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Interactive ApplicationsInteractive Applications

Suite 12 What’s New

Suite 12 What’s New

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Suite 12Suite 12 General overviewGeneral overview

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What’s new in DeskPack 12?

PantoneLIVE access

PowerLayout Standalone Dynamic Marks Calculate Ink

Consumption

Moiré Detection

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What’s new in PackEdge 12?

Thin Parts Detection and Fix Tool

Studio Multipart & Collada support

Link to ShapesDownloa d

CombiPress support (also in SmartMarks)

PantoneLIVE access

PDF AnnotationsSupport

PZN8 Bar Code

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What’s new in ArtPro 12?

Thin Parts Detection and Fix Tool

White Underprint generation

Rich Black generation

Studio Multipart & Collada support

Link to Shapes

Improved CAD integration

Viewer CompareDownloa d

CombiPress support

PantoneLIVE access

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Overview

ArtPro 12 PackEdge 12 Plato 12

Rebranding to Suite 12 icon: installers & application icons

Combipress

Studio Enhancements

Shapes Integration

Pantone Live

Layer Flag Handling

Thin Parts

PowerTrapper

Enhancements

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Overview

ArtPro 12 PackEdge 12 Plato 12

Collection tool New Barcode: PZN8 New Barcode: PZN8

ColorEngine

inkbooks PDF Notes Annotations PDF Notes Annotations

Named Objects & Groups Layer enhancements Alternative input method for GS1 element strings

Improved Structural Design Support

Alternative input method for GS1 element strings

Numeric Precision

White Underprint

& Rich Black JDF Export for Guillotine Cut

Viewer Compare Mirror option in Grid based layout

Improved Densitometer CAD as reference

Export Gravure Tiff in PowerLayout

standalone

Small things…

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ArtProArtPro –– PackEdge PackEdge –– Plato 12Plato 12 Suite 12 BrandingSuite 12 Branding

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1 Suite 12 branding

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New splash screens & new application icons

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ArtProArtPro –– PackEdge PackEdge –– Plato 12Plato 12 CombipressCombipress

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2 CombiPress support

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Industry trend: Hybrid presses / combination presses

Hybrid press = printing process that combines 2 or more inline printing methods

Eg. Digital + flexo, flexo

+ screen,…

Multiple printing processes within 1 press => multiple printing characteristics: trapping, preflight, distortion

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2 CombiPress support

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In ArtPro, PackEdge & Plato 12: assign per separation a printing process

-> AE 12 splits the file into the different processes via the ‘Extract Inks’

ticket (part of AE base)

-> when connected to AE 12 Server, Job Parameters will also check

the Printing Method

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2 CombiPress support

In ArtPro 12

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‘Show Printing Method’

column in fly-out menu of the Separations window

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Adding new Printing Method:

saved in [user] > library > preferences > ArtPro

> UserPrintingMethod

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Saved within the ArtPro

file and in the exported Normalized PDF

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2 CombiPress support

In PackEdge & Plato 12

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‘Show Printing Method’

column in fly-out menu of the Inks window

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Adding new Printing Method:

Esko

> bg_data_custom_v010 > dat

> printingmethods.dat

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Saved in the exported Normalized PDF

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2 CombiPress support

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CombiPress

in Ink queries in SmartMarks: generating marks based on the printing method

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ArtProArtPro –– PackEdge PackEdge –– Plato 12Plato 12 Studio EnhancementsStudio Enhancements

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3 Studio Enhancements

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Integration of new Studio 12 library in ArtPro

12, PackEdge 12 and Plato 12

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Collada

export in Studio

ArtPro 12 & PackEdge 12:

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Support for multiple parts and 3D scenes in Studio

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3D Guides

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3 Studio Enhancements

Multidocument navigation (AP & PE)

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Support for multiple parts and 3D scenes in Studio

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Loading Scene…

To work with scenes of 3D objects involving multiple structural designs and associated artwork files

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Zooming in on a part of the Studio view => zoom in on the file

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When all files of a scene are open:

double click on a part will put the focus on the corresponding file

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Double click on a part: -

will open the corresponding part only when it has been used in a previous document

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will ask to load the part in a new document

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3 Studio Enhancements

3D guides (AP & PE)

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Cfr. Studio Designer

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In the document window and in the Studio window

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Tool in the Toolbar (customize)

3D guides

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in a locked, non-printable layer -

show/hide via SHIFT click on eye in Layer window

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reopen file will empty the 3D guides layer

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3 Studio Enhancements

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Tool in the Toolbox

3D guides

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in a non-printable layer -

are NOT saved in the file

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3 Studio Enhancements

Collada Export

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Export Collada

files: .dae

or .zae

(=zipped dae

file)

-> open and public file format

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ArtProArtPro –– PackEdge PackEdge –– Plato 12Plato 12 Shapes IntegrationShapes Integration

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4 Shapes Integration

Shapes

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Online Shape Shop

Download

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4 Shapes Integration

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File > Structural Design…

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Adjust the Trimbox

to printable part

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On Export to PDF and Shuttling to an AE server, the server should be able to access the location of the Structural Design:

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by saving the Structural Design next to the PDF

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by saving the Structural Design in a shared folder

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ArtProArtPro –– PackEdge PackEdge –– Plato 12Plato 12 Pantone LivePantone Live

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5 Pantone LIVE

What is Pantone Live?

