callas pdfToolbox Desktop - Details

Key Features

The best PDF quality control on the planet

• Full support for all ISO PDF standards:
  PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF/UA, PDF/VT and PDF/E


• Supports all PDF/X standards:
  PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4, PDF/X-5, PDF/X-6


• Full support for specifications from industry associations;
  such as the Ghent Workgroup and PDF/X-Ready


• Reporting of problems through different types of
  predefined PDF reports


• Customizable PDF reports based on HTML templates
  for maximum adjustment to brands and users
  (including easy adaptation of colors,
  layout, icons and logos and textual content)


• Interactive identification of problem objects after preflight



Don’t just report problems – fix them

• Many instant fixes for common PDF problems


• Run fixes individually or build them into preflight profiles


• Secured fixing by using PDF comparison technology;
  easily identify when a fix causes visual differences


• Build process plans: customizable lists of fixes that can
  be executed on PDF documents conditionally


• Fix broken documents by "re-distilling" or
  by rasterizing each page (re-destilling means
  generating PostScript and conversion back into PDF)



Customize quality control and fixing

• Insert variables into checks or fixes


• Modify values for variables
  whenever run in pdfToolbox Desktop


• Decide on the fly whether checks or fixes
  need to be run for a specific document



More than fixes
- PDF actions with pdfTooolbox Desktop

• Convert office documents, images and PostScript/EPS files
  into good PDF documents with simple drag-and-drop


• Save images for each page of a PDF documents
  (can be used to generate preview images or
  high resolution TIFF files for production)


• Generate PostScript or EPS files from PDF documents


• Perform simple impositioning tasks
  (creating a booklet, doing a step-and-repeat…)
  or create complete impositioning templates


• Prepare professional looking handouts and
  presentations for on-screen and printed delivery


• Scale, move, extend, rotate and flip pages and content


• Change page size to what is visible on the page


• Add printer marks based on trimbox and bleedbox


• Detect printer marks in PDF documents and fix
  the trim and bleed-box accordingly


• Flatten transparency to support older workflows/devices


• Work with PDF documents containing layers
  (option content)


• Embed and/or subset fonts, outline fonts if necessary


• Change image compression


• Sharpen images in your PDF documents



Professional color management without the hassle

• Convert PDF documents using ICC profiles;
  wizard takes the guessing out of the job


• Use your DeviceLink profiles for color conversion,
  TAC reduction or ink saving


• Use DeviceLink pack (payable option)
  for smooth CMYK to CMYK conversion


• Convert all spot colors to CMYK


• Modify individual spot colors in a PDF document
  (change names, modify alternate color space and
  values, remap to another spot color or process color
  or convert to CMYK)


• Quickly convert PDF documents to RGB or gray
  (with dot-gain compensation)



Get the most out of metadata

• Provides convenient browsing of document metadata
  as well as object-level metadata for images embedded
  inside the document


• Support for all relevant industry metadata standards
  including Dublin Core, IPTC, PRISM, GWG AdTicket/AdsML,
  PLUS, EXIF and Camera Raw


• Facilitates metadata based researching in
  Yahoo, Wikipedia, Amazon, Google and AskMetaFilter


• Supports GPS data for use with Google Maps,
  OpenStreetMap and Google Earth


• XML export of all document and object level metadata
  for tracking image use and licenses

Benefits

Handle all of your PDF needs in a single application

• Support for all PDF standards,
  both from international standard organizations
  and from national user associations


• Covers quality control, result reporting,
  PDF fixing and many other PDF manipulations
  (generating PDF from office files,
  conversion from and to PostScript and EPS,
  imposition and much more)


• Provides the freedom to work inside of Adobe Acrobat
  or as a standalone application (without requiring
  Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader to be installed)



Speed up the way you work with PDF documents

• Identify PDF problems quickly
  through preflight with customizable profiles


• Further qualify production problems by using the visualizer;
  judge problems such as total ink coverage,
  image resolution and separations in a single glance


