Major Vendors to Utilize Metrix Automatic
Layout Calculation Technology in JDF Interop Demonstrations
Sydney, Australia, March 31, 2006 - LithoTechnics
announced today that Metrix will be an essential part of workflow
demonstrations shown by various partners at the upcoming Ipex
trade show in Birmingham, UK. LithoTechnics is participating
in the JDF Pavilion (Hall 20-C60, Pod R), and in that capacity
will play a vital role in four JDF interoperability demonstrations.
Metrix will consume JDF from NovaVision's PrintVis
MIS system, and from Job Submission systems including Screen's
RitePortal SE and ePrint-Direct Skyline. Once Metrix has read
the incoming JDF file and automatically generated the appropriate
signature layouts, including all trims and marks, Metrix creates
a JDF imposition file to pass along to various prepress systems
and RIPs, including Kodak's Prinergy, Screen's TrueFlow, and
the JDF-enabled Harlequin RIP from Global Graphics.
Additionally, Metrix will be featured as an
indispensable tool for "bridging the gap" at the
stands of three prominent MIS vendors: Optimus (Hall 20-C23),
Prism (Hall 20-C40), and Tharstern (Hall 20-C45). Metrix version
2 will be used to dynamically and automatically calculate
publication layouts, upon receiving the JDF job description
from MIS. Using dynamic layout calculation combined with intelligent
template technology, Metrix will add the information required
to impose the job based on user preferences. Metrix will also
be used to instantly recalculate the signature layouts for
another press - illustrating the adaptive planning capabilities
built in to Metrix.
"We are very pleased to be working
with this impressive array of partners at Ipex," says
Rohan Holt, founder of LithoTechnics. "We have been very
active in the CIP4 Organization along with our Ipex partners,
as well as many others. It is very satisfying to see JDF bear
fruit, as more and more critical linkages come to life, bringing
real productivity gains to printers."
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.