The project is a partnership of Pantone-xrite, Esko

and Sun Chemical to deliver a digital color database in the cloud that is integrated with tools for designers, brand owners, prepress and printers.

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5 Pantone LIVE

Ink books will be downloaded via the Color Engine Pilot

Not possible to edit or add inks!!!

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ArtProArtPro –– PackEdgePackEdge Layer Flag HandlingLayer Flag Handling

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6 Layer Flag Handling

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Printability and visibility flag is now saved according to the Adobe PDF standard when exporting and importing PDF

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Hiding a layer will put the layer on non-printable

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‘Make Layer visibility and printbility’

is now undo-able

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ArtProArtPro 1212 Collection ToolCollection Tool

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7 Collection Tool

A collection is a temporary set of objects, based on a selection

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Collection can be made:

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based on any selection

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via the ‘Select by Attribute’

window (former ‘Selector’

window)

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7 Collection Tool

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Collection window:

Window > Collection

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Allows easy navigation through any group of objects:

highlight, zoom in and select the current object from the collection window

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ArtProArtPro –– PackEdge 12PackEdge 12 Thin PartsThin Parts

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8 Thin Parts

Thin Part Detection and Fixing

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works on all objects in the file, also live text

BUT traps will not be considered as thin parts

Allows to search within a selection for areas where objects are thinner than a given minimum width

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8 Thin Parts

Detect all thin Parts within user selection

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Prepress > Thin Parts…

or double click the ‘Fix Thin Parts’

option in the toolbar

All thin parts will be flagged If the thin part is between 2 parts of the object above the Threshold

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8 Thin Parts

Collect and step through Thin Parts in collection tool

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Thin parts will be gathered in a Collection window but will not contain any real objects

-> virtual outlines of places where objects are thinner than the threshold

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8 Thin Parts

Fixing Thin Parts

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Via ‘Fix All’

button in Thin Parts window

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Via ‘Fix Thin Part’

tool in Toolbox

- per object

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within rectangle selection

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8 Thin Parts

Checking Thin Parts Fixes

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Via ‘Select by Attribute’

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Via Layer window

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8 Thin Parts

Thin Part Detection and Fixing

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Click on ‘Thin Part Fixer’

in the Toolbox

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Contours > Thin Parts…

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8 Thin Parts

Checking Thin Parts Fixes

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Via ‘Select by Attribute’

(Select > Select by Attribute’)

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Via Layer Browser window

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ArtProArtPro –– PackEdge 12PackEdge 12 PowerTrapperPowerTrapper

EnhancementsEnhancements

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9 PowerTrapper Enhancements

TCP File Support

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Color Pairs are stored within the ArtPro

file

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when opening an ArtPro

file where trapping is applied, Color Pairs are available

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insert ArtPro

file will not load the Color Pairs of the inserted ArtPro

file

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when an AP 12 file in older versions the Color Pairs will not be

loaded

-> saving the AP in an older version will remove the Color Pairs

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9 PowerTrapper Enhancements

Select Trap Tool Enhancements

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Double click the ‘Select Trap’

tool:

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in case there are no trapping objects, the PowerTrapper

window opens

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in case there are trapping objects, the ColorPair

window opens

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Selecting trap in document will jump to the relevant color pair and expand when needed

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9 PowerTrapper Enhancements

Existing Traps

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Traps created with the Instant Trap are now respected

ON: already trapped objects remain untouched

OFF: already trapped objects will get ‘new’

trapping object

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9 PowerTrapper Enhancements

Multiple Sessions

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History of trap sessions:–

each trap action will be stored in a trap session

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the trap session will also save the trap Color Pair list

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stored in the TCP file, saved in the AP file

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Sessions can be:

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Renamed

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Removed

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Shown

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ArtProArtPro 1212 Color Engine Ink BookColor Engine Ink Book

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10 Color Engine Ink Book

ArtPro 10

After update color in an ink book on Color Engine => relaunch

ArtPro

to update

ArtPro 12

Option ‘Reload Color Engine Ink Books’

in side menu of Separations window is added

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ArtProArtPro 1212 Named Objects & GroupsNamed Objects & Groups

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11 Named Objects & Groups

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To give a custom name to objects and groups in the Layer window:

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original object properties are kept

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visible in Object Info:

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11 Named Objects & Groups

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Additional selection criteria to select based on Object Name in ‘Select by Attributes’

window

(former Selector window)

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Export to Normalized PDF:

Named objects & Groups are recognized when opening in PackEdge or DeskPack

Limitations 1. objects can get reassigned when object is restructured (eg. gradients, placed pictures.

2. stroke names are lost during a PDF roundtrip3. Extra group levels may be added -> named object on a lower level

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ArtProArtPro 1212 Improved Structural Design SupportImproved Structural Design Support

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12 Improved Structural Design support

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In Plato, it was already possible to import all layers from an MFG file:

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Varnish information

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Sheet definitions

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Dimensions

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extra info about the Step and Repeat

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For Suite 12, ArtPro

has an improved CAD import to match that behavior.