• Apply pre-configured fixes to solve problems immediately


• Create lists of corrections and checks
  to be executed in a single click


• Batch process folders with up to 100 PDF documents



Unparalleled ease-of-use

• Intuitive user interface providing functionality at different
  levels of complexity to support every type of user


• Smartphone alike user interface (the Switchboard)
  with low entrance level functionality neatly
  grouped by functionality


• A workspace area you can customize to contain
  all features you frequently use


• Tons of predefined preflight profiles, checks and fixes
  with the ability to customize what is there or
  to create your own



Reduce PDF related costs

• Detect errors early with industry standard quality control,
  fully supporting PDF standards and specifications and
  used by major companies such as Adobe and Quark


• Fix common PDF problems automatically to improve
  turn-around and increase the relationship with clients


• Use electronic signatures to protect PDF documents
  and track errors throughout the workflow


• Repurpose PDF documents
  when workflow needs or customer needs change

System requirements

callas pdfToolbox Desktop runs
inside Adobe Acrobat, or as a standalone
(without requiring Adobe Acrobat to be installed):

• Mac:
• Earliest supported version: macOS 10.13 (Intel)


• Starting with macOS 11.0,
  also running on Apple Silicon Rosetta 2


• Native Apple Silicon (ARM/M1) support
  starting with pdfToolbox 14.0


• Newest tested version: macOS 12.61.1





• Windows:
• Earliest supported version: Windows 10


• Newest tested version: Windows 11

callas pdfToolbox Server - Details

Key Features

Complete automation

• Create an unlimited amount of jobs (watched folders)


• Configure jobs using pdfToolbox Desktop
  from any machine on the network


• Use jobs to perform preflight
  (using a profile or process plan)
  or perform automated PDF actions


• Modify job processing with additional
  command-line parameters,
  straight from the job configuration interface
  (without scripting or development needed)


• Process 8 documents in parallel using
  the regular license or scale up to
  the full power of your hardware or
  virtual environment
  with an unlimited license


• Setup pdfToolbox Server with a
  dispatcher or satellite license for
  load-balancing across several machines


• Distributed processing;
  allows easy load-balancing between multiple
  pdfToolbox Server instances in high-volume workflows


• Monitor server processing from any machine on
  the network using pdfToolbox Desktop


• Setup jobs with checkpoints allowing
  pdfToolbox Desktop to see and fix problem files


• Integrate into Enfocus Switch and
  Laidback Solutions FileTrain



The best and most complete
PDF quality control on the planet

• Full support for all ISO PDF standards:
  PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF/UA, PDF/VT and PDF/E


• Supports all PDF/X standards:
  PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4, PDF/X-5, PDF/X-6


• Full support for specifications from industry associations;
  such as the Ghent Workgroup and PDF/X-Ready


• Reporting of problems through different
  types of predefined PDF reports


• Customizable PDF reports based on HTML templates
  for maximum adjustment to your brand and users
  (including easy adaptation of colors, layout, icons and
  logos and textual content)


• Integrated fixes allows quickest
  handling of PDF documents


• Secured fixing by using PDF comparison technology;
  easily identify when a fix causes visual differences


• Build process plans: customizable lists of fixes that
  can be executed on PDF documents conditionally


• Fix broken documents by "re-distilling"
  or by rasterizing each page
  (re-destilling means generating PostScript and
  conversion back into PDF)



Customize quality control and fixing

• Insert variables into checks or fixes


• Modify values for variables in each job


• Decide on the fly whether checks or fixes
  need to be run for a specific document



More than fixes
- PDF actions with pdfTooolbox Server

• Convert office documents, images and PostScript/EPS files
  into good PDF documents with simple drag-and-drop


• Save images for each page of a PDF documents
  (can be used to generate preview images or
  high resolution TIFF files for production)


• Generate PostScript or EPS files from PDF documents


• Perform simple impositioning tasks
  (creating a booklet, doing a step-and-repeat…)
  or create complete impositioning templates


• Prepare professional looking handouts and presentations
  for on-screen and printed delivery


