Product Info
PrintFactory Go offers all job preparation and last minute correction tools the PrintFactory suite has to offer in an easy-to-use stand-alone application. Targeted specifically at digital large format print users, it offers a comprehensive collection of pre-production tools saving time and reducing error and waste.
PrintFactory Go has a unique, built-in preflight engine. Each opened file is checked against a set of job-specific parameters such as color spaces, fontembedding or overprint settings. Image or font-size checks have been specifically adapted to the needs of an LFP environment, checking on, viewing distance rather than resolution or point size.
Whether it is a color correction on an image or an illustration, a last minute text edit or even adding a new element, PrintFactory Go allows you to edit or correct any object element in the job.
PrintFactory Go offers a dedicated LFP job preparation environment. You can easily add folds, seams and tunnels, define white ink or varnish, define die cut lines, create tiles and place grommets. For recurring jobs smart templates make the preparation even faster.
No need to set up your different RIPs with complex proprietary color management, PrintFactory Go offers normalized, color-managed output according to industry standards.
You probably receive files from all kind of different sources. PrintFactory Go allows you to reduce the number of applications you need to use. Its internal native PDF engine accepts, checks and edits any PDF file and also handles the most common image and graphic file formats.
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Key Features
- In-depth PDF editing tools geared towards fixing production files
- Super tile tool to create any tiling setup, no matter how complex
- Finishing tool to quickly create products like banners, flags, roll-up displays, pop up systems, POS, textile frames...
- One-click vectorize tool to create outlines for cutting
- White ink tool to define white ink or other special inks like varnish on any object in the job
- Preflight to catch errors upfront
- Soft proofing to preview the printed color
- Automatic or manual register marks for contour cutting on flatbed or roll cutters
- Barcode feature for an error free print-to-cut workflow
- Templates to automate repetitive tasks in job preparation
- True shape nesting
As processing of the file happens in the background, PrintFactory Go allows for optimal operator productivity. The output of PrintFactory Go is RIP and printer independent: it generates normalized, ISO Coated v2 compliant, rendered PDFs in its output folder. These standardized files ensure consistent handling by any RIP solution you are currently using (ONYX, Wasatch, Caldera…)
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Benefits
Drastically reduced job preparation time 
PrintFactory Go delivers specific tools to create a variety of products (billboards, banners, flags, textile frames, displays,…) in an easy and fast way, easily reducing the job preparation time by 50 % and more.
PrintFactory Go streamlines every step in your workflow. Customized output folders help creating the perfect print-and-cut production workflow. One interface drives all printing and cutting devices and all information – no matter how complex – is stored in one single job.
PrintFactory Go’s standardized printing feature minimizes color problems and allows predictable output with the same color result over different devices.
PrintFactory Go’s soft proofing capabilities and preflight feature allow previewing color and content correctly, making it possible to catch errors and problems as soon as possible in the workflow.
PrintFactory Go is PDF native. This means that because of its complete PDF editing toolset, you can edit texts, color correct images, modify objects, manage profiles and spot colors in PDF files.
For a complete functionality overview of the all the available PrintFactory options, click here.
System Requirements
Mac OS® 10.6.x - 10.7.x
Processor: 2.0GHz Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 4MB on-chip L2 cache.
Memory: 4Gb
Hard Disk: SATA 160Gb (5400 RPM)
Network interface: Integrated Gigabit LAN
I/O port: USB 2.0
Windows® XP Professional SP2 / Server 2003 / Vista / Server 2008 / 7
Processor: Dual-core AMD Opteron™ 2GHz 1Mb L2 cache
Memory: 4Gb
Hard Disk: SATA 160Gb (7200 RPM)
Network interface: Integrated Gigabit LAN
I/O port: USB 2.0
Update history
PrintFactory updates are free for all existing PrintFactory 4.x users. An upgrade path is available for users of previous PrintFactory versions; contact sales@printfactory.net for more information.
This overview contains only the most important changes in this release. For more information about specific features or problems, contact support at support@printfactory.net.
PrintFactory 4.3 is a major update release for the PrintFactory range, introducing fixes for problems discovered by customers in the current version and some updated or new drivers.
