HELIOS adds PDF Internet Printing to PDF Handshake 2.0
Online testing now available
February 24, 2000 -- CeBIT 2000, Hannover, Germany, HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading provider of network and prepress software, announced its "PDF Internet Printing," an innovative feature of its PDF Handshake 2.0 to ship 2Q.
PDF Printing supports the remote delivery and printing of PDF documents over the Internet. HELIOS PDF Internet Printing requires no special file transfer or workflow solutions, allowing simple transfers and printing over the Internet in just four steps using any web browser.
The real-world benefit of HELIOS PDF Internet Printing is that it combines all aspects of a typical print workflow via a simple web interface that handles: user authorization, PDF job delivery, customizable print parameters, PDF pre-flight, remote notification, plus printing/archiving of PDF print jobs that can be used by every Internet user.
With PDF Internet Printing, HELIOS PDF Handshake 2.0 gives users easier and faster access to reliable, professional output of PDF documents. With PDF Handshake's built-in ColorSync/ICC-based color management, font management and transformation, users can benefit from professional printing of PDF documents whether they are separations, composites or even proof simulations.
Print and copy shops can now expand their business, giving customers a no-hassle solution for remote delivery of their print jobs like color proofs, poster prints, forms or copy jobs. Easy to setup and use, PDF Internet Printing provides e-mail notification that new documents have arrived. Based on a 4,000-line Perl script, the CGI program can be fully customizable enabling print houses and copy shops to brand the interface with banners, logos, advertisements as well as for custom order information, credit card, and legacy database connections. And cost of entry is low, as an inexpensive PC-based Linux server running Apache and a 5-user EtherShare license and PDF Handshake are all that is required for a turnkey system that maximizes ROI (IP connection purchased separately).
HELIOS has configured a test server available on the Internet to allow anyone to send a PDF print job to this server. These print jobs get processed via a Print Preview queue (limit 3 pages) and you can download the PDF bitmap preview to see how it works. In a customer environment the PDF job would be saved into a directory or printed to an EtherShare queue.
The test URL is:
http://iprint.helios.de/cgi-bin/pdfweb.cgi
User: webuser
Password: demo
Have fun testing HELIOS PDF Internet Printing! HELIOS expects to ship PDF Handshake Version 2 within before 3Q 2000. If you should encounter any problems, or just for your feedback please e-mail to: iprint (at) helios.de.
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HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers including Apple Computer Mac OS X, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX and Tru64 UNIX, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX, Sun Solaris, and Linux on Pentium based systems. HELIOS products provide reliable cross-platform support for Macintosh, DOS/Windows and UNIX-based clients.
Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS also works with many strategic partners that incorporate HELIOS server software to provide powerful third party archive, asset management and workflow solutions. HELIOS software products are also available as part of OEM solutions by many major vendors in the prepress industry.
For U.S. Sales:
European MikroGraf Corp.: 916-923-3520; E-mail: sales (at) ugraf.com; www.ugraf.com
Editorial contact:
Germany
Helmut Tschemernjak, HELIOS Software GmbH, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; Tel +49-5131-709320 Fax +49 5131-709325;
E-mail: mktg (at) helios.de; Internet: www.helios.com
U.S.A.
Thomas Hallinan, HELIOS Software GmbH, 209-827-2760, mktg (at) helios.de
Bill Gram-Reefer, WORLDVIEW, 925-215-8463, reefer (at) worldviewpr.com
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