Enfocus has announced PitStop 2023. The new update will be rolled out early May and will turbocharge PDF validation with the addition of FastLane, a command-line tool in PitStop Server that scans a PDF file to supply basic file information – such as page count, fonts, document properties etc. – when it first enters the workflow, making onboarding new projects more intuitive and much quicker.
“Today’s print industry has a need for speed,” said Loïc Aigon, PitStop product manager. “That’s true at every step of the supply chain, and especially at the prepress stage. Time really is money here – by the time your customer has sent a file through and you’ve pulled all the info you need from it to provide an accurate quote, a competitor could’ve got there first and secured the job. FastLane makes onboarding instant – as soon as you have the file, you have all the info you need to proceed with the job, and you know whether a full PitStop preflight is even necessary.
“In addition to FastLane, we’ve also turbocharged PitStop’s core functionality with some neat code optimisations. When the update goes live, users will be able to generate reports much faster than before, and the PitStop Navigator UI will be snappier, providing an all-around more efficient user experience.”
Alongside a host of bug fixes and optimisations, PitStop 2023 also brings with it JSON reports, making preflight reports faster to process and easier to interpret. It also enables easy integration of preflight reports into automated workflows to streamline the validation process even further.
