What’s new in ArtPro+ 18

ArtPro+ is ready to take over production for prepress professionals for print service providers and labels, flexo, folding carton and corrugated converters.

The new version of ArtPro+ requires fewer clicks to complete tasks, features faster open and saving of files with native PDF, faster trapping, and dramatic simplification of task automation within both the editor and Automation Engine without any need for scripting.

ArtPro+ is ready to take over production for prepress professionals for print service providers and labels, flexo, folding carton and corrugated converters.

The new version of ArtPro+ requires fewer clicks to complete tasks, features faster open and saving of files with native PDF, faster trapping, and dramatic simplification of task automation within both the editor and Automation Engine without any need for scripting.

• PDF Action Lists:  Do it once in the editor and repeat it many times with an Action List. This automation can be done by anyone without any special know-how or IT skills. This feature means a productivity boost for every operator

• Integration with Extensis Universal Type Server: Everyone now can have that same font loaded to achieve quality output for designs with copy changes. ArtPro+ is only editor in the market with Extensis’ Universal Type Server (UTS) integration, other than Adobe. As a result, prepress professionals don’t lose time searching and managing fonts locally for the many different designs they are working on every day. This also avoids font-related prepress errors.

• Active use of ArtiosCAD intelligence: ArtPro+ is the only editor that actively uses the CAD intelligence of the structural design.  This means that the same file can be used for any output. In other editors, output for specific purposes such as proof, reporting, production and finishing require a variant of the master file. ArtPro+ leverages the intelligence of the CAD data to maintain just a single file for all output purposes, eliminating file duplication, errors and the need for redundant tasks.

Practical information

ArtPro+ is commercially available with the release of Esko Software Platform version 18 in June 2018. All ArtPro customers under maintenance contract worldwide are entitled to free upgrade to the ArtPro+ 18 version.

About ArtPro 64

ArtPro 64 bit will be released later in 2018.This will allow all customers to move to the new version of ArtPro+ at their convenience. Existing ArtPro customers can safely continue to work in their current familiar environment until they are ready to migrate to ArtPro+ 18.

To simplify the adoption process, Esko plans a series of events, roadshows and training webinars to train customers on the new ArtPro + version, beginning with Esko World in San Antonio in June.