LithoTechnics - Metrix, planning and imposition software for commercial, combo and gang run printing

Fast Track Your Workflow, Increase Productivity, and Reduce Errors

What is Metrix^®?

Metrix is revolutionary, easy-to-use software that dynamically determines the most efficient, cost-effective project plans by applying its logic of optimum print practices to a database of your shop’s presses, finishing equipment, and stocks.

Metrix builds a library of the most successful project manufacturing plans, and then applies that cumulative intelligence to future projects. The result? Every Metrix operator is your smartest operator.

Metrix completely eliminates the need for outdated desktop imposition software , because Metrix project plans are converted into imposition data and sent directly into the prepress system.

Metrix introduces unprecedented automation to print workflows by seamlessly exchanging data with MIS, prepress systems, and finishing systems.

Some people call Metrix the only intelligent, automated job planning and imposition system . Others simply say, "With Metrix, work just flows."

Click here to see the Flash introduction to Metrix.

Metrix® 2011.1 - Now Shipping!

Metrix 2011.1 Introduces Revolutionary, Groundbreaking Advances in Job Planning and Imposition.

Advances Include:

"Zero Touch" Automation. Allows work to flow through Metrix without any operator involvement! Metrix Automation is available via Automation Server or the Automation Lite module.

Much More Intelligent Mark Sets. Metrix can now use rules to determine the most appropriate set of marks to add to a given layout. Press, working style, and inks can be used to narrow down available options.

Page Colors Ink Filtering. Allows users to more quickly find and create sets of inks.

Mac OS X 10.7.1 (Lion) Compatible.

What's New in Metrix 2011.1.pdf [1.9 MB]
What's New in Metrix 2011.1.mov [37.5 MB]

How will Metrix help your business?

Learn how Metrix has helped these printers succeed:

Metrix cuts estimating, planning and prepress time in half at Multi-Craft - PDF [768 KB]
Metrix seamlessly integrates with MIS, prepress, and finishing at Belk Printing Technologies - PDF [1.13 MB]

Metrix provides the productivity boost needed for growth at Exaprint - PDF [867 KB]

Metrix creates a knowledge pool of print production expertise at EBSCO Media - PDF [796 KB]
Metrix gives MPG Books Group a competitive edge - PDF [717 KB]
Metrix brings new efficiencies to MidAtlantic Printers’ Heidelberg PrintReady workflow - PDF [221 KB]
Metrix helps Red Line Graphics grow with confidence and control - PDF [828 KB]
Metrix brings new efficiency and JDF connectivity to Japs-Olson production workflow - PDF [740 KB]
Metrix streamlines and standardizes workflow processes at Worth Higgins & Associates - PDF [1.17 MB]
Metrix helps Suttle-Straus do more with less - PDF [875K]
Metrix aligns with Rex Three's commitment to excellence - PDF [1.10 MB]

Recent Announcements

Metrix 2011.1 Now Shipping!

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Worth Higgins & Associates Reaps The Benefits Of Standardization

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Metrix Cuts Estimating, Planning And Prepress Time In Half At Mult-Craft

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METRIX® SALES HIT 1,000 USERS

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Old-Fashioned Craftsmanship Guides Cutting-Edge Technology To Produce Chet Atkins Book

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Metrix Delivering “Zero Touch” Automation for Job Planning and Imposition

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Metrix® 2011.0.1 Learns Italian – Ciao!

As European Market Share Grows, Metrix^® now speaks five languages: English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish

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Graphic Arts Schools Implement Industry Standard Software to Teach the Science and Art of Computerized Production Management

Leading professors update programs and declare new technology essential for educating a skilled and technically competent workforce

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Magazine Articles

Read about how Metrix has provided the edge for Rex Three, a technology leader in Sunrise, FL. Click here to read the full article

"The Metrix Wave" - the August 2006 edition of PrintAction, Canada's graphic communications magazine, features LithoTechnics' Metrix as the front cover article. Writes Jon Robinson, PrintAction Editor, "An Australian tech startup is redefining the rules of workflow with an $8,000 job-planning application, a cost most users have recouped in the first week...". Click here to read the full article as a PDF file [2.79 Mb].

"Metrix is set to revolutionise thinking on imposition, ganging and layouts with its new version 2.0." Click here to read the 2-page article in the UK's Print & Paper Monthly, October 2006.

Why buy Metrix? According to the June 24, 2004 article in Printing World magazine Metrix "is an automated layout program that does its job quickly and does it accurately."