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CobaltPrint earns PRINT18 RED HOT Technology Designation

By Lisa Fenn - Friday, September 28, 2018

CobaltPrint earns PRINT® 18 RED HOT Technology Designation

The new CobaltPrint from Artifex Software, Inc. has been named a “RED HOT Technology” in the Color Management, Prepress and Pre-Media category by the Association for Print Technologies (APTechSM), organizers of PRINT 18. The RED HOT designation recognizes important product and solution innovations on display at PRINT 18 that are new or significantly updated since last year and serves as a roadmap to “what’s new” in the PRINT 18 exhibit marketplace.

“CobaltPrint is a new solution by Artifex, designed to deliver significant performance enhancements to the embedded printer and MFP markets,” said Artifex President Miles Jones. “Engineered from 25 years of PDF, PostScript, and PCL expertise, Artifex is proud to be the first to implement these significant performance optimizations for the embedded printer and MFP markets.”

As a RED HOT Technology, CobaltPrint will have a distinctive “RED HOT” sign posted at the PRINT 18 exhibit booth for easy identification during the event, and it will be included in the onsite event guide directory and pre-event publicity.

CobaltPrint is engineered for performance and developed specifically for the embedded printer and MFP markets, our innovative high-performance solution leverages emerging technologies for a faster, smarter, leaner print engine. CobaltPrint utilizes a range of optimizations to improve printing performance, including parallelism, SIMD, GPU, and hardware-based solutions. Artifex has identified critical performance areas of PDL processing to optimize: halftone screening, scaling, rotation, transparency blending, color conversion, and skew detection and correction. The result, higher-speed processing, and superior print quality.

“At the Association for PRINT Technologies, innovation is at the core of our signature event, PRINT,” said APTech President Thayer Long. We are proud to present this honor to Artifex and look forward to continuing to drive the industry forward together.”

PRINT 18 will take place Sept. 30 through Oct. 2, 2018, at McCormick Place in Chicago. For more information, contact Director, Event Marketing, Sherry MacDonald at 703/264-7237, or e-mail: smacdonald@aptech.org.

About the Association for Print Technologies (APTechSM)

The Association for PRINT Technologies is a purpose-driven organization dedicated to supporting the entire commercial printing value chain. We believe in helping our members maximize alignment with their value chain partners to be more effective and competitive. Printing has been vital to communication for decades; today, the digital culture has heightened our industry’s complexity and reframed its relevance. Our signature event—PRINT®—answers the call by bringing the boldest and brightest innovators, influencers, and newest technology together to create connections that showcase and advance our industry. For complete information about the Association, its programs, and its member companies, visit: www.PrintTechnologies.org or phone: 703/264-7200.

About Artifex Software, Inc.

For 25 years Artifex Software has provided premiere document management solutions to top level global customers including HP, Adobe, BlackBerry, IBM, Google, Dropbox, LG Electronics, Intuit, Xerox, Ricoh, Canon, Caldera, Garmin, Ernst & Young, Konica Minolta, and Kyocera Mita. With teams of engineers and leadership talent on three continents – North America, Europe, and Asia – we are positioned to help ensure your needs are met. Visit our website at artifex.com.