• Scale, move, extend, rotate and flip pages and content


• Change page size to what is visible on the page


• Add printer marks based on the trim and bleed-box


• Detect printer marks in PDF documents and fix
  the trim and bleed-box accordingly


• Flatten transparency to support older workflows/devices


• Work with PDF documents containing layers
  (option content)


• Embed and/or subset fonts, outline fonts if necessary


• Change image compression


• Sharpen images in your PDF documents



Professional color management without the hassle

• Convert PDF documents using ICC profiles;
  wizard takes the guessing out of the job


• Use your DeviceLink profiles for color conversion,
  TAC reduction or ink saving


• Use DeviceLink pack (payable option)
  for smooth CMYK to CMYK conversion


• Convert all spot colors to CMYK


• Modify individual spot colors in a PDF document
  (change names, modify alternate color space and
  values, remap to another spot color or
  process color or convert to CMYK)


• Quickly convert PDF documents to RGB or gray
  (with dot-gain compensation)

Benefits

Handle all of your PDF needs in a single application

• Support for all PDF standards,
  both from international standard organizations
  and from national user associations


• Covers quality control, result reporting,
  PDF fixing and many other PDF manipulations
  (generating PDF from office files,
  conversion from and to PostScript and EPS,
  imposition and much more)


• callas pdfToolbox Server runs on
  any recent macOS, Windows or Linux platform



Configure your automation exactly as you need it

• Create an unlimited amount of jobs (watched folders)


• Configure jobs from any machine on the network


• Track server processing across the network
  using pdfToolbox Desktop


• Handle problem files in pdfToolbox Desktop using
  checkpoints, seamlessly integrating error handling
  for problems files in an automated workflows
  with pdfToolbox Server


• Run pdfToolbox Server on physical hardware or
  in many virtual environments


• Provide instant load-balancing with
  pdfToolbox Dispatcher and Satellite


• Works together with Enfocus Switch or
  Laidback Solutions FileTrain
  for further automation needs



Enjoy highest quality and reliability

• Uses the same PDF preflight engine as Adobe Acrobat


• Builds on the Adobe PDF Library for PDF file processing,
  transparency flattening, PostScript/EPS support and more

System Requirements

callas pdfToolbox Server runs with its full hot folder interface
and has command-line support on Windows and Mac.
A command-line only version is available on Linux
- See pdfToolbox CLI.

• Mac:
• Earliest supported version: macOS 10.13 (Intel)


• Starting with macOS 11.0,
  also running on Apple Silicon Rosetta 2


• Native Apple Silicon (ARM/M1) support
  starting with pdfToolbox 14.0


• Newest tested version: macOS 12.61.1





• Windows:
• Earliest supported version: Windows 10


• Newest tested version: Windows 11





• Windows Server:
• Earliest supported version: Windows Server 2012 R2


• Newest tested version: Windows Server 2022





• Linux:

The minimum required Linux OS versions are shown below
(Linux OS versions with a higher number are
always supported as well):

• Debian 8 (and derivates like Ubuntu 16.x )


• RedHat RHEL7
  (and derivates like CentOS7 or CentOS Stream)


• SuSE SLES11
  (and derivates like OpenSuSE11 or
  OpenSuSE LEAP 42 or OpenSuSE TumbleWeed)


• Note: Other Linux distributions are also supported
  if the version of the glibc is at least v2.12



• Recommended are at least 2 GB of free storage

callas pdfToolbox CLI - Details

Key Features

Complete automation

• Perform preflight by running any
  pdfToolbox profile or process plan


• Generate an unlimited amount of
  preflight reports from a single preflight


• With special command-line commands,
  run a PDF action on PDF files


• Process 8 documents in parallel using
  the regular license or scale up to
  the full power of your hardware or
  virtual environment with
  an unlimited license


• Alternatively launch pdfToolbox CLI as server,
  dispatcher or satellite to create a standalone server
  or a component in a load-balancing workflow


• Integrate into Enfocus Switch and
  Laidback Solutions FileTrain



More than preflight
- PDF actions with pdfToolbox CLI

• Convert office documents, images and PostScript/EPS files
  into good PDF documents with simple drag-and-drop


