callas pdfToolbox Server 3: Detailed Product Information

callas pdfToolbox Server 3

Key Features

  • General
    • Supports all PDF versions (including PDF 1.7/Acrobat 8)
    • Integrates fully into FullSWITCH and PowerSWITCH
    • Connects to various existing workflows through hotfolders
    • Simultaneous processing of multiple files for optimized throughput
  • Verification and correction features
    • Checks more than 800 characteristics
    • Adjusts and corrects more than 80 different features
    • Validates both PDF files and resources used therein (fonts, images, ICC profiles and XML metadata)
    • Supports all principle standards: validates and creates PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4, PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-1b
    • Provides fine grained checking of individual attributes through flexible comparison operators
    • Allows creation of different types of reports in one run
    • Validates IPTC and other image metadata and displays them in a report
    • Embeds missing fonts (including Easter European, Cyrillic and Far Eastern fonts)
    • Supports definition of replacement fonts when original fonts are not available
  • Color-management features
    • Full support of ICC and DeviceLink profiles
    • Provides comprehensive conversion of Office RGB
    • Converts RGB gray to black only (for line-art and image)
    • Converts CMYK and spot colors to RGB
    • Processes line-art and image separately
    • Allows to optionally preserve primary, secondary or tertiary colors
    • Converts CMYK and Spot Colors to RGB
    • Offers dot-gain compensation (for both process and spot colors)
    • Support black point compensation
    • Converts spot colors
    • Unifies spot color representation
    • Allows to set black to overprint
    • Creates and embeds output intents
    • Provides adjustable compression methods for images
    • Converts colored PDFs to black/white
    • Provides configuration files that can be interchanged with other servers
  • DeviceLink Add-on features (payable option)
    • Includes a series of most used DeviceLink profiles for repurposing in professional printing
    • Includes DeviceLink profiles for optimization of total ink coverage for standard printing conditions
    • Supports process conversion between sheet fed offset, web offset, news printing and gravure, supporting best practice guideline for Europe, North America and Japan

System Requirements

  • Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista
  • Mac OS X ( version 10.3 or newer)
  • If you are looking for pdfToolbox on UNIX please see callas pdfToolbox CLI 3

License Models

  • Server-License: per server (= physical machine)
  • ASP-License: The main part of the added value of the offered service is performed by the CLI products. No other significant enhancements get applied to the incoming data. This license also applies if the production is spread out over multiple locations.


3.999,– Euro
(excl. VAT)

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