Free preflight software for mac

InPreflight Studio 2.6.10 offers a highly proper quality control and reporting solution for Adobe InDesign, which is able to quickly gather extensive information about document fonts, colors and links and let you instantly locate potential problems according to user-defined settings. InPreflight saves you hours of checking your documents manually and dealing with consequences of costly mistakes.

InPreflight also lets users print graphic preflight reports and save them as fully searchable interactive PDF files, providing an easy way to analyze, archive and send reports to service providers.
The full version, InPreflight Pro, also includes advanced packaging solutions with the ability to package multiple documents automatically.

Requirements: Adobe InDesign CS-CS4

FlightCheck Professional 6.5 is such a professionally designed program which provides both preflight and postflight in one complete package. This stand-alone solution has saved the printing industry millions of dollars in reprocessing costs. FlightCheck Professional scans a wide variety of layout application file types, including QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Photoshop, Illustrator, Multi-Ad Creator, InDesign, FreeHand, CorelDRAW, WORD, PowerPoint, Publisher and PDF, as well as image and font files.

The simple drag-and-drop interface warns you of hundreds of potential errors. FlightCheck Professional verifies critical elements such as colors, fonts and images, assuring validity. After verification, FlightCheck Professional reports a menu of possible problems like missing images or fonts; even fonts in EPS files. FlightCheck Professional is a must-have for printers, service bureaus and publishers; it dramatically improves your workflow and your bottom line.

Major Features:

1. Preflights both Adobe PDF and non-PDF files
2. Preflights multiple print jobs in one session
3. Preflights wide range of file types for print
4. Maximizes printing operations capacity
5. Save money by eliminating job re-prints
6. Native applications are not required
7. Categories of potential problems
8. Customizable rule sets to check files
9. Preflights wide range of file types for print
10. Scans, reports and collects the entire job
11. Support for third-party font applications
12. QuarkXPress 8 and InDesign CS4 support
13. Much, much more !

Enhancements: supports QuarkXPress 8 and InDesign CS4

Requirements:

• G5 or Intel based Mac
• 2 GB RAM
• 1280 x 800 screen resolution
• Mac OS v10.4 to v10.5x

QXP Maven is a full featured preflight and collect for output utility for QuarkXPress. It features all of the important options found in the commercial alternatives FlightCheck and Preflight Pro. Maven will check your QuarkXPress files for errors which will result in wasted film. It can look for images which will not print correctly: RGB and index images, JPEG encoded eps, duplicate colors, empty boxes, images which are too small, hairlines, text box overflows, stylized fonts, bad trapping, and much more.
Autofix includes: convert spot colors, delete empty boxes, fix or delete manual traps, delete unwanted clipping paths, unsuppress suppressed elements.
A detailed preflight report features an navigate feature which can be used to jump to any element in the document. A handy built in help outlines every option.
When the checking is done, Maven can collect all fonts and images for output, with a document report and bureau order form to boot.
Main features:
- Drag and drop operation
- Batch processing
- Mouse hot spot for quick activation
- Autopilot takes you to any element in the document
- Find RGB and Index images
- Collect fonts and links for output with order form and report
- Autofix corrects trapping, spot colors, none picture boxes and more.

Requirements:
Mac OS 9.2 or later, QuarkXPress 4.0 or later.