PitStop Connect is a smart bridge between creative professionals and printers/publishers that automatically preflights and delivers files to production.

With PitStop Connect, you insure that any PDF you receive will print according to your specifications. There’s no need to worry about communicating settings or specifications, because PitStop Connect is built to eliminate communication obstacles between creative professionals and printers/publishers. As a result, PDF files are guaranteed to print properly.

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Click here to download the demo version which gives you a fully functional 30-day trial version of Enfocus PitStop Connect 09. [Download Demo Mac (179.8 MB)| PC (150.6 MB)]

Bridging the Gap Between Two Worlds

Despite the fact that PDF has become the dominant file format for graphic design and printing, roughly 25% of PDF files received fail preflight for printing. Even today it is very hard to figure out how to create a good PDF. Settings are not easy to find and installation can be complicated. The few solutions available to help creative professionals generate perfect PDFs have been proven to be too expensive or too complex.

PitStop Connect allows printers and publishers to ‘connect’ with their customers, supplying specifications and streamlining communication in an extremely straightforward way. It allows you to receive large numbers of PDF files, with full confidence in their quality.

In addition, PitStop Connect gives printers and publishers an easy to access, cost-effective solution they can provide to creative professionals who only supply PDF files a couple of times a year.

By incorporating Enfocus’ bullet-proof PDF preflighting and correction technologies within PitStop Connect, file problems such as missing fonts, low-resolution images, etc., are automatically eliminated.

Enfocus built PitStop Connect to be the most simple tool to solve these problems, without click charges or other hidden costs.

Easy Set-Up & Implementation

A simple interface allows printers/publishers to create Connectors. The Connector contains settings like Preflight Profile, Actions Lists and delivery specifications.

Delivery settings define whether the preflighted PDF file should be sent to your FTP server, or directly to Enfocus Switch. It is also possible to brand the Connector icon itself with your own logo, a company background, or URL.

PitStop Connect is a comprehensive solution you only pay for once, and which allows you to create an unlimited number of different Connectors, which can be distributed to all your customers. There are no extra costs for numbers of Connectors created, or the number of suppliers you distribute the Connectors to.

Connectors can be posted on your website, where your creative partners can download and use them free of charge. Of course your customer can only use your Connector to deliver directly to you.

Perfect PDFs, Tailored to Your Needs

As Printer or Publisher, you can define PitStop Connect’s preflight and correction process to use a standard GWG profile, or your specification using an Enfocus Preflight Profile and/or Action List.

In case of errors your designer will receive a preflight report identifying problems that he can still solve on his side. Depending on your settings, you can allow the designer to sign-off on errors and still allow a file that failed preflight to be delivered.

When delivering directly to Switch, it is also possible to ask or even mandate that your customer supply additional information before sending the file. This metadata can be used to automate processes directly in Switch (e.g. preflight, impose or archive depending on the metadata delivered with the PDF file).

No Set-Up & No Cost for Creative Partners

Your design partners only need to drop the Connector on their desktop and they can literally start to “drop” their files on the Connector. There is no installation or set-up needed. The Connector you created does the rest: checking, fixing, making the file comply with your specs, and then sending it to your FTP or to Switch.

Cementing Your Relationship

By streamlining communication with your design partners and customers with this branded tool, you are more deeply cementing your relationship. The PitStop Connect icon becomes your company’s brand and face to your design partners, and they will therefore associate it – and you – with great service, quality control, and streamlined communication.

Linking Enfocus Automation Tools

PitStop Connect allows you to simplify the work between production and designer side in an innovative and affordable way. It is also an additional link in the overall graphic arts supply chain to other Enfocus automation products, connecting seamlessly to Switch and PitStop Server. Once received, files can be quickly and easily sorted, managed and processed with Switch at a level of end-to-end automation –from creation through production– that has been difficult to achieve in the past.

Click here to download the demo version which gives you a fully functional 30-day trial version of Enfocus PitStop Connect 09. [Download Demo Mac (179.8 MB)| PC (150.6 MB)]

Windows®
* Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition
* Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Server Standard or Enterprise Edition
* Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home, Premium, Business or Ultimate Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Microsoft® Windows® 7, Home Premium, Business or Ultimate Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Microsoft® Windows® 2008 Server Standard or Enterprise Edition

Macintosh®
* Mac OS® X or Mac OS® X Server v.10.4.x through 10.6 (Universal)
* StuffIt Expander 10 or higher (for expansion of the installer package)

Hardware
* Dual Core processor(s) recommended
* Minimum 256 MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
* 1024x768 screen resolution
* DVD drive (for installation from the products DVD)

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