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Integration to Adobe PDF Workflows
Adobe PDF Print Engine
Adobe’s new PDF-based RIP, Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE), enables direct PDF RIPping without conversion to Postscript, avoiding
potential errors for PDF files that contain transparency.
EFI and Adobe have partnered to offer industry-leading print solutions by integrating the APPE PDF-rendering technology with the Fiery
server. This support offers users a native PDF end-to-end workflow and enables them to improve the consistency and flexibility of the
printed output from design to print.
The APPE interpreter support is offered in conjunction with the conventional Fiery CPSI PostScript interpreter. This dual RIP configuration
is offered standard for external Fiery servers shipping with Fiery Software System 9 R2 and above. This feature guarantees workflow
interoperability and gives users the option to process PDF files using the APPE or conventional PostScript RIP with a simple click of the
mouse and to meet the specific requirements of a printing environment or job.
Feature characteristics at a glance:
• It supports PDF 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7; PDF/X-1a, 3; and PDF/VT. (These formats also are supported in the
PDF-to-PostScript converter with CPSI.)
• Job submission methods supported: Fiery Hot Folders and File/Import from Command WorkStation.
• CPSI and APPE workflows are simultaneously enabled, and users can choose between them.
Unlike other RIPs, the Fiery servers have been offering the benefits of APPE for many years. The Fiery CPSI interpreter incorporates
extensive and unique PDF capabilities to address the issues that designers and printers face today in producing creative, effective and
accurate documents. Because of this support, there are few differences in the print results of APPE and Fiery CPSI interpreters. However,
there are ideal print environments for APPE-enabled workflow, including the following:
• The print provider that uses a pure PDF workflow and requires PDF documents to remain device independent
throughout the entire workflow.
• The print provider that frequently prints designs containing transparency, especially when the transparency
interacts with black backgrounds.
• The shop that wants to unify offset workflows operating with APPE and with digital print workflows to ensure
that the designer’s intent is accurately reproduced on the press of both output solutions.
• The printer provider that prefers to perform job submission using Fiery Hot Folders or File/Import to Command
WorkStation.
APPE Fiery CPSI
Supported File Formats
PDF 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7;
PDF/X-1a, 3, 4, PDF/VT v2.0
Same as APPE, plus: PostScript, TIFF,
EPS, VDP (PPML 2.2, VIPP 8, VPS 1.5 ,
PDF/VT v1.0 Compatible)
Job Submission Methods
Fiery Hot Folders
Drag and Drop to Command
WorkStation
FTP printing
Same as APPE, plus:
Fiery Driver
Virtual Printers
Email printing
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