Cooperation on R & D expected to boost prepress tools.Artwork Systems Group plans to integrate its Enfocus Software subsidiary even further within the group. The respective R & D departments will work together on future prepress workflow developments in the same building at Artwork's headquarters in Ghent, Belgium, from around the end of 2005. California based Enfocus will retain its status as an independent business unit within Artwork Systems, but the parent will absorb administrative services including human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , IT and finance. As a result of the integration, David van Driessche, current CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Enfocus Software, has decided to step down. Patrick Van Dam van Dam (Dutch for "of the dam") may refer to:
Since acquiring Enfocus in 2000, Artwork Systems has worked to exploit the technical capabilities of Enfocus Certified PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. (portable document format (file format) Portable Document Format - (PDF) The native file format for Adobe Systems' Acrobat. PDF is the file format for representing documents in a manner that is independent of the original application software, hardware, and operating system used to create those documents. ) technology in its product line. Certified PDF offers an internet facility for designers and printers to exchange and work with the same specified PDF files to guide the entire creation and preflight pre·flight adj. Preparing for or occurring before flight. tr.v. pre·flight·ed, pre·flight·ing, pre·flights To check (an aircraft) for airworthiness before flight. processes. A grouping and sorting function ensures that even with multiple specifications for different production processes, customers can still find the necessary specification. The latest version 8.0 of ArtPro and the Nexus workflow system includes a PDF 1.4/1.5 RIP, full support for Certified PDF facilities and a module to trap PDF 1.4 objects. Job Description Format (JDF JDF Job Definition Format (XML-based format for workflow and control information) JDF Jamaica Defence Force JDF Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International JDF Job Description Form JDF Japan Defense Force JDF Jackson Drop Forge Company ) technology is included for imposition and step and repeats, allowing ArtPro operators to generate JDF files and rip them for plate or film output within the Nexus workflow. * Artwork Systems Group posted bullish results for fiscal year 2004. Consolidated revenues reached [euro]47.14 million ($63.33 million), but a much weaker US dollar is blamed for trimming net revenues by 5 percent to reach only 7 percent over results for 2003. Net profit was [euro]12.65 million ($16.99) compared to a net loss of [euro]1.62 million ($2.17 million) in fiscal 2003. |
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