PitStop Pro 09 and PitStop Server 09 launched

Pitstop Pro v9 - New Features

Optimized User Interface

Less and less time is available to check and fix incoming PDF files. PitStop Pro 09 is faster than ever before and has a user interface optimized to help you be as efficient as possible.
Toolbars, menu items and panels have been streamlined and work together more smoothly as before. They can be hidden from view completely if you are working with other Adobe Acrobat functionality and re-appear in your completely customized workspace at the click of a button.

Customized workspace

PitStop Pro has grown into a powerful application with many tools, menu items, settings and panels.
PitStop Pro consolidates some of these tools to focus more on how you use them in your daily work, and additionally it offers support for workspaces.

Each workspace lets you configure exactly those tools and panels you want to see. Hide all PitStop user interfaces? Automatically open documents neatly aligned next to the preflight or global change panel? All these customizations are possible with the new workspaces feature.

Apply document-wide changes in seconds

With PitStop Pro 09, making document-wide changes is easier and faster than ever before.
The redesigned, enhanced global change engine offers many additional benefits: effortlessly save different versions of global changes with predefined settings and keep shortcuts to your favorite global changes at the top of the global change panel.  Additionally: a configured global change can be run in one simple click!
 The range of global changes that can be implemented throughout the document has also been dramatically extended.
Even more changes are possible: tasks such as applying stamps, inserting cover pages, renumbering pages, converting all colors, fixing office generated PDF files… all done in just seconds.

Powerful design layout tools

Receiving PDF documents with incorrect page sizes, without proper trim and bleed settings or with text set in safety margins is a frequent problem.
PitStop Pro 09 includes powerful design layout tools that can quickly visualize existing page boxes and safety zones. Design layouts including proper page boxes and printer marks can instantly be applied as well.

Manage your settings more consistently

PitStop Pro 09 includes a brand new preset manager that manages all presets (preflight profiles, Action Lists, global changes, workspaces, design layouts…) in the same manner.
Default settings, your local presets and company wide settings on a server can now all be easily and efficiently managed. Additionally, use favorites to link to frequently used presets and quickly filter the list using a search field.

Certified PDF2 compatibility

PitStop Pro 09 is fully compatible with the Certified PDF 2 technology that allows checking a document and embedding the preflight results in the XMP metadata for the actual file.
 
Standard and secure digital signatures are used to enable tracking of who checked and who edited the document.
 
Certified PDF 2 is an Enfocus maintained, public standard that is compatible with the Ghent PDF Workgroup’s Proof of Preflight specification.

Pitstop Pro v9 - New Features

Processing Speed

PitStop Server 09 is driven by the industry-standard Enfocus PDF preflight and auto-correction library that processes PDF files quicker and better than any other solution on the market.  PitStop Server 09 takes full advantage of multiple processor or multiple-core systems. Its new predictive Action List engine that optimizes what parts of complex Action Lists need to be executed makes it faster than ever before.

 
Real background processing on Mac

On the Mac, PitStop Server 09 is capable of behaving as a true background process.  This processing mode makes PitStop Server 09 ideally suitable for use on a Mac XServe system in a true server configuration. Processing is possible even without a user being logged into the system.

Better integration with the Command-Line Application

To integrate PitStop Server 09 in a larger context, PitStop Server now comes with a command-line interface. The command-line interface is installed together with PitStop Server and is available to all PitStop Server 09 users at no additional cost.  An easy mode allows instant integration of the pre-flight and auto-correction capabilities with standard settings, while the advanced mode allows full customization using an XML-driven
integration.

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