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The Product
PageTools is an PDF assembly application that writes ads and editorial content together into finished pages and publications.

Based on an export from an ad layout system such as Managing Editor's ALS or Layout 8000 from SCS, the application writes advertisements to their appropriate position on the page thus automating the final steps in the pagination process.

After pages have been assembled, the product then writes them together into finished PDF signatures and outputs them to a RIP or platemaker. Great for organizations that plan, assemble and output many publications.

Features
  • Runs on OS X, Windows or Linux operating systems
  • As part of document assembly, PageTools automatically preflights and "cleanses" PDF documents as they progress through the workflow
  • Works in tandem with many existing creative systems ... including QuarkXPress and the Adobe Creative Suite
  • Tracks ads and editorial pages through production via browser-based viewing system called PaperView
  • System is automated so that it monitors hot folders for incoming editorial and ad content
The Business Case
  • Allows ad and editorial production to proceed independently - in today's world of outsourcing just the glue to hold production together
  • Coupled with Lazer-fare's ad entry and layout system, AdTools, it eliminates the expense of an ad-layout application and the need for plug-ins to generate editorial pages
  • PDF file format dovetails with that favored by clients who supply ads
  • PageTools, and its utilities, give new life to old Quark and Adobe pagination tools
  • Products can be purchased outright or bought as a subscription which means that we upgrade your software and utilities automatically
  • Enables a new paradigm in advertising ... it can automatically rotate ads into spaces without the overhead of the ad layout system, using XMP metadata
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White paper: Automated pagination in the new world


PageTools brochure

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