OneVision is planning to release a new update to its Asura prepress software, which will include new trapping features.
Asura started off as a sophisticated preflighting system but has evolved into a more functional part of a prepress workflow with a considerable level of automation. The upcoming 17.1 release will gain a new Trapping module, suitable for newspaper publishers as well as offset and digital printers and designed to enable printing without unsightly white spaces.
One of these options is for PDF trapping via the Asura plugin PlugCOMMERCIAL-PRINTin. This generates an additional layer to the original file, which allows the customer to validate the trapping result as needed and, if required, to make manual adjustments. There’s also In-RIP Trapping for halftone printing, which is carried out by the Asura plugin PlugRASTER-HDin and is thus incorporated into the prepress workflow.
There’s also a new barcode recognition feature to automate the checking of barcodes, which are mostly pre-inserted into documents as delivered. Asura can read barcode values and assign them to the appropriate barcode type, logging relevant data as it does so.
There are new features for archiving whereby images can now be extracted and stored in a durable archive in JPEG or TIFF formats. It can also output files that are compliant with PDF/A-2b for long-term archiving.
In addition, OneVision has also improved the ability to split and recombine files, which is common for printing multipage documents. Asura can also now flatten transparencies while retaining the cutting dies for label printing jobs.
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