Enfocus announces Instant PDF 09

By preflighting and automatically correcting PDF files after creation, Instant PDF 09 brings unprecedented simplicity and standard compliance to the desktops of designers. The latest release comes with support for Adobe CS 5 and QuarkXPress 8 applications, as well as the latest industry standards.

Enfocus Instant PDF 09 makes producing press-ready PDFs easy. The tool is intended for creative professionals who need to output PDFs that are preflighted to industry standards prior to submission for printing, either internally or to an external print service provider or publisher. Instant PDF 09 is easy to use, reliable and accepts profiles for PDF creation and preflight verification that can be supplied by printers or publishers to their customer sites, if required. Instant PDF 09 is now also compatible with Windows 7 and Mac version OS X 10.4.11 to the latest 10.6, now including 64-bit compatibility.

The PDFs created with Instant PDF 09 comply with print or advertisement vendors’ specifications, including ISO PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4 and the latest Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG) industry standards. The files are Certified PDFs, with embedded metadata that includes creator, verification and profile information that stays with the file throughout its lifetime.

The price for a single-user version of Enfocus Instant PDF 09 remains at EUR 299. A single user upgrade from the previous 08 versions is EUR 79 and from 4 it is EUR 159.

Instant PDF 3 users can upgrade until September 30th, 2010 at EUR 159. After September 30th, 2010 the price will be EUR 199 and will be available until December 31st, 2010. After December 31st, 2010 an upgrade from Instant PDF 3 will no longer be available. Volume licensing is available for workgroups consisting of five or more users.