The bleeding edge

Detecting and adding bleed has never been easy. We have done a lot to improve this. Join this session to learn what is new in this field in pdfToolbox 11! 01:25 - New Process Plan ‘Check and Fix bleed’ 05:58 - Demo of ‘Check...

A look inside the License Server

In this video, you get to see how License Server works in practice. We’ll explain how to work with cartridges, move a License Server, handle failover, combine pdfToolbox Desktop and License Server, and much more! 00:17 - Why License...

UI & Test mode improvements in pdfToolbox 11

pdfToolbox 11 is packed with 'smaller' new features, such as UI and Test mode improvements. Remember that smaller doesn’t necessarily mean unimportant! 00:45 - New sidebar 01:06 - Hidden feature - View hidden 03:50 -...

Colors in pdfToolbox 11

Color conversions remain an essential part of many workflows. This session at the VIP Event in Riga presents new possibilities to handling color conversions with or without variables and how to solve related overprint problems. 01:55...

What is a preflight Check and how do I create one?

Often the best thing you can do is search for an existing preflight Check that matches more or less what you want to do, and duplicate that. But sometimes it's quicker or necessary to create an entirely new Check. So, how do we do that?

The callas software GitHub repository

In 2017, callas software introduced a temporary GitHub account that was used to maintain a new Place Content template. In 2018, the callas GitHub account went live and it handles much more. This session gives an overview of why...

Converting PDF's to an ISO standard

If you have established that you want to work with the ISO PDF/X-1a or PDF/X-4 standard, the next question is what you do with PDF documents that are not compliant to those standards. callas pdfToolbox can help you to convert the...

Using DeviceLinks in pdfToolbox

DeviceLink profiles are specialised ICC Profiles that are very useful for color conversions, TAC reductions or ink save. This session goes into the theory behind them, but also explains how and where in pdfToolbox you can use them...

Getting multi-color right

N-channel color spaces become more and more popular, for example in digital printing. How well does PDF support n-channel color spaces? Does CxF/X-4 help at all? What options does the color conscious PDF user have today?

A short history of the world - PDF & callas software

A short history of the world of PDF and callas software, with questions such as: Where does the current product range come from? How did it evolve? How did PDF itself evolve? How does the GWG and standardisation in general fit into...