“With MadeToPrint for vjoon K4 we are speeding up output processes directly from within our publishing system to maximum efficiency”, says Patrick Fox, Systems Analyst of Northstar Travel Group.
MadeToPrint Server
Complete Feature List Overview
Job status options
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Incopy | Adobe Illustrator | Quark- Xpress |
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| CS3 | CS4 | CS5-CC | ||||
| set flag ‘active’ | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| set flag ‘locked’ | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| set rating | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Export/Print
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Incopy | Adobe Illustrator | Quark- Xpress |
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| CS3 | CS4 | CS5-CC | ||||
| EPS | X | X | X | X | ||
| X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| PostScript (File) | X | X | X | X | ||
| PostScript (Printer) | X | X | X | X | X | |
| JPEG | X | X | X | |||
| INX | X | X | ||||
| IDML | X | X | ||||
| SWF | X | X | ||||
| Adobe Flash | X | X | ||||
| ePub | X | X | ||||
| -no output- | X | X | X | X[1] | ||
| create package (doc, img, font) | X | X | X | X[1] | ||
[1] collect for output
Distiller
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Incopy | Adobe Illustrator | Quark- Xpress |
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| CS3 | CS4 | CS5-CC | ||||
| export to PDF via Distiller | X | X | X | X | ||
| open distiller-PDF in Acrobat | X | |||||
File naming
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Incopy | Adobe Illustrator | Quark- Xpress |
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| CS3 | CS4 | CS5-CC | ||||
| destination folder with tokens | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| use documents folder | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| destination file with tokens | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| use documents name | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| index file name or overwrite output file | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Layers
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Incopy | Adobe Illustrator | Quark- Xpress |
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| CS3 | CS4 | CS5-CC | ||||
| all / all visible | X | X | X | X | X | |
| all separate / all visible separate | X | X | X | X | X | |
| layer combination | X | X | X | X | X | |
| omit empty layers | X | X | X | X | X | |
| export layer views | X | X | ||||
Output Options
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Incopy | Adobe Illustrator | Quark- Xpress |
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| CS3 | CS4 | CS5-CC | ||||
| print infobar in page | X | X | X | X | X | |
| choose a printjob name | X | X | X | X | ||
| PostScript expert to modify the PS-file | X | X | X | X | ||
| print path of images on the image | X | X | X | |||
| print grey area instead of images | X | X | X | |||
| flexible export parameter control | X | X | ||||
| single page output | X | X | X | [2] | X | |
| show page box (make outline visible) | X | X | X | |||
[2] not needed, Adobe Illustrator files are one page only
Preflighting
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Incopy | Adobe Illustrator | Quark- Xpress |
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| CS3 | CS4 | CS5-CC | ||||
| check for missing fonts | X | X | X | X | X | |
| search/update missing fonts | X | X | X | X | ||
| check for missing links | X | X | X | X | X | |
| search/update missing/modified links | X | X | X | X | X | |
| using live preflight (ID) | X | X | ||||
| check/optimize PDF | X | X | ||||
Batch/Script
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Incopy | Adobe Illustrator | Quark- Xpress |
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| CS3 | CS4 | CS5-CC | ||||
| preprocess scripts [document] | X | X | X | X | ||
| postprocess scripts [document] | X | X | X | X | ||
| preprocess scripts [auto job] | X | X | X | X | ||
| postprocess scripts [auto job] | X | X | X | X | ||
| batch process folder | X | X | X | X | X | |
| predefine batch folder | X | |||||
| Adapter mode for vjoon K4 | X | X | X | |||
Hotfolder mode
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Incopy | Adobe Illustrator | Quark- Xpress |
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| CS3 | CS4 | CS5-CC | ||||
| run job or set | X | X | X | X | X | |
| save changes to modified file | X | X | X | X | ||
| process folders | X | X | X | X | ||
| delete input file | X | X | X | X | X | |
| process rotationally | X | X | X | X | X | |
| run auto on application startup | X | X | X | X | X | |
General
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Incopy | Adobe Illustrator | Quark- Xpress |
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| CS3 | CS4 | CS5-CC | ||||
| combine jobs in sets | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| export job settings (all incl.) | X | X | X | |||
| import job settings (all incl.) | X | X | X | |||
| imposition using pdfToolbox | X | X | X | X | ||
Ringier is a satisfied MadeToPrint Server customer since many years. By using MadeToPrint, Ringier saves up to 90 minutes of valuable working time per day. Read more...
Bauer Media Group is a large European-based media company. For years, the publishing house has been using MadeToPrint for PlanSystem 4 for its production process.