with expert skill. Find one close to you.
Adobe Training Provider directory
Take a product class offered by an Adobe Authorized Training Center or locate an Adobe Certified Instructor. Find training near you.
Adobe VDP Resource Center
Considering a move to VDP but don't know where to start? The Adobe VDP Resource Center is a great first step. Here, you can access free VDP trial software, case studies, event calendars, news updates, campaign samples, and more.
JDF guide for managers from Network PDF
This 32-page instructional booklet makes JDF understandable for nontechnical decision makers, explaining the process, answering important questions in business terms, and providing next steps to developing a JDF workflow.
Download this JDF pocket guide (PDF, 165k ) with excerpts from the booklet, or visit Network PDF to order the guide.
MIS pocket guide
Download this free MIS pocket guide, with excerpts from a new, 24-page publication, MIS: A Guide for Managers, available through PIA/GATF, CIP4, IDEA Alliance, and Network PDF.
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