Preflight

PuzzleFlow Preflight is a universal PDF conversion and verification tool. It will normalize and preflight jobs using over 150 tests, checking the quality of a document before approving it as ready for print.

PuzzleFlow Preflight is an indispensable tool for any prepress department. A Ghent PDF Workgrout (GWG v3) compliant preflight tool, PuzzleFlow Preflight automatically detects and warns of PDF file problems.

Key features

• Integrated PostScript to PDF conversion tool (normalizer)
• Available as system printer (print directly to preflight)
• Over 150 configurable preflight tests
• Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG v3) compliant
• Available for PC Windows™ and Mac OS/X ™ platform

Benefits

• Affordable Acrobat Distiller replacement
• Easy PDF creation with instant verification to ensure quality
• PDF and HTML reports to review PDF technical features
• Editable preflight profiles with over 150 tests

Screenshots

Preflighter main window with a job queue

Editing preflight profile in Preflighter. Test are collected as tree of features

Results of the preflight check – HTML report viewed in the web-browser

Printing to Preflighter from Windows application

PDF layered report with all test splitted by PDF layers

Requirements

Microsoft® Windows™ PC:

• Procesor: Pentium IV or faster
• RAM: 512 MB or more
• Apprx. 50 MB free space on hard-drive
• Display at min. 1024×768 px 32-bit colour.
• Mouse or other pointing device.

• Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, 2000
• Optional: Adobe Acrobat

Apple® Macintosh™ OS/X:

• Computer: Apple Mac G5 or Intel
• RAM: 512 MB or more
• Approx. 20 MB hard drive free space
• Display with 1024×768 px (milions of colours)
• Mouse or other pointing device

• Operating system: Mac OS/X 1.3 (Tiger) or newer
• Optional: Adobe Acrobat

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