1. World of HELIOS: Mac workstation backup
2. XPress 8.1 PDF transparency support
3. HELIOS ScriptAssistant to automate hot folder workflows
4. Asian fonts support in PDF HandShake
2. XPress 8.1 PDF transparency support
3. HELIOS ScriptAssistant to automate hot folder workflows
4. Asian fonts support in PDF HandShake
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HELIOS Newsletter 4/2009 |
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Dear HELIOS client,
Welcome to the latest information from the world of HELIOS. Keep your networking lead and stay one step ahead. Turn your colleagues on to this newsletter as well, subscription details are below. Enjoy the news.
Your HELIOS team
Helmut Tschemernjak, CEO & President
Welcome to the latest information from the world of HELIOS. Keep your networking lead and stay one step ahead. Turn your colleagues on to this newsletter as well, subscription details are below. Enjoy the news.
Your HELIOS team
Helmut Tschemernjak, CEO & President
1. World of HELIOS: Mac workstation backup
As today's workstation disks are growing pretty large, users often save their stuff on local disks without considering that this data needs to be included in the backup and restore strategy. This represents a big challenge for IT administrators. Any ideas how to deal with this?
We know how – Watch out for the next newsletter for some ideas.
2. XPress 8.1 PDF transparency support
Good news from Quark this week! The new XPress 8.1 fixes several OPI-related problems and supports PDF export with true transparency. It preserves transparent objects designed within the XPress document and generates a true transparent PDF document. The PDF document is fully compatible with the HELIOS PDF-native OPI image replacement workflow.
This allows modern re-purposing DTP workflows, including server-based image replacement with color management, remote DTP, and accelerates the printing process in a big way.
We worked closly together with Quark to enhance XPress transparency support. We would like to thank everyone who helped to get this done.
3. HELIOS ScriptAssistant to automate hot folder workflows
We are glad to inform you that a big wish list item for ImageServer customers is available now. ImageServer UB+ brings built-in image conversion with ICC color management which can be automated via hot folders using the Script Server service. Additional remote automation can be done via Tool Server including remote Photoshop or MS Office automation. So far, so good. However, customers asked for a easy solution to create standard hot folder setups to automate HELIOS server capabilities without a need for hands-on scripting.
With the new HELIOS ScriptAssistant application, hot folder workflow setup is now child's play. ScriptAssistant simplifies the creation of scripts for the HELIOS Script Server hot folder automation system. Now automating image conversion, PDF printing, PostScript printing, and PDF-native OPI is possible for any user. Even automation of client applications via HELIOS Tool Server is only a few clicks away. Simply select the desired options, and ScriptAssistant will create a Perl script, ready for use by Script Server.
Workflow and process automation using Script Server is being deployed
profitably by leading HELIOS customers, greatly reducing costs
and speeding production. With ScriptAssistant it becomes even
easier to take advantage of Script Server's power and flexibility.
The new HELIOS ScriptAssistant application is now available for Mac and Windows, for download at:
http://webshare.helios.de
User: tools
Password: tools
Sharepoint: Tools (download the “HELIOS ScriptAssistant” folder)
Requirements: HELIOS ImageServer UB+ – CD024 based with all updates installed.
4. Asian fonts support in PDF HandShake
Double-byte Type-1 and TrueType CID fonts are now fully supported in PDF HandShake as of the HELIOS UB+/CD024 update. These fonts are typically used for Asian characters, and can be very complex with thousand of glyphs. In addition, full support for vertical text layout and right-to-left languages is included. With these enhancements, PDF HandShake is ideal for PDF creation, pre-flighting, and printing worldwide (whatever language is in use). Noboru Wakabayashi, Manager of Marketing Communications of Japan-based Hulinks Inc. reports, “We are pleased to hear PDF HandShake now fully supports Japanese characters. Japanese customers will recognize and get the full potential of PDF HandShake for their PDF production workflows.”.
As today's workstation disks are growing pretty large, users often save their stuff on local disks without considering that this data needs to be included in the backup and restore strategy. This represents a big challenge for IT administrators. Any ideas how to deal with this?
We know how – Watch out for the next newsletter for some ideas.
2. XPress 8.1 PDF transparency support
Good news from Quark this week! The new XPress 8.1 fixes several OPI-related problems and supports PDF export with true transparency. It preserves transparent objects designed within the XPress document and generates a true transparent PDF document. The PDF document is fully compatible with the HELIOS PDF-native OPI image replacement workflow.
This allows modern re-purposing DTP workflows, including server-based image replacement with color management, remote DTP, and accelerates the printing process in a big way.
We worked closly together with Quark to enhance XPress transparency support. We would like to thank everyone who helped to get this done.
3. HELIOS ScriptAssistant to automate hot folder workflows
We are glad to inform you that a big wish list item for ImageServer customers is available now. ImageServer UB+ brings built-in image conversion with ICC color management which can be automated via hot folders using the Script Server service. Additional remote automation can be done via Tool Server including remote Photoshop or MS Office automation. So far, so good. However, customers asked for a easy solution to create standard hot folder setups to automate HELIOS server capabilities without a need for hands-on scripting.
With the new HELIOS ScriptAssistant application, hot folder workflow setup is now child's play. ScriptAssistant simplifies the creation of scripts for the HELIOS Script Server hot folder automation system. Now automating image conversion, PDF printing, PostScript printing, and PDF-native OPI is possible for any user. Even automation of client applications via HELIOS Tool Server is only a few clicks away. Simply select the desired options, and ScriptAssistant will create a Perl script, ready for use by Script Server.
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The new HELIOS ScriptAssistant application is now available for Mac and Windows, for download at:
http://webshare.helios.de
User: tools
Password: tools
Sharepoint: Tools (download the “HELIOS ScriptAssistant” folder)
Requirements: HELIOS ImageServer UB+ – CD024 based with all updates installed.
4. Asian fonts support in PDF HandShake
Double-byte Type-1 and TrueType CID fonts are now fully supported in PDF HandShake as of the HELIOS UB+/CD024 update. These fonts are typically used for Asian characters, and can be very complex with thousand of glyphs. In addition, full support for vertical text layout and right-to-left languages is included. With these enhancements, PDF HandShake is ideal for PDF creation, pre-flighting, and printing worldwide (whatever language is in use). Noboru Wakabayashi, Manager of Marketing Communications of Japan-based Hulinks Inc. reports, “We are pleased to hear PDF HandShake now fully supports Japanese characters. Japanese customers will recognize and get the full potential of PDF HandShake for their PDF production workflows.”.
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