Version 12.0.1

These are the minimum requirements for reasonable performance of the described products. They will help you decide whether the equipment you are currently using remains viable. If you are considering new equipment, bear in mind that these requirements are minimum, not optimal. Exceeding these specifications will in general lead to enhanced performance.

Note that installing Esko software on a terminal server (Microsoft, Citrix,…) is not supported. 
Note that windows 8 and windows server 2012 are not yet supported in Suite12.
See more notes here. 

Click here to go to the previous System Requirement page (Esko Software Suite 7 products, Nexus, Odystar...).

DeskPack Clients for Adobe® Illustrator® for Mac

boostX,Channel Mapping,Dynamic Barcodes,Dynamic Marks,Dynamic Tables,Dynamic Panels,Esko Data Exchange,Image Extractor,Instant Trapper,PDF Import,PowerLayout,PowerTrapper,Preflight,Seamless Repeat,TIFF Export,Viewer,White Underprint 

• CPU: Mac with Intel processor
• Memory: Minimum 1GB RAM
• Harddisk: The software takes about 1GB of disk space. Also take into account the need for storage of temporary and production data. A backup solution is strongly advised.
• Video Card: Minimum 1280 x 1024 resolution, true color depth
• Network: 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet, TCP/IP v4 protocol, TCP/IP v6 protocol is not supported.
• CD/DVD: DVD-ROM drive
• Compatibility: If you intend to run other applications as well on this hardware, make sure to check compatibility with the specifications of all other applications as well
• Remote Support: Esko Customer Support is using TeamViewer as a solution for remote access and support over the Internet, it can be downloaded from http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx

• Software Dependency:
  - DeskPack for Illustrator requires Adobe Illustrator CS5, CS5.5 or CS6. 
  

• Operating Systems compatibility matrix:

* Recommended operating system.
* 10.8 (Mountain Lion) support is only from 12.0.1 (Assembly 2) onwards.

DeskPack Clients for Adobe® Illustrator® for PC

boostX,Channel Mapping,Dynamic Barcodes,Dynamic Marks,Dynamic Tables,Dynamic Panels,Esko Data Exchange,Image Extractor,Instant Trapper,PDF Import,PowerLayout,PowerTrapper,Preflight,Seamless Repeat,TIFF Export,Viewer,White Underprint 

• CPU: An x86-32 or x86-64 compatible dual-core processor (Intel or AMD), minimum dual-core
• Memory: Minimum 1GB RAM, recommended 4GB RAM
• Harddisk: An NTFS volume is required. The software takes maximum 1GB of disk space. But take into account the need for storage of temporary and production data. A backup solution is strongly advised.
• Network: 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet, TCP/IP v4 protocol, TCP/IP v6 protocol is not supported.
• Video Card: Minimum 1280 x 1024 resolution, true color depth
• CD/DVD: DVD-ROM drive
• Virtualization: Parallels Desktop or Vmware Fusion is supported, but please be aware that Esko doesn't test all combinations of MacOSX and Parallels Desktop/Vmware Fusion.
• Compatibility: If you intend to run other applications as well on this hardware, make sure to check compatibility with the specifications of all other applications as well
• Remote Support: Esko Customer Support is using TeamViewer as a solution for remote access and support over the Internet, it can be downloaded from http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx

• Software Dependency:
  - DeskPack for Illustrator requires Adobe Illustrator CS5, CS5.5 or CS6. 

• Operating Systems compatibility matrix:

  Windows XP

  	32 bit				64 bit
  		SP1	SP2	SP3		SP1	SP2	SP3
  Home Edition	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Professional Edition	YES	YES	YES	YES*	NO	NO	NO	NO

  
  
  Windows Vista

  	32 bit			64 bit
  		SP1	SP2		SP1	SP2
  Windows Vista Starter	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Vista Home Basic	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Vista Home Premium	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Vista Business	YES	YES	YES*	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Vista Enterprise	YES	YES	YES*	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Vista Ultimate	YES	YES	YES*	NO	NO	NO

  
  
  Windows 7

  	32 bit		64 bit
  		SP1		SP1
  Windows 7 Home Basic	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows 7 Home Premium	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows 7 Professional	YES	YES	YES	YES
  Windows 7 Enterprise	YES	YES	YES	YES
  Windows 7 Ultimate	YES	YES	YES	YES

  
  
  Windows 2000

  	32 bit
  		SP1	SP2	SP3	SP4
  Windows 2000 Professional	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows 2000 Server	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows 2000 Advanced Server	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO

  
  
  Windows Server 2003

  	32 bit			64 bit
  		SP1	SP2		SP1	SP2
  Windows Server 2003 Standard	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2003 Enterprise	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2003 Datacenter	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard		NO	NO		NO	NO
  Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise		NO	NO		NO	NO
  Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter		NO	NO		NO	NO

  Windows Small Business Server 2003 is not supported
  Windows Server 2003 Web is not supported

  
  
  Windows Server 2008

  	32 bit		64 bit
  		SP2		SP2
  Windows Server 2008 Standard	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2008 Enterprise	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2008 Datacenter	NO	NO	NO	NO

  Windows Small Business Server 2008 is not supported
  Windows Web Server 2008 is not supported
  Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition is not supported

  
  
  Windows Server 2008 R2

  	64 bit
  		SP1
  Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter	NO	NO

  Windows Small Business Server 2008 is not supported
  Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation is not supported.
  Windows Web Server 2008 R2 is not supported
  Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC Edition is not supported

  * recommended Operating system.

• For more info about Windows memory limitation, please consult this table.