DAYTON OHIO January 21, 2010 — The Collage Layout System now supports a complete PDF workflow for
gravure packaging houses. The use of PDF has expanded in recent years, as the stability of this format
improved and was accepted in the packaging printing industry. On the design system, tools for the PDF
workflow allow creative professionals to create press-ready PDF images. Now the PDF workflow is available
for packaging gravure with the Collage Layout System.
Collage support for PDF provides flexibility and increased productivity. Images created on a Mac can be
saved as PDF and sent to Collage. Whether the image is a single one-up to be stepped and repeated in
Collage, or an already stepped-and-repeated image, the PDF can be opened in Collage immediately. No
need to RIP the image before using Collage to set all output parameters. The job can then be sent to any
output device, such as a GRAVOSTAR. There, the job is ripped to engrave resolution “on-the-fly”.
The Collage PDF workflow offers the quality improvement of vector direct to engrave resolution, with no
intermediate resolutions, and no need to convert to PostScript at any step
Note: Older Gravostar engravers may require the RTI-R upgrade.
About the Collage Layout System.
The Collage Layout System is a flexible, efficient system for the creation of complex cylinder layouts for
packaging printing. Create the job and decide what output device to use at the last minute. And only Collage
provides the choice of splitting the job: engrave some cylinders on a Gravostar and some on a K500.
About Daetwyler R&D
Daetwyler R&D Corp (www.daetwyler-rd.com), a member of Heliograph Holding GmbH, is a leader in
Engineering and Software Development for the gravure packaging market. Their engineering specialty for
nearly 30 years is a sub-micron positional accurate diamond cutting tool (Gravostar engrave head) and the
prepress layout software Collage for packaging gravure. They provide installation and support for engravers
and Collage software. DR&D also engineers solutions in advanced micro-machining including printed
electronics, specialty coatings, films, and other similar uses.
Source: Daetwyler R&D Press Release
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