PDF Standardizer is an all-in-one PDF and colour preflight and standardisation tool designed for graphic professionals who would like to have full control and guarantee the quality of their PDF files.

PDF Standardizer offers a simple and reliable way to create PDFs that comply to PDF standards such as ISO 15930-1 PDF/X1-a and Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG) specifications as well as to colour standards such as ISO 12647. PDF Standardizer is a complete solution that combines the functionalities of Alwan CMYK Optimizer, Enfocus FullSwitch and Enfocus PitStop Server. PDF Standardizer is a fully integrated software solution and is not a bundle—it has a single installer and a single product key for all three components. It has a unique wizard to configure each flow as well as the flow’s PDF and colour settings.

Designed to be a simple out-of-the box solution, it caters to PDF creators as well as PDF receivers. Designers and prepress bureaus pass PDF files they produce through PDF Standardizer before sending them to their printers and publishers. PDF Standardizer ensures that files match ISO colour standards and GWG specifications and generally ensures that PDFs can be reproduced without colour or transparencies interpretation problems. Publishers, prepress bureaus and printers that receive PDF from a wide variety of sources use PDF Standardizer to ensure that PDFs are print-ready (PDF/X and GWG compliant) and have a consistent and standardised colour content. Making PDFs consistent and standardised allows for a smoother and problem-free processing later in the workflow.

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Click here to download the demo version which gives you a fully functional 30-day trial version of PDF Standardizer 1.0. [Download Demo Mac (183.7 MB)]

There are many reasons why PDF Standardizer should be used. The most important ones are:

• Creating print-ready PDFs
PDF Standardizer creates Certified PDFs that comply with ISO 15930-1 PDF/X1-a and Ghent PDF Workgroup standards and whose colour content comply with ISO ISO 12647 colour standards. A series of automated analysis and correction steps are performed by PDF Standardizer in order to make incoming PDFs compliant.

• Simple to use
Configuring PDF Standardizer is done using two convenient wizards. Users need to answer few basic questions which will allow PDF Standardizer to identify the right preflight parameters, colour settings and certification profiles to use. A second wizard configures PDF Standardizer to retrieve files from hotfolder, email and FTP and sort them depending on filename convention.

• Powerful workflow automation
PDF Standardizer contains the complete FullSwitch functionality. Users can go beyond the workflows setup using the wizards and define their own workflows, routing files and drive other applications as in FullSwitch.

• Quality control mode in the LAN
The features mentioned above allow PDF Standardizer to be installed on one computer on the local network. Users copy their PDFs to that computer and PDF Standardizer will create the normalised files or generate reports that indicate what the problems are. Users can then pickup the results from this “quality-mode”.

PDF Standardizer is a complete solution that combines the functionalities of Alwan CMYK Optimizer, Enfocus FullSwitch and Enfocus PitStop Server.

PDF Standardizer is a fully integrated software, it is not a bundle: it has a single installer and a single product key for all three components. It has a unique wizard to configure each flow as well as its PDF and colour settings.

Designed to be a simple out-of-the box solution, it caters to PDF creators as well as PDF receivers. Designers and prepress bureaus pass PDF files they produce through PDF Standardizer before sending them to their printers and publishers. PDF Standardizer ensures that files match ISO colour standards and Ghent PDF Workgroup specifications and more generally ensures that PDFs can be reproduced without colour or transparencies interpretation problems.

Publishers, prepress bureaus and printers that receive a wide variety of PDFs use PDF Standardizer to ensure that the PDFs are print-ready (PDF/X and GWG compliant) and have a consistent and standardised colour content. Making PDFs consistent and standardised allows for a smoother and problem-free processing later in the workflow.

What is new with v1.0.1:
New configurators:
• Adobe InDesign Server CS3 and CS4
• basICColor gHOST
• DMP FLO Suite
• ICS Submit Proof

Fixed issues:
• Included functionality to allow working with InDesign CS4
• Processed PDF files and the corresponding reports will be output in the same folder by default so the link in the preflight report can be used.

Includes updated software:
• FullSwitch 08, update 7
• PitStop Server 08, update 5
• Alwan Color Hub CMYK Optimizer 3.6.3.1

Click here to download the demo version which gives you a fully functional 30-day trial version of PDF Standardizer 1.0. [Download Demo Mac (183.7 MB)]

PDF Standardizer is available on Mac OS X (10.4 or 10.5)

Minimal system requirements:
• Mac OS X Tiger
• Processor type: PPC (G4)
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
• 10 GB free space

Recommended system requirements:
• Mac OS X Leopard
• Processor type: Intel (core 2 duo or +)
• Memory: 1 GB RAM per Core (4GB for 2 x DualCore)
• 100 GB free space (in case of rasterization / flattening)

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