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All CAD layers are imported as one structural layer with sublayers

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Better CAD round trip to other Esko

software (Automation Engine, PackEdge) and Adobe®

Illustrator®

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12 Improved Structural Design support

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12 Improved Structural Design support

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Improved MFG Layer support:

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CAD layer is locked

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Layer name = name

of the CAD file

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hidden layers will become visible after import in AP

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empty layer on top (in case of import in new file/job)

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12 Improved Structural Design support

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Improved CAD window layer

-> Refresh Link = re-link = re-import

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Export to Normalized PDF

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Export to PDF / Launch Workflow:

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‘copy linked files next to output’

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ArtProArtPro 1212 White White UnderprintUnderprint

& Rich Black& Rich Black

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White Underprint

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Cfr. PackEdge and DeskPack

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Prepress > White Underprint…

Tool in Toolbar (customize)

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Creation is based on selection

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New layer

-> layer name = separation used to create the white underprint

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‘Only visible parts’

-> automatically traces a clip mask to determine the visible parts of images with alpha channel and/or a softmask

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Rich Black

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Cfr. PackEdge and DeskPack

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Prepress > Rich Black…

Tool in Toolbar (customize)

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Rich Black: used to enrich all objects in a selection containing a specific ink with a user-

defined amount of another ink

=> to obtain a darker, more saturated color in print

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An offset can be used to avoid the need of trapping afterwards

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New layer

-> layer name = Rich Black Layer

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ArtProArtPro 1212 Viewer CompareViewer Compare

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Cfr. DeskPack

and PackEdge

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Included in the ArtPro

12 basic license

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ArtPro

files can be compared by the Viewer Compare, a small application that can not be launched outside of ArtPro

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File > Viewer Compare…

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Internally conversion to tiff

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Only visible layers

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14 Viewer Compare

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View Modes:

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View current version

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View reference version

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View both: show difference

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View both: side by side

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View side menu:

previous view, rotate, mirror, invert,…

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Alignment: to compare files with different sizes

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on 1 of the 9 corners / centerpoints

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Align from Ruler

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Auto Align From Ruler

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Auto Align

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ArtProArtPro 1212 Improved DensitometerImproved Densitometer

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Dialog can now be resized

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Mouse tip on the color patches shows the full name of the separations

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Measured values shown with on decimal

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ArtProArtPro 1212 Export Gravure TIFF in Export Gravure TIFF in PowerLayoutPowerLayout

SASA

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16 Gravure Tiff export in PowerLayout SA

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ArtProArtPro 1212 Small things...Small things...

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Restyled windows:

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Selector => Select by Attributes

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Vectorization

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Link to online (web-based) documentation

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Undo also applied when editing in JobSize

window

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Tab in Proofer window: now first cmyk, then lab

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Online Help

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PackEdge PackEdge -- Plato 12Plato 12 New Barcode: PZN8New Barcode: PZN8

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18 New Barcode: PZN8

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A new barcode type PZN8, in addition to existing PZN

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Inputs of length other than 7 or 8 shows error message (currently input longer than 7 digits is silently truncated)

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PackEdge PackEdge -- Plato 12Plato 12 PDF Notes AnnotationsPDF Notes Annotations

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Simple text notes

=> same type of notes as currently supported in ArtPro

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Ability to hide and show all notes

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Notes should round trip via (normalized) PDF (import and export)

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Date when note is created

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PackEdge PackEdge –– Plato 12Plato 12 Alternative input method forAlternative input method for

GS1 element stringsGS1 element strings

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20 Alternative input method for GS1 element strings

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Allows to use round brackets around the application identifiers

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Support for multiple text lines

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Plato 12Plato 12 Numeric PrecisionNumeric Precision

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21 Numeric Precision

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In SmartText: to control the amount of decimal numbers and the used unit

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21 Numeric Precision●

[vmediasize

“1”

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Unit:

1 = mm

2 = inch

3 = cm

4 = mil

Amount of decimals

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Plato 12Plato 12 JDF Export for Guillotine CuttingJDF Export for Guillotine Cutting

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To export information for Guillotine Cutting to a CIP4 (JDF file)

(PowerOptimizer)

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Plato 12Plato 12 Mirror in Grid Based LayoutsMirror in Grid Based Layouts

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23 Mirror in Grid Based Layout

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New option ‘Mirror’

To mirror stations in the Grid, without having to use ‘Edit Graphics File’

and to overwrite the file

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Plato 12Plato 12 CAD as referenceCAD as reference

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To import an MFG on top of a S&R file to check the correct position of the 1-ups on the die

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File > Import CAD Data

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Operator can select the line style

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Import will be done in new layer (CAD Reference)

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PackEdge Plato 12PackEdge Plato 12 Small things...Small things...

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Possibility to open documents by drag and drop a document on the

application icon

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ArtProArtPro –– PackEdge PackEdge –– Plato 12Plato 12 CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

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Conclusion

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