Adobe PDF Print Engine 3: when, where, why?
If you have an interest in prepress, be sure to look at the report by print industry pundits Cary Sherburne and David Zwang on Adobe PDF Print Engine 3 (APPE3).
Besides being tuned for graphically complex pages, APPE3 can now support multiple output devices per RIP, and can reallocate system resources to balance short rush jobs with longer jobs.
Third-party OEM partners should be delivering APPE3 solutions very soon. Read more about APPE3 at Adobe’s website.
Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 7 training titles at Lynda.com, as well as the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7 . In addition, Jay writes regularly for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines and speaks at industry events.