Enfocus and Alwan Color Expertise, leaders in PDF quality assurance, color optimization and standards compliance, have joined forces in the development of Alwan PDF Standardizer to bring simple, reliable PDF standardization and quality control to the graphic arts market. With the launch of Alwan PDF Standardizer, Enfocus and Alwan have created an entire new category of graphic communications software and standardization tools.

"Enfocus is a leader in bringing simplicity, reliability and accuracy to PDF workflows," says Peter Camps, Senior V.P., Enfocus. "Alwan has played a similar role in the color space. This joint effort provides a missing link between our respective offerings. With PDF Standardizer, publishers, agencies and other content creators can produce predictable, problem-free PDFs, and print service providers can more easily preflight and normalize source PDFs before placing them into production."

PDF Standardizer also provides out-of-the-box compliance with ISO 12647 and 15930 color requirements. This brings an innovative 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 excellent 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.

?We?re delighted to be partnering with Enfocus to bring PDF Standardizer to the graphic arts community,? says Elie Khoury, President of Alwan Color Expertise. ?PDF producers and print service providers can not afford file interpretation and reproduction problems as margins and cycle times continue to shrink. PDF Standardizer is the result of two years of sustained development effort and collaboration with Enfocus. We believe this inaugurates a new generation of fully automated and reliable quality assurance solutions for the graphic arts industry.? PDF Standardizer will be available in January 2009, through both Enfocus and Alwan's distribution channels.