Solutions focus on providing publishers exciting, dynamic cross-media content with

virtual magazines, implementing working JDF applications, and putting Adobe Print

Engine on board.

KEHL, GERMANY Dalim Software unveiled several new products to complement

its entire portfolio of progressive workflow solutions for the graphic arts industry

during a pre-Drupa conference, January 15 2008, at Düsseldorf, Germany. The

company will display its entire portfolio of production automation software at Hall 9,

Stand 9C44 and at the Drupa Innovation Parc, Hall 7 during Drupa, 2008 held from

May 29-June 11 In Düsseldorf, Germany.

DALiM SOFTWARE JDF CONNECTIVITY PACKAGE PUT TO USE

Dalim Software has been one of the major drivers of JDF connectivity in the

industry, with leading roles in the CIP4 Committee. The company is using its new

DALiM TWiST JDF Connectivity Package to connect to and drive applications like

Alwan CMYK Optimizer directly from the workflow.

The JDF Connectivity Package in DALiM TWiST is able to send files automatically

from the workflow to, for example, the Alwan CMYK Optimizer ink management

software solution, allows the files to be processed in the application, and returns the

files to the DALiM TWiST workflow. As it does so, it can drive the settings of the ink

optimization solution directly from the workflow via the JDF communication

standards. By allowing the workflow to provide the setting (for example, maximum

ink values for newspapers), neither a dedicated hotfolder nor queue is required.

Thus, if a company is operating a database-driven DALiM TWiST workflow, the

system can remain fully automated. Basically, the application becomes a DALiM

TWiST tool, describes Bertin Sorgenfrey, Dalim Software head of international

marketing. There is a certain amount of handshake information exchanged, the

workflow sends the file, the application processes it, and the file returns to the

workflow when the task is done.

UPDATED VERSION OF DALiM MISTRAL 3.0 FEATURES PUBLISHERS

PRODUCTION FLATPLAN

At Drupa 2008, Dalim Software will introduce version 3.0 of DALiM MiSTRAL, its

popular production automation and project management/job tracking system. The

highlight of the new version will be Publisher s Production Flatplan, specially catered

to non-technical users for faster approval of pages. While other page applications

show flatplans of designed work, MiSTRAL 3.0 shows true PDF images of complete

pages that have been produced through a production workflow. The attractive, new,

easy-to-use interface speeds up the process for these users, with more helpful

information. Other new DALiM MiSTRAL 3.0 features will be revealed at Drupa.

TWO-BYTE TEXT EXTRACTION ONLY IN DALiM DIALOGUE

At Drupa, Dalim Software is introducing new features to DALIM DiALOGUE, a

stand-alone SWOP Certified monitor-based proofing application running under the

Macintosh OS X operating system. DALiM DiALOGUE provides companies a way to

provide remote and collaborative viewing and soft proofing of high-resolution files

(PDF, PostScript and TIFF-IT, among others) via the Internet. The version of DALiM

DiALOGUE demonstrated at Drupa will feature text extraction, the ability to

highlight text when viewing a proof on a monitor, and cutting and pasting that text

with edits into a comment. Unlike other monitor-based proofing systems that show a

page as a rasterized image, text is demonstrated as a vector component. This saves

a reviewer time, because the person does not have to retype copy that requires

changes. This feature is also available for all 2-byte/Kanji fonts.