You can now set output defaults for layout reports. New Print menu and Preferences for Job Layout Report This means that you can use Preps to create a multi-web layout, save it as a custom fold pattern, and then generate a web press run with the custom fold pattern.

Preps can now define subsections (or ribbons) in Custom Fold Patterns. When adding these fold patterns to a Press Run, you will be prompted to set the independent page properties. You can now save a Custom Fold Pattern with a section that includes independent pages. Save a layout with Independent Page as a Custom Fold Pattern Kodak Preps 9.0 New features and enhancements: – Supports industry-standard PDF input and JDF output files – AutoGang feature optimizes the placement of several jobs on a single press sheet – Enhanced step-and-repeat for packaging applications and packaging specific interface – Improved production reporting on colors, dimensions and equipment specified for the job – Define rules that utilize the SmartMarks automatically in a JDF or auto generated workflow with SmartMarks Editor

– Define how a mark should be placed based on job or production needs with SmartMarks – Template Search tool enables you find an existing Preps template quickly for re-use – Flexible, easy-to-use templates make it easy to produce similar or repetitive jobs efficiently – Industry standard software well known by print operators minimizes training and maximizes productivity – Efficiently and effectively manage any print project using specific interfaces for commercial and packaging – Produce similar or repetitive jobs easily, saving time and reducing cost with templates and libraries – Handles complex jobs for digital and conventional print with ease

– Makes it fast and easy to create, save and manage step-and-repeat reducing turnaround time and costs so you can get to more jobs, faster Its automated imposition process cuts turnaround time and reduces costs. PREPS Imposition Software produces faster, more accurate impositions that maximize press sheet usage. KODAK PREPS Imposition Software – the leading solution for error-free impositions and one of the most widely used tools in the printing industry.

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