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Metrix completely eliminates the need for outdated desktop imposition software , because Metrix project plans are converted into imposition data and sent directly into the prepress system.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 2010.0 Now Shipping!

Metrix 2010.0 brings you a whole new level of automation and intelligence - imagine finding the most cost-effective printing method, press, and sheet size all at once! It's called Auto Production and only Metrix has it. Metrix 2010.0 also includes these new features:

Modular Architecture - Now you can mix and match the advanced features you need without having to buy them all.
User Permissions, Logins, and Passwords - full, flexible security - keep your data safe and secure.
Click Dimensions - Click the mouse and the dimension notation appears. Simple yet powerful.
Duplicating File Marks - Automatic duplication or cropping of file marks.
Filtering/Sorting of Database Items - Streamline your job entry, boost your productivity.
Centralized Marks folder - Multi-User installations can now use a single, networked marks folder.
Enhanced Folding Marks, Trim Marks, Collation Marks, Barcodes
Keyboard shortcuts for zooming and panning
Enhanced Export dialog
Enhanced Workflow Integration - Improvements to Rampage JDF Imposition. Integration of Xenith Sierra.
New and Improved User Guide - Instructional movies have been added and the entire set of documentation has been upgraded and improved.

What's New in Metrix 2010.0.pdf [840 KB]

LithoTechnics Releases Metrix® 2010.0

Click here for the full press release

Please contact your Metrix reseller or LithoTechnics for details about how to upgrade to Metrix 2010.0.

How will Metrix help your business?

Learn how Metrix has helped these printers succeed:

Metrix Creates a Knowledge Pool of Print Production Expertise at EBSCO Media - PDF [754 KB]
Metrix Gives MPG Books Group a Competitive Edge - PDF [717 KB]
Metrix Brings New Efficiencies to MidAtlantic Printers’ PrintReady Workflow - PDF [221 KB]
Metrix Helps Red Line Graphics Grow with Confidence and Control - PDF [919 KB]
Metrix Brings New Efficiency and JDF Connectivity to Japs-Olson Production Workflow - PDF [258 KB]
Metrix Streamlines and Standardizes Workflow Processes at Worth Higgins & Associates - PDF [1.8 MB]
Metrix Helps Suttle-Straus Do More with Less - PDF [246K]
Metrix aligns with Rex Three's commitment to excellence - PDF [1.29 MB]

See Metrix and Metrix Server in action at Graph Expo!

LithoTechnics will be in booth #744.

October 3-6, 2010
McCormick Place South
Chicago, IL

Recent Announcements

LithoTechnics Appoints John Eames as CFO

May 19, 2010, Phoenix, AZ – LithoTechnics, Inc., developer of Metrix®, the intelligent, automated job planning and imposition system, announced today that John Eames has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective May 10, 2010.

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LithoTechnics Demonstrates Metrix 2010.0 at Ipex

Phoenix, AZ, May 14, 2010 – LithoTechnics, Inc., developer of Metrix®, the intelligent, automated job planning and imposition system, announced today that it will demonstrate for the first time its upcoming major release, Metrix 2010.0, at the Ipex exhibition in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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LithoTechnics Opens European Office

Turnhout, Belgium, April 1, 2010 – LithoTechnics Inc, developer of Metrix®, the intelligent, automated job planning and imposition system, announced today that it has expanded its operations and opened a European office located in Turnhout, Belgium. Turnhout has long been a center for printing and the graphic arts, and is located near Antwerp.

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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].

Williamson Printing Corporation, Dallas, Texas, is an award-winning printer using Metrix and JDF automation to take their workflow to the next level. Find out how in the American Printer Magazine September 2006 article, "Saying YES to JDF!"

"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."