Switch 09
New features
1) Better support for third-party automation, Switch 09 includes the following new configurators:
- GMG Connect
- ICS Remote Director
- Dutch Software Elvis
- Woodwing Enterprise
- ...
2) Professional email support
- Switch 09 supports email in plain text or HTML format.
- Use templates that are dynamically filled-in by Switch allowing perfectly styled emails to be sent.
- Check and send emails in a secured way using Pop3 support.
3) Quicker and easier flow editing
- Folders can automatically be added when two tools or configurators are connected.
- A flow element can be inserted in an existing connection
- Connections can be moved from one element to another
- Switch 09 allows editing properties of multiple flow elements in one go
4) Splitting and merging PDF files
- Switch 09 provides a new flow element to split multi-page PDF files in single pages or ranges of pages and a tool to merge seperate PDF files into one consolidated PDF document.
- These tools are based on the Enfocus library and don't require the use of external applications.
5) Submitting jobs and making manual decisions
- Switch 09 comes with a completely renewed SwitchClient. This tool that can run on the workstation of operators, job managers or even external customers, allows submitting jobs to Switch and making manual decisions.
- Jobs are presented in a very graphical way using thumbnails and operators are disturbed in their work only when absolutely needed.
Switch 09, update 1
New features
- CS5 support
- New ElpicalClaro (Supports ElpicalClaro v7)
- New flow property to allow advanced performance tuning
- New SwitchClient preference to switch thumbnail preview on or off
- Now Switch allows different range of port numbers for communication(1 – 65535). But please note that the range 0 – 1023 are often managed by IANA and you won’t be able to use ports in this range unless you are priveledged user.
Fixes
- Split PDF in pages tool keeps PDF/X compliancy
- New ElpicalClaro (Supports ElpicalClaro v7)
- Numerous small bugfixes
Switch 09, update 2
New configurators
• Dynagram ipO2
• Axaio MadeToPrint InDesign Server
• ColorLogic Profile Tagger
• Elpical Claro Premedia Server
Updated configurators
• ProofMaster
• Axaio MadeToPrint InDesign
• Axaio MadeToPrint QuarkXPress
• Enfocus PitStop Server (compatible with PitStop Server 10 - future features available in higher PitStop Server versions are unknow at the time of releasing Switch 09, update 2 and therefor not supported in this version of Switch)
• callas pdfToolbox4
New tool
• Sort by preflight state
Improvements
• Handling of script expressions
• Metadata pickup tools
Fixes
• Numerous small bugfixes
Switch 09, update 3
Updated configurator:
• PitStop Server
◦ The updated PitStop Server configurator uses the new xml reports available in PitStop Server 10, update 1, making processing with the configurator faster and more robust.
◦ There is the ability to generate “no” report.
◦ There is also be a new property to set an “absolute colorimetric” rendering intent.
◦ New property validation mechanism makes it faster to set up a flow containing the PitStop Server configurator.
Fixes:
• Some small bugfixes related to the PitStop Server configurator
PitStop Server compatibility:
• Switch 09, update 3 is compatible with PitStop Server versions 08 up to 10, update 1.
