Prepress
Alwan Color Expertise Signs Distribution Agreement with Cadgraf Digitals for Indian market
Thursday 23. April 2009 - Alwan Color Expertise, a world leader in standardization and color management software, announces it has signed a distribution agreement with Cadgraf Digitals. Under the terms of the agreement, effective as of April 15, 2009, Cadgraf Digitals extends the Alwan network of distributors for selling and servicing Alwan Product range in India.
A. Elangovan CEO of Cadgraf Digitals: “Clearly, Alwan is a very innovating company offering great technologies and is a leader in the color management and standardization area. Following an in-depth survey, we are convinced that Alwans product portfolio with its unique Dynamic Device Links technology will be a great solution for so many publishers and printers that need simpler, yet high-quality color management and want to implement a more standardized process like the ISO 12647 standard. We are excited to be able to add this product line to our portfolio.”
Elie Khoury, president of Alwan Color Expertise, is extremely pleased to welcome Cadgraf Digitals as an Alwan partner. He says, “Cadgraf Digitals with 20 years experience in the prepress industry is a perfect partner for Alwan as they have an excellent team of specialists in house that know their clients needs! Cadgraf Digitals foundations are; quality, service, technology, transparency and commitment. These foundations are also the same foundations Alwan is build on and therefore I strongly believe in a successful long-term partnership with Cadgraf Digitals.
Cadgraf Digitals will be selling and servicing following Alwan products in India:
Alwan CMYK Optimizer version 3
Alwan CMYK Optimizer enables design and prepress companies to quickly and accurately produce documents for problem-free printing. Printers gain the ability to control and improve the printability of jobs by optimizing separations according to the process, press and paper used. Files standardized using CMYK Optimizer generate accurate proofs that are easy to reproduce on press while facilitating optimal printability.
PDF Standardizer
In partnership with Enfocus, Alwan developed PDF Standardizer, a PDF standardization and quality control solution for PDF producers. PDF Standardizer offers a simple and reliable way to create PDFs that comply with ISO 15930-1 (PDF/X1-a), Ghent PDF Workgroup specifications as well as with ISO 12647 color printing standards. PDF Standardizer combines technologies from Alwan and Enfocus. In addition to leveraging the automation and advanced preflighting capabilities of Enfocus Switch and Enfocus PitStop, PDF Standardizer also provides out-of-the-box compliance with ISO 12647 and 15930 color and PDF requirements. This brings a unique quality assurance process to global and print-on-demand digital workflows, simplifying production for both content creators and print service providers. It offers dynamic color management, flattening of transparencies, and normalization of PDF files, resulting in perfect workflow reliability. In addition, PDF Standardizer has the 2008 InterTech award-winning Alwan Dynamic Device Link technology embedded, and easily integrates with any existing workflow.