Enfocus
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History
Enfocus was founded in 1993 by Peter Camps. The company was started to develop solutions for the NeXT platform to edit PostScript files. With the decline of NeXT it migrated to the Macintosh platform. In 1997 the focus shifted from PostScript solutions to also include PDF based tools as the publishing industry started to move to support the PDF format.Enfocus was acquired by Artwork Systems in 2001. As of 2007, after the merger of Artwork Systems and EskoGraphics, Enfocus operates as a strategic business unit within EskoArtwork
EskoArtwork (company)
EskoArtwork, formerly called Esko, is a graphic arts company producing prepress soft- and hardware and offering a portfolio of application support and consultancy services...
. In March 2008 EskoArtwork acquired Gradual Software, a Belgian developer of workflow automation software and integrated the Gradual Software technology in the Enfocus business unit.
In 2002, Enfocus was a co-founder of the Ghent PDF Workgroup
Ghent PDF Workgroup
The Ghent PDF Workgroup, also known as the GWG, is an international assembly of user associations, software vendors, end users and educational institutions from the publishing industry...
of which it is still a member.
Products
The main Enfocus products are:- PitStop Pro, the core product for PDF preflight, auto-correction and manual editing. This runs as a plug-in to Adobe AcrobatAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat is a family of application software developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format . All members of the family, except Adobe Reader , are commercial software, while the latter is available as freeware and can be downloaded...
. - PitStop Extreme, a standalone alternative to PitStop Professional that does not need Adobe AcrobatAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat is a family of application software developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format . All members of the family, except Adobe Reader , are commercial software, while the latter is available as freeware and can be downloaded...
to run. - Instant PDF to guide the creation (including verification) of PDFs for professional publishing.
- PitStop Server, a hot-folder based version of PitStop Professional.
- Switch, a family of products designed to automate workflows.
- Certified PDF is a core technology supported by all Enfocus products, that can embed a range of metadata into a PDF file, such as creator, modification/editing history, pre-flight history and criteria, and optionally, a sequence of Undo states. Enfocus products can create, read and update certificates as a PDF is passed through a production sequence.