Drukwerk vanuit MS Office?

De Ghent PDF Workgroup "Specifications for Microsoft Office Document Printing" zijn gratis en eenvoudig te gebruiken. De bedoeling is om vanuit Microsoft Office-programma's automatisch Adobe PDF-bestanden te genereren die geschikt kunnen zijn voor druk- en printverwerking.


V1 Specificaties

De GWG "Office Document Subcommittee" ontwikkelde deze specificaties en instellingen om Microsoft Office-gebruikers op Windows platforms geschikte PDF-bestanden voor print- en drukwerk te laten maken. Dit is samengevat onder de zogenaamde "V1 Specifications for Office Document Printing". 

De specificaties bevatten instellingen voor Microsoft Office 2003 en 2007-programma's die een directe PDF-exporteermogelijkheid bieden of die printen met Adobe Acrobat en Distiller. Lang niet alle alternatieve (niet-Adobe) printers maken geschikte printbestanden. Het is raadzaam om het programma Adobe Acrobat Professional of Standard te gebruiken. Hierbij zit het programma Distiller, waarmee een printer "Adobe PDF" aangemaakt wordt. Deze levert beter verwerkbare bestanden op voor zowel printbedrijven als drukkerijen. In deze Adobe PDF-printer (Distiller), laadt u het joboptions-bestand dat u hieronder kunt downloaden.

Hier kunt u de bestanden vinden:

• Joboptions (voor Adobe Distiller en Adobe PDF-printer)
• XML-settings (voor Jaws PDFCreator)
• Handleiding voor gebruik van bovenstaande bestanden (Engelstalig)
• Alle bovenstaande bestanden in één zip-bestand

Persbericht 

17 maart 2008 - Getting PDFs created from Microsoft® Office applications to print properly is a difficult undertaking in the typical office environment. The Ghent Workgroup (GWG) today releases best practices and downloadable specifications that can help hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Windows® Microsoft Office users worldwide to automatically create final PDFs that are ready to print.

The Ghent Workgroup is an international cross-section of PDF and print experts known for creating, testing, and releasing specifications and best practices that have been proven to make it easy to insure PDF document quality across workflows around the world. The GWG says this is the first in a series of free Office Document solutions it is planning (see below).

A simple to use, end-user oriented, Office Document Printing/PDF Creation Guideline document, as well as the recommended settings files for Microsoft Office and PDF creation tools, are available from the GWG website.

The V1 Specifications for Office Document Printing, released by the GWG Office Document Printing Subcommittee, encompass the settings for Microsoft® Office 2003 and 2007 applications that support direct creation of PDF or print to PDF creation tools like Adobe® Acrobat®, Global Graphics® Jaws® PDF Creator and direct PDF export from Microsoft Office 2007.

The Office Document Printing V1 Specifications are the result of a long period of analysis and thorough testing to address practical issues such as:

Color handling
Font usage
Different PDF creation methods and tools
Live transparency in Microsoft Office applications

With the use of the proper tools and the GWG settings there can be reliable exchange of print ready PDF from Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 applications. GWG Office Document Printing areas for future development:

Creation of print ready PDF from AppleR MacR OS Office applications.
MSR Office-generated XPS (XML Paper Specification) files and how to handle these for production printing.
The more general use of XPS as a print ready exchange format between creation and production of printed documents.
The future use of PDF/X-4 and PDF/A-2 in creation and production as a next step in exchange of print ready PDF.
Download for free at GWG.org

Statements...
Says co-chair of the Office Document Printing Subcommittee, Dave Prouty, of HP (USA), "The V1 Specifications for Office Document Printing are an important step toward making the workflow between creation of Office documents and their output in production printing easier and more predictable."

Says co-chair of the Office Document Printing Subcommittee, Menno Mooij, from CMBO/IDP in the Netherlands, "The V1 Specifications for Office Document Printing are a result of a long and intensive period of testing different working methods and tools for the creation of PDFs from Microsoft Office applications. The main goal of this GWG Subcommittee is ensuring consistency between creation and production. This involves making sure that color, image, and text quality remain predictable between design, local output, and production printing."

The GWG, formed in June 2002, is an international assembly of industry associations and suppliersfrom across Europe and the United States. The GWG's objective is to establish and disseminate process specifications for best practices in graphic arts workflows.

Members are comprised of graphic arts associations including: AIDO (Spain) BPIF (UK), BVDM (Germany); BPIF (UK); CIT (Spain); CMBO (the Netherlands);DDPFF (Denmark); ERA (Germany); Febelgra (Belgium); FESPA (UK); FTA (USA); IDPGroup (The Netherlands); IPA (USA);Idealliance (USA); Medibel+ (Belgium); NHO Grafisk (Norway);Nederlands Uitgeversverbond (TheNetherlands); PDFX-ready (Switzerland); PPA (UK); SICOGIF (France); TAGA Italia (Italy); VFG (Austria); VIGC (Belgium); and VSD (Switzerland).

Vendor members are: Adobe, Adstream, Agfa, Artwork Systems, Callas,CGS, Dalim Software, DevZeroG, Enfocus, Esko, Global Graphics,Gradual Software, GMG Color, Heidelberg, HP, ICS, Kodak, OneVision, Quark, Screen Europe & Specle. Industry members are: Associated Newspapers, Bleuprocess, Hearst Publishing, Sanoma Magazines Belgium & QuebecorWorld. For more information about the GWG, including a full list of its members and objectives, visit: GWG.org

Einde persbericht

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