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Adobe Rolls Out PDF Print Software

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe) announced the Adobe PDF Print Engine, which is described as new printing software technology that ensures print hardware can output Portable Document Format (PDF) files with complex designs and effects. "Fueled by the rapid adoption of PDF in the graphic arts industry, Adobe PDF Print Engine is the building block for our partners to deliver a new era in high quality print workflows," said Shantanu Narayen, president and CEO at Adobe.

The Adobe PDF Print Engine is said to combine the strengths of content definition in Adobe PDF and JDF to control print systems, allowing PDF print jobs to stay device-independent across the workflow. Print workflow systems that are powered by the Adobe PDF Print Engine can easily allow late-stage content corrections, enable repurposing jobs for output on different printing systems, and provide on-screen, high-resolution previews driven by the same rendering engine as final stage Raster Image Processors (RIPs).

Adobe said it is providing the Adobe PDF Print Engine as a Software Development Kit (SDK) for OEMs who will build the next generation of PDF printing solutions, including RIPs, print previewing and proofing software, and print workflow systems. The modular architecture of the Adobe PDF Print Engine is expected to enable fast Adobe PDF version upgrades, so printers can update their print systems to the latest Adobe PDF specification with little system downtime. Its scalable architecture for concurrent processing is optimized for fast rendering on multiple CPU systems, said Adobe.