• Save images for each page of a PDF documents
  (can be used to generate preview images or
  high resolution TIFF files for production)


• Generate PostScript or EPS files from PDF documents


• Perform simple impositioning tasks
  (creating a booklet, doing a step-and-repeat…)
  or create complete impositioning templates


• Prepare professional looking handouts and presentations
  for on-screen and printed delivery


• Scale, move, extend, rotate and flip pages and content


• Change page size to what is visible on the page


• Add printer marks based on the trim and bleed-box


• Detect printer marks in PDF documents and fix
  the trim and bleed-box accordingly


• Flatten transparency to support older workflows/devices


• Work with PDF documents containing layers
  (option content)


• Embed and/or subset fonts, outline fonts if necessary


• Change image compression


• Sharpen images in your PDF documents



The best and most complete
PDF quality control on the planet

• Full support for all ISO PDF standards:
  PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF/UA, PDF/VT and PDF/E


• Supports all PDF/X standards:
  PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4, PDF/X-5, PDF/X-6


• Full support for specifications from industry associations;
  such as the Ghent Workgroup and PDF/X-Ready


• Reporting of problems through
  different types of predefined PDF reports


• Customizable PDF reports based on HTML templates
  for maximum adjustment to your brand and users
  (including easy adaptation of colors, layout, icons and
  logos and textual content)


• Integrated fixes allows
  quickest handling of PDF documents


• Secured fixing by using PDF comparison technology;
  easily identify when a fix causes visual differences


• Build process plans: customizable lists of fixes that
  can be executed on PDF documents conditionally


• Fix broken documents by "re-distilling" or
  by rasterizing each page (re-destilling means
  generating PostScript and conversion back into PDF)



Customize quality control and fixing

• Insert variables into checks or fixes


• Modify values for variables in each job


• Decide on the fly whether checks or fixes
  need to be run for a specific document



Professional color management without the hassle

• Convert PDF documents using ICC profiles;
  wizard takes the guessing out of the job


• Use your DeviceLink profiles for color conversion,
  TAC reduction or ink saving


• Use DeviceLink pack (payable option)
  for smooth CMYK to CMYK conversion


• Convert all spot colors to CMYK


• Modify individual spot colors in a PDF document
  (change names, modify alternate color space and values,
  remap to another spot color or process color
  or convert to CMYK)


• Quickly convert PDF documents to RGB or gray
  (with dot-gain compensation)

System Requirements

callas pdfToolbox CLI is a command-line only version.

• Mac:
• Earliest supported version: macOS 10.13 (Intel)


• Starting with macOS 11.0,
  also running on Apple Silicon Rosetta 2


• Native Apple Silicon (ARM/M1) support
  starting with pdfToolbox 14.0


• Newest tested version: macOS 12.61.1





• Windows:
• Earliest supported version: Windows 10


• Newest tested version: Windows 11





• Windows Server:
• Earliest supported version: Windows Server 2012 R2


• Newest tested version: Windows Server 2022





• Linux:

The minimum required Linux OS versions are shown below
(Linux OS versions with a higher number are
always supported as well):

• Debian 8 (and derivates like Ubuntu 16.x )


• RedHat RHEL7
  (and derivates like CentOS7 or CentOS Stream)


• SuSE SLES11
  (and derivates like OpenSuSE11 or
  OpenSuSE LEAP 42 or OpenSuSE TumbleWeed)


• Note: Other Linux distributions are also supported
  if the version of the glibc is at least v2.12



• Recommended are at least 2 GB of free storage

callas pdfToolbox SDK - Details

callas pdfToolbox SDK - a programming library
for standards compliant PDF.

It is aimed for developers with a need to
automate callas pdfToolbox or when integrating
callas pdfToolbox into an existing workflow for
PDF optimization, validation and correction.

