PDF Enhancer 3.1 supports Tiger, Automator
updated 07:45 pm EST, Tue December 13, 2005
PDF Enhancer 3.1
Apago today released , a powerful production tool for PDF document assembly and preparation tasks. PDF Enhancer streamlines the creation of PDF documents by automating the most common preparation tasks, including assembly, optimization, stamping, cropping, imposition and color correction, which previously required several applications and extensive manual labor. The latest upgrade, brings support for Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger," font repair, new color correction options and digital signatures. Pricing is $200 (Standard), and $400 (Professional), while the server editions are $1000 (basic), and $2,000 (advanced). PDF Enhancer 3.1 is available as a free upgrade to customers who previously purchased PDF Enhancer 3.0
"We are pleased to release an updated PDF Enhancer that incorporates many new features and capabilities that our customers requested," comments Dwight Kelly, president of Apago. "With each release, PDF Enhancer is becoming the tool for working with PDF files."
PDF Enhancer can take a single, general-purpose PDF file and create derivatives for specific use. Each "target" consists of a collection of settings about the optimizations and improvements that will be applied to the document. With its industry-standard, ICC-based color conversion engine, full-featured imposition, page box, and stamping managers, PDF Enhancer provides users that have low- to high-volume needs the tools for repurposing PDF files for optimal use according to the intended output target. PDF Enhancer also reduces the size of most PDF files through techniques such as image optimization, unused or duplicate element removal, and analysis of the internal make-up of files to eliminate additional redundancies.
Version 3.1 brings Mac OS X "Tiger" support as well as support for Automator, allowing users to easily integrate the applicaton in existing Automator workflows. It can also add digital signatures to secure documents as well as apply selective color correction to directly map certain colors to other colors. New Font repair features include rebuilding ToUnicode tables required by the ISO PDF/A document archiving standard and font conversion to eliminate problematic CID fonts.
