Printools 6.0

Printools provides pre-press professionals with a sophisticated suite of printing tools and timesaving options. The Printools interface includes rename at print, batch printing, print to file, preflight checking, page slug customization, print style handling, and state-of-the-art live previews. Whats more, you will be able to combine several of these tools during the same print session to streamline complex printing tasks.
Printools sports a completely redesigned user interface, dedicating a separate panel to each tool. You can even combine rename at print, print to file, preflighting and batch printing in the same print session to streamline complex printing tasks.
Main features:
- Rename at Print
You can now rename the document during the output stage, without altering the actual document or file name. Print renaming is useful for identifying the document during the output stage, regarless of the actual file name. It is also helpfull in keeping track of revisions or when printing individual pages for imposition. Printools lets you specify up to 3 components in the new name. For each, choose from: project name, layout name, Project_Layout, the page range, a 3-digit serial number that increases automatically after printing, or any custom text.
- Batch Printing
The batch printing tool allows you to print multiple files with the same print settings. Simply select the files you wish to print, arrange them in any order you like, and hit the Print button. Printools will open each of the files and immediately send them to the print queue applying the output settings youve previously specified. You can even combine batch printing with print to file to generate multiple PostScript files at once.
- Preflighting
The preflighting engine quickly and thoroughly checks for potential problems that could lead to time and material waste. Customize the preflight checks by activating any of the following diagnostics: missing fonts, suppress printout, text overflows, broken picture links, RGB Images, EPS with JPEG compression, unknown image formats, hairlines, and poor image resolution. You can even configure the preflight tool to automatically run before printing.
- Save as PostScript
This tool allows you to save the printout to a designated folder as a PostScript file. When combined with batch printing, you can generate dozens or even hundreds of these files in one single step. Specify up to 3 components for naming the output files. For each, choose from: project name, layout name, Project_Layout, the page range, a 3-digit serial number, or any custom text.
- Custom Page Slugs
This tool lets you customize the page slug printed at the top of the page when printing with registration marks. For example, you may want to add the label "Revision 1" to indicate the stage during revision cycles. Printools allows you to suppress any of the standard QuarkXPress tags and/or add up to seven additional ones: user name, machine name, line screen, emulsion, bleed, scaling and any custom text.
- Live Previews
The live preview shows you in real time an exact representation of how the output will look as you change the print settings. Single pages or spreads, crop marks, manual or automatic tiling, page rotation, bleeds, and negative printing are just some of the print settings shown in the live preview. You can even manually tile a page by dragging the mouse over the preview area. And a toolbar next to the live preview contains common shortcut buttons, such as change page rotation, turn manual tiling on/off, print marks, and page flipping.

System requirements:
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Version restrictions:
- 30 days trial period.

Enhancements
QuarkXPress 8:
- Completely redesigned interface - Printools for QuarkXPress now has its own window, separated from the Print dialog.
- New in Batch Printing: file icon; drag-n-drop to list; Remove All button; Unsort button.
- New in Preflighting: LAB, Duotone, and Indexed color models; TIFF compression; auto update modified links; preference to choose what to do when problems are found.
- New in Custom Slugs: date formats; time formats; print info; renamed name; save to tile name; destination folder; ability to append or remove QuarkXPress slug; ability to choose separator.
- New in Rename at Print: file sequence and user name (as file name component); leading zeros; serial number step, ability to add file extension.
- New in Save to File: save as PDF; file sequence and user name (as file name component); leading zeros; serial number step, ability to add file extension; drag and drop to folder path.
- New Preferences panel.
- Ability to reset serial number after printing
- Ability to choose action to take when duplicate files are found.
- Simulation Mode: simulates the printing process without actually printing.
- New Print Log window: shows in real time detailed info of the printing process. Includes de Preflight Results window and ability to open skipped files in QuarkXPress.
- Ability to save preflight results and print log results.
- QuarkXPress 8-native.
InDesign CS4:
- New Custom Slugs: allows you to print a custom slug at the bottom of the page.
- New in Batch Printing: file icon; drag-n-drop to list; Remove All button; Unsort button.
- New in Rename at Print: user name (as file name component); leading zeros; serial number step.
- New in Save to File: user name (as file name component); leading zeros; serial number step; drag and drop to folder path.
- New Preferences panel.
- Ability to reset serial number after printing
- Ability to choose action to take when duplicate files are found.
- Number of copies (print to printer only).
- Redesigned interface.
- Optimized for InDesign CS4.