- Over 200 bug and stability fixes
- Dropped PowerPC Mac support
- Redesigned Color Swatch palette, integrated the Color Picker
- Colorbar option in Submit Job dialog
- 180+270 degrees job rotation in Submit Job Dialog
- Ignore transparent areas during TrueShape nesting but not white areas
- Make Transparent tool
- Bug fixed in Submit Job where resize was not refreshed
- Bug fixed in Submit Job where Feed and Sort were not available when printer and cutter were selected
- Bug fixed in document Setup wher Resize was not reflected in Quick Production Bar
- Bug fixed in white tool where Density white was not correctly applied on file with mask
- Bug fixed in color List where Windows color library popup was too small when opened
Added support for:
- HP Designjet Z5200 and Z6200
- EPSON SC-S306x0 series
- Agfa Titan series
- HP Designjet L28500
- HP Scitex FB 500 and 700
- Roland LEJ640
- Roland LEF-12
- Epson GS6000 CcMmYK mode
- Aristo AristoMat series
- Fotoba XL series
- NeoLT drivers
- Mimaki CG160FX driver (serial-port only)
- VUTEk PressVu UV 320/400
- Spot channel type (in Custom Ink Setup): Taken in account during linearization but excluded during profiling
- Barbieri USB support on Mac
- i1 iSis XL support
- Bug fixed where summary page showed mangled time
- Import / Export
- Spot Color Editor invokation
- Duplicate mode
- Information pane
PrintFactory 4.2.3 is a minor update release for the PrintFactory range, introducing fixes for problems discovered by customers in the current version and some updated or new drivers.
The following are some of the main problems fixed in the PrintFactory 4.2.3 release:
- A number of problems (queue layout tab, margins, border marker) linked to multi-page documents were solved.
- Some icons no longer disappear on Mac OS X 10.7.3.
- Indexed CMYK images no longer corrupted after applying CMYK profiles.
- Spurious silkscreen halftone dots were removed.
- A problem with the zoom tool interfering with rectangular selection after multiple uses was solved.
- Importing X-Rite i1 iSis linearization measurements no longer fails.
With regards to device and driver support, the following major items were done in the PrintFactory 4.2.3 release.
- Added support for Durst Rho 700 Presto.
- Added support for the Canon IOS on Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7.
PrintFactory 4.2.1 is a minor update release for the PrintFactory range, introducing fixes for problems discovered by customers in the current version and minor new features.
With regards to device and driver support, the following major items were done in the PrintFactory 4.2 release.
- Support for Seiko W-series
- Support for HP Scitex XP2500 and XP5500
- Corrected pressure settings for SummaCut D-series cutters
- Corrections for Epson 7700 (CT) driver
- PrintStation now allows 120m roll lengths for Mimaki JV5 / JV33 series
- Improved nesting speed for Contone printers
- Fixed job info settings in the RIP
- Fixed problems with “Marker Black” options not responding on Mac OS for Zund cutters
- Fixed a problem were roll was seen as sheet in the Submit Job dialog
- Fixed problems with specific spot color libraries freezing the calibrator
- Fixed a problem where saving the deactivation file (licensing) took too long
PrintFactory 4.2 is a minor update release for the PrintFactory range, introducing fixes for problems discovered by customers in the current version and minor new features.
With the update to version 4.2, ProofMaster and PrintFactory are fully compatible with Mac OS 10.7 – Lion.
The major change in version 4.2 is the removal of the “Quick Production” palette and the streamlined integration of the features it offered into a new “Production Bar” at the top of each document. This new Production Bar allows:
- Selecting printer, medium and mode directly in the document window; these settings have been removed from the Submit Job dialog window.
- Selecting cutting device.
- Launching the Driver Settings dialog.
Next to the production bar, it is now possible to print multi-page documents on desktop printers, to view a colored wireframe display of cut layers and to perform cutter tool selection per layer.
It is now possible to sort on column. For cutters there no longer is a need to manually create queues as virtual queues are created for each device.
With regards to device and driver support, the following major items were done in the PrintFactory 4.2 release.
- Support for Mimaki UJF3042 and JFX.
- Added support for registration markers in Graphtec cutters.
- Added Summa Flexcut as layer tool.
- Changed naming of jobs for HP Scitex LX800 to use suffix instead of prefix.
- Added white ink support for the Vutek GS5000r.
- The TIFF driver now supports generating white ink.
- Updated media support for the Epson WT.
- Added driver settings for the Mutoh Osprey.
- Added preview thumbnail for the Zünd Cut Center.