Version 6 of PDF Print Engine adds enhanced color processing controls for maximum leverage of press capabilities which increase efficiency and reproduction quality across all job types. These latest innovations will benefit commercial print production, package printing, finishing, textile manufacturing, variable printing, large format signage, and industrial applications.
What's new
Control, automate, and optimize full-gamut rendering
Streamlined processing for Expanded Color Gamut presses (ECG)
Utilize the full available color gamut on the press by generating multiple plates/planes beyond CMYK.
Corporate brand colors using spectral values
Enables spectral brand colors to be color managed using the same method as the other colors in the job.
Sophisticated image scaling
Image resampling (up-scaling and down-scaling) utilizing proprietary Photoshop algorithms.
Integration with post-press finishing
Pass cut-path vectors to post-press finishing equipment in full compliance with PDF Processing Steps international standard (ISO 19593).
Auto-generate plates for white underlay and varnishes
Dynamically auto-generate white underprints and varnishes from job elements at runtime.
Enhanced variable data processing for direct marketing, packaging and versioning
Support for latest version of PDF/VT, the international standard for VDP workflow.
Edge-to-edge printing for textile designs
Color-accurate printing to the last pixel at the edge of the press.
Support for special colors in 16-bit images
End-to-end 16-bit processing for images in all color spaces, with standard and non-standard colorants.
Support for distributed RIP architectures utilizing more than 64 cores
Maximizes your system’s performance for peak efficiency.
Support for Apple Silicon (M1 chip) and AMD Ryzen
Support for new hardware and software platforms.
Streamlined ECG processing
(Expanded Color Gamut)
PDF Print Engine 6 features single-stage color conversions for output to presses running Orange and/or Green and/or Violet inks (OGV) in addition to CMYK process colors.
Spectral brand colors
The new spectral module in PDF Print Engine 6 will process spectrally defined spot colors so that they can be color managed with other job elements.
Sophisticated image scaling
Version 6 adds a sophisticated method to generate new pixels when resizing an image.
Integrated graphics and manufacturing
PDF Print Engine 6 will provide advanced methods to manage and automate embellishments such as varnish and foils, along with other non-graphic elements and converting dielines.
Derived plates/planes –
overprint and underprint
PDF Print Engine 6 will enable varnishes and white underprints to be dynamically auto-generated from job elements at run-time.
Variable, versioned
and Lot-specific content
PDF Print Engine 6 includes enhanced support for Variable Data Print (VDP) and variable item & lot printing workflows.