PDF for Print, Proofing and More

Its soft-proofing tool, called e-Merge, is a blend of third-party software tools that Banta integrated and made Web-enabled for its customers. A cataloger who opts for soft proofs in lieu of hard copies can log on to a password-protected Web site, pull up PDF-based soft proofs, and send approvals electronically back to the printer. The solution also allows for live-time collaboration between as many as six participants who take part in the proofing-approval cycle, and all annotations and milestones in the proof’s life are recorded for the printer or cataloger’s reporting use.