LithoTechnics announces compatibility between Metrix® 1.7 and Adobe® Acrobat® 7 JDF
Chicago, Illinois, September 9, 2005
- LithoTechnics Pty Limited (www.lithotechnics.com) is demonstrating for the first time at Print 05 the newest version of their award-winning product, Metrix. LithoTechnics has incorporated many important new features into version 1.7 to boost the productivity and enhance the JDF interoperability of Metrix, not the least of which is the ability to import JDF files from Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional.
Rohan Holt, LithoTechnics founder states: "Printers
who have a JDF-enabled MIS and Metrix have already been taking
advantage of this functionality. Rather than risking data
entry errors, they import JDF product descriptions directly
from their MIS and then let Metrix calculate the layout. What's
unique about this development is that it provides a certain
level of JDF interoperability to an even wider market."
Metrix is the world's first automatic layout
calculator, enabling CSR's, production planners, estimators,
and prepress operators to automatically create all types of
layouts, considering production requirements such as trim
size, folding characteristics, run length, bleeds, grain direction,
press capabilities, and postpress processing. Metrix also
reduces the number of press makereadies and plate consumption
by instantly calculating complex ganging layouts, and maximizes
manufacturing potential by enabling planners and estimators
to try various "what-if" scenarios at the click of a button.
After Metrix creates the layout, operators are able to export JDF from Metrix that includes all press sheet geometry, marks, and PDF content filenames to JDF-enabled workflows and JDF-enabled RIPs.
Metrix 1.7 will be demonstrated at LithoTechnics' booth #8745 at Print 05, at Prism USA booth #6521, and at various prepress vendor locations throughout the show.
About LithoTechnics
LithoTechnics is a privately held company founded in 2003
by Rohan Holt. Holt is the original inventor of SuperImpose™,
the product that was adapted and renamed UpFront® when
it was acquired by ScenicSoft in 1999. Metrix, LithoTechnics'
flagship product, received the prestigious 2005 PIA/GATF InterTech™
Technology Award, recognized industry-wide as a symbol of
technological innovation and excellence. Based south of Sydney,
Australia, LithoTechnics is a software company focused on
providing key tools and technologies to enable print workflow
automation. LithoTechnics is a full member of the CIP4 Organization.
