Discover PrintFactory Go at SGIA 2011

Four Pees, worldwide distributor of the PrintFactory software suite for banner, sign and super wide format printing has announced its presence at the SGIA 2011, the North American tradeshow for specialty printing and imaging printing, where they will showcase the recently released PrintFactory Go as an extension of the product line at the Color Management Group booth N°353.

The 2011 SGIA expo, held in New Orleans from October 19-21, 2011 showcases the broadest range of technology available on the global imaging market. For Four Pees, this is the perfect occasion to introduce the new version of the PrintFactory software suite to the North American market. Four Pees will be present at the booth of the newly appointed partner Color Management Group where they will show you the complete PrintFactory portfolio and introduce you to the new PrintFactory 4.2 which includes new features, fixes reported problems and also updates the earlier announced stand-alone version PrintFactory Go.

The PrintFactory product line

By introducing PrintFactory Go, Four Pees now offers a complete line of LFP products that caters for the needs of all types of LFP customers:

• PrintFactory Go offers stand-alone correction and production preparation for large format printing
• PrintFactory is the complete production suite for banner, sign and super wide format printing
• PrintFactory GMG Edition is the all-in-one solution for standardized Large Format Production PrintFactory Go: stand-alone correction and production preparation

PrintFactory Go offers the same job preparation and last minute correction tools the PrintFactory suite has to offer, in an easy-to-use stand-alone application. Whether you need to combine and correct multiple jobs, make edits on color, masks, shapes, scaling, rotation, mirroring, create tiles or place grommets, PrintFactory Go puts all of the tools at your fingertips. Targeted specifically at digital large format print users, it offers a comprehensive collection of pre-production tools saving time and reducing error and waste.

PrintFactory: more than a RIP

PrintFactory is the most complete production solution for large format printing. It has all the tools needed to cover the entire LFP workflow from dedicated job preparation over colormanagement to printing and cutting. The product suite prints jobs as they are being processed, driving over 600 different printing, cutting and CTS devices. PrintFactory not only increases productivity and operator flexibility, it also allows to produce more efficiently. The advanced color engine can easily introduce proofing in workflows, reducing waste of expensive production media and ink. With PrintFactory, a predictable and consistent output is generated and color consistency can be achieved on different machines.

PrintFactory 4.2 features a streamlined output interface offering an even more productive print and cut workflow. By allowing to select printer, medium and output mode directly in the document window and launching the Driver Settings dialog. With version 4.2 it is now also possible to print multi-page documents on desktop printers.

In PrintFactory Editor, the Production Bar allows you to select the cutting device. And besides the option of printing multi-page documents on desktop printers, you can now also view a colored wireframe display of cut layers and perform cutter tool selection per layer.