Artwork Systems Odystar™

Odystar™, born from the synergy of Artwork Systems’ workflow technology and Enfocus’s PitStop and Certified PDF technologies, is a highly automated pre-press workflow solution based on PDF 1.6 as its native data format and on JDF as the job ticket format. It offers a complete range of pre-press tools, from preflight, certification and automated document correction all the way to advanced trapping, imposition, proofing, printing and screening to plate.

Odystar is a completely integrated solution for PDF creation and production, which will also give new life to legacy RIPs and workflow systems, transforming them into PDF 1.6 compliant systems. With an unprecedented ease of use, Odystar will provide an important boost to operator efficiency. Odystar not only drastically increases productivity in a pre-press production environment, but is equally suited for remote generation of highly robust, production-ready PDF files, at advertising and design agencies, document generators, or facilities management sites.

Odystar Technology

Odystar offers state-of-the-art technology. Through the intuitive Inspector, administrators will be able to quickly setup workflows by stringing a wide range of processes together in a logical order. And, operators will appreciate the ease of use of the Shuttle client to monitor jobs, and to submit files with job-specific settings like imposition templates or FTP addresses.

Native PDF 1.6

In Odystar, no flattening is required at any stage in the workflow. This results in increased reliability and productivity, and full editability for last minute corrections. For remote locations that do not support transparencies an advanced flattening module is provided. Odystar also supports a wide range of file types, including files based on the PDF profiles from the PDF Ghent Workgroup, PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PostScript® files, image file formats, etc...

Certified PDF

Odystar utilizes the Enfocus Certified PDF® technology throughout the workflow. Each step in the workflow that modifies the PDF content supports incremental save and rollback, with certification capabilities. Files retain their full integrity, with guaranteed quality and full traceability. This allows for accountability throughout the entire workflow.

Advanced trapping technology

These important benefits are available when using Odystar’s advanced trapping technology. All transparencies are taken into account, and even the image content is considered when determining trapping directions. With the 4Stage Technology, trapping becomes easier than ever before. And, using the flattening technology available in Odystar, even older PS3 or PDF 1.3 RIPs can easily process the traps that were generated in Odystar.