EFI DESIGNER EDITION

Current version: 4.2 (available since May 31st, 2005)

EFI Designer Edition is our uncomplicated digital proofing solution for the creative, prepress and production stage. EFI Designer Edition turns a number of popular desktop printers into a powerful, yet cost-effective digital proofing system. Get full control over your digital proofing needs and save time, money and hassle. The software goes without extensive network configuration and support of measuring devices — it's focussed on easy and high-quality proofing with minimized setup time. The output quality relies on the same drivers and profiles like in EFI Colorproof, producing top-notch results. EFI Designer Edition ships as a hybrid version, running on Mac OS X as well as on Windows. It offers a state-of-the-art user interface and takes full advantage of stability, speed and user-friendlyness of the supported operating systems.

New features in version 4.2:

• XXL version available
  
• Ugra / Fogra Media Strip 2.0 included
  
• Dedicated Proof, Photo and B&W print modes
  
• Control of proof position on sheet
  
• Save / restore function for user settings
  
• Contains the latest ICC profiles (ISOcoated, PSRgravureSC)
  
• Black point compensation improves shadow details

General benefits of EFI Designer Edition:

• Easy-to-use digital proofing solution for designers, prepress providers and the production stage
  
• Runs on Mac OS X from Version 10.2.1 and on Windows 2000 Professional / Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional
  
• True Adobe PostScript 3™
  
• Supports embedded profiles and »Output Intents«
  
• Full support of PDF/X1, PDF/X1a and PDF/X3
  
• Convenient spot color editor, supports an unlimited number of spot colors
  
• Pantone, HKS and Toyo libraries included
  
• Three possible ways to load a file: Virtual printer, hot folder or manual loading
  
• On-screen preview of your print jobs
  
• User-friendly interface
  
• Reference profiles for selected printing methods like offset or newspaper printing are already included
  
• Paper profiles for EFI media and printer manufacturer's paper already included – no need for you to do profiles yourself! (But if you insist in doing so, the »Profile Connector« will help you integrating them.)

  Processed file formats:

• PostScript 3
  
• Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
  
• Portable Document Format (PDF)
  
• Tagged Image File Format (Tiff) in the color formats CMYK, RGB und Lab
  
• JPEG