Badia Software’s Printools provides prepress and printing professionals with a powerful collection of printing tools for automated and error-free output. In one comprehensive package you get batch printing of multiple documents, rename at print, print to file in different formats, custom slugs and preflighting. You can even combine several of these tools during the same print session to streamline complex printing tasks.
Single-user licenses are $129; upgrades enjoy a 60% discount. Requires Mac OS X Tiger or Leopard.
Additions and Improvements to Printools 6.0 for 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.
Additions and Improvements to Printools 6.0 for for 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.
This article was last modified on June 19, 2020
This article was first published on April 3, 2009
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