Key Features

Close integration

• C library for easy integration in
  C project or C++ headers
  (through custom headers)


• Easy support for .Net and Java projects
  through custom wrappers


• Full set of callback functions to take
  close control of processing


• Parallel processing through multi-threaded library


• Perform preflight by running any
  pdfToolbox profile or process plan


• Generate an unlimited amount of
  preflight reports from a single preflight


• Duplicate, merge and modify preflight profiles in code


• Combine usage of
  Adobe PDF Library and pdfToolbox SDK


• Available on macOS, Windows, Linux



More than preflight
- PDF actions with pdfToolbox SDK

• Convert office documents, images and PostScript/EPS files
  into good PDF documents with simple drag-and-drop


• Save images for each page of a PDF documents
  (can be used to generate preview images or
  high resolution TIFF files for production)


• Generate PostScript or EPS files from PDF documents


• Perform simple impositioning tasks
  (creating a booklet, doing a step-and-repeat…)
  or create complete impositioning templates


• Prepare professional looking handouts and presentations
  for on-screen and printed delivery


• Scale, move, extend, rotate and flip pages and content


• Change page size to what is visible on the page


• Add printer marks based on the trim and bleed-box


• Detect printer marks in PDF documents and fix
  the trim and bleed-box accordingly


• Flatten transparency to support older workflows/devices


• Work with PDF documents containing layers
  (option content)


• Embed and/or subset fonts, outline fonts if necessary


• Change image compression


• Sharpen images in your PDF documents



The best and most complete
PDF quality control on the planet

• Full support for all ISO PDF standards:
  PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF/UA, PDF/VT and PDF/E


• Supports all PDF/X standards:
  PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4, PDF/X-5, PDF/X-6


• Full support for specifications from industry associations;
  such as the Ghent Workgroup and PDF/X-Ready


• Reporting of problems through
  different types of predefined PDF reports


• Customizable PDF reports based on HTML templates
  for maximum adjustment to your brand and users
  (including easy adaptation of colors, layout, icons and
  logos and textual content)


• Integrated fixes allows
  quickest handling of PDF documents


• Secured fixing by using PDF comparison technology;
  easily identify when a fix causes visual differences


• Build process plans: customizable lists of fixes that can
  be executed on PDF documents conditionally


• Fix broken documents by "re-distilling" or
  by rasterizing each page (re-destilling means
  generating PostScript and conversion back into PDF)



Customize quality control and fixing

• Insert variables into checks or fixes


• Modify values for variables in each job


• Decide on the fly whether checks or fixes
  need to be run for a specific document



Professional color management without the hassle

• Convert PDF documents using ICC profiles;
  wizard takes the guessing out of the job


• Use your DeviceLink profiles for color conversion,
  TAC reduction or ink saving


• Use DeviceLink pack (payable option)
  for smooth CMYK to CMYK conversion


• Convert all spot colors to CMYK


• Modify individual spot colors in a PDF document
  (change names, modify alternate color space and
  values, remap to another spot color or process color
  or convert to CMYK)


• Quickly convert PDF documents to RGB or gray
  (with dot-gain compensation)

System Requirements

• Mac:
• Earliest supported version: macOS 10.13 (Intel)


• Starting with macOS 11.0,
  also running on Apple Silicon Rosetta 2


• Native Apple Silicon (ARM/M1) support
  starting with pdfToolbox 14.0


• Newest tested version: macOS 12.61.1





• Windows:
• Earliest supported version: Windows 10


• Newest tested version: Windows 11





• Windows Server:
• Earliest supported version: Windows Server 2012 R2


• Newest tested version: Windows Server 2022





• Linux:

The minimum required Linux OS versions are shown below
(Linux OS versions with a higher number are
always supported as well):

• Debian 8 (and derivates like Ubuntu 16.x )


• RedHat RHEL7
  (and derivates like CentOS7 or CentOS Stream)


• SuSE SLES11
  (and derivates like OpenSuSE11 or
  OpenSuSE LEAP 42 or OpenSuSE TumbleWeed)


• Note: Other Linux distributions are also supported
  if the version of the glibc is at least v2.12



• Recommended are at least 2 GB of free storage