PitStop Server 10

Enfocus announces PitStop Server 10, an upgraded version of its automated PDF preflighting, correction and certification solution. PitStop Server 10 introduces major new automatic features, including transparency flattening, new color management capabilities, and PDF optimization to reduce file sizes.

The new ability to flatten transparencies within PDFs dramatically improves output consistency. Although the latest print engines can flatten transparency well, earlier generation configurations are still in widespread use, and can not always handle transparencies in a reliable manner.

The new ability to optimize PDF files is in response to customer feedback, as well.

Color management is also brought to a new level in PitStop Server 10, in common with the enhancements applied to the new PitStop Pro 10, which is being released at the same time. PitStop Server 10 can now, automatically check for ink coverage issues while taking into account transparency, overprint settings, overlapping items and layers. Black Point Compensation is supported when using the Adobe CMM or Little CMS and you can choose the Adobe settings directly from the PitStop Server preferences and hot folder editor.

PitStop Server 10 is compatible with recent Mac OS X or Windows platforms, including the latest OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Windows 7 operating systems. PitStop Pro, the PDF preflighting and manual editing application, is also upgraded with similar features.

Availability and pricing, PitStop Server NA

PitStop Server 10 will be commercially available in October 2010. With immediate effect, a grace period commences whereby buyers of PitStop Server get a version 09 key and will receive a free upgrade when version 10 becomes available.

Customers using PitStop Server 4.x can take advantage of a discounted loyalty upgrade price for their versions until the end of the year, for $1,499.

Until its release, both single and volume users with more recent product versions (PitStop Server 08 and 09) receive a customer loyalty discount when pre-ordering upgrades to PitStop Server 10. And until the year-end, everyone buying an upgrade for those versions gets a copy of LightSwitch for free.