CHICAGO - Xanté Symphony and Symphony Flexo, the industry's affordable, all-in-one PDF workflow solutions; continue to offer the most bang for the buck in the latest versions debuting at PRINT 09. 
 
New Symphony 3.5 Workflow and Symphony Flexo 7.5 Workflow have been updated to include high end workflow features including: direct PDF Preflight capabilities and an improved Ink Usage Calculator. The solutions also take advantage of new APPE 2.0 technology for increased stability and support for Acrobat 9.0.
 
Xanté will be demonstrating the new Symphony versions at its PRINT 09 booth 1667, in Chicago from September 11 to 16. 
 
"Prepress and print shops regardless of size have come to depend on Symphony Workflow to help maximize productivity.  Symphony and Symphony Flexo, paired with any of our solutions - from imagesetters to digital color production presses - deliver extensive capabilities typically only found in expensive large-scale workflows at a very affordable price point," says Robert Ross, CEO and founder of Xanté. 
 
Xanté Symphony and Symphony Flexo substantially strengthen the abilities of small and mid-size traditional, digital and flexographic printers to compete for higher end business with minimal investment. Featuring the Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) and PostScript 3 technologies, this robust core combined with Xanté engineering gives Xanté Symphony and Symphony Flexo customers unparalleled scalability, flexibility and high end workflow automation for the least money.
 
The new Symphony 3.5 and Symphony Flexo 7.5 includes:
 
*PDF Preflighting -- Complete APPE workflow, PDF's are now scanned directly providing more accurate information than ever before.
 
*Improved Ink Usage Calculator -- Ink usage is important for press work, and important when printing to copiers, laser printers, and ink-jets.  Users can now opt for a more simple, and effective display of a page's ink usage.
 
*New Look and Feel -- Controls have been updated to present an even more modern RIP interface improving screen real estate and readability.
 
*New APPE 2.0 with Support for PDF/VT VDP Technology -- Provides Increased stability, support for Acrobat 9.0, and greatly increased RIP speed of PDF/VT documents that Adobe's latest offering can provide.
 
*Windows Vista and Windows 7 support -- Xanté supports the latest operating systems from Microsoft while still supporting existing customers with Windows 2000 and XP.