| General |
| Create PDF Server for Acrobat 8 (Windows) |
| PDF HandShake Print plug-in for Acrobat 8 |
| Tool Server |
| PDF preflighting |
| Smart ICC 4 color management |
General
- Support for previews of transparent PDFs
- Support for PostScript OPI of transparent PDFs 1)
- Support for flattening of transparent PDF documents 2)
- HELIOS Tool Server solution for automated (remote) client applications
- Enhanced compatibility with existing PDF files
- Accurate ImageServer layouts and previews of PDFs (e.g. knockouts and overprints)
Create PDF Server for Acrobat 8 (Windows)
With the new Create PDF Server for Acrobat 8 on Windows, the Mac and Windows Distiller compatibility is as follows:
| OS 9 | OS X | Win | |
| Acrobat 4.0.5 | √ | – | √ |
| Acrobat 5 | √ | – | √ |
| Acrobat 6 | – | √ | √ |
| Acrobat 7 | – | √ | √ |
| Acrobat 8 | – | * | √ |
PDF HandShake Print plug-in for Acrobat 8
Allows the easy selection of advanced printing options:
- In-RIP separations
- Preserve PDF halftones
- Ignore ICC profiles
Tool Server
HELIOS Tool Server is a three-component solution for automating (remote) client applications. It is included with HELIOS ImageServer or PDF HandShake. Check additional information in the Tool Server new features page.
Additional PDF functionality via PDF HandShake:
- HTML to PDF conversion (via HELIOS "toolclient" application)
- PDF flattening (via HELIOS "toolclient" application)
PDF preflighting
PDF HandShake UB+ incorporates pdfInspektor 4 (from callas software). pdfInspektor 4 is compatible with the Acrobat 8 preflight profiles. It utilizes the same underlying PDF check technology that is used in Adobe Acrobat 8.
Smart ICC 4 color management
- DeviceLink ICC support
- Grayscale ICC support
- BPC (Black Point Compensation) which is a special treatment of low tones (darker areas) in conversions
Defining ICC Intents in HELIOS Admin
- Additional option to preserve a primary color in images (PureBlack, PureGrays, PureWhite, PureCMY), which can be changed irrespective of vector primary colors (PureVectorBlack, PureVectorGrays, PureVectorWhite, PureVectorCMY)
- New HELIOS ICC Tagger application to tag ICC profiles to images (Mac and Windows)
- Additional ICC profiles, (sRGBv2 is now default)
1) ImageServer UB+ is needed for OPI and image conversion 2) Tool Server and Adobe Acrobat required
See additional changes in HELIOS Base UB+
See changes from HELIOS 4th generation to UB