PRESS RELEASE

28 November 2003

London, England. — 28 November 2003 — Farrukh Systems announced today Imposition Publisher 4.6, a new version of their imposition software product. This is a major upgrade as it brings the ability to natively impose PDF files to the whole Imposition Publisher product range including Windows and Client Server.

Imposition Publisher 4.6 brings PDF imposition to the mainstream - available in the Macintosh, Windows and Server versions. This is as well as retaining the proven, effective PostScript workflow. The full power of Imposition Publisher is now available when imposing PDF files, whether it be complex folding impositions, custom flatworks layouts or just simple 2-up booklets.

Multi-User Client Server Option

Imposition Publisher is also available as either a standalone program for Macintosh and Windows computers. There is also a multi-user Client Server option, with the server program running on Windows (NT, 2000 or XP Server) or UNIX (Solaris, SGI, Mac OS X or Linux). Clients can be a mixture of Macintosh or Windows computers. All important settings (print marks, device settings, etc.) are stored on the server, so in a multi-user environment all clients use the same settings.

Core Imposition Publisher Features

Imposition Publisher version 4.6 is built on a firm and proven foundation and includes all the best, familiar behaviour of previous versions of Imposition Publisher. It is an ideal choice if you are printing more than one page at a time, whether you are outputting to plate, to film or to a digital output device.

Intuitive User Interface

Straightforward Impositions. Impositions are independent of the pages being imposed, the print marks and the output settings. This means that you only need to maintain a small set of impositions and can often reuse impositions for different output devices.

Automatic page reordering. It is only necessary to define the page ordering on one side of an imposition. The back is numbered automatically. This imposition can be used whatever the number of pages in the job, whether 4 or 400 pages. The page order on the extra plates is calculated automatically at print time, based on the number of pages in the job, even for saddle stitched and Coming and Going print jobs.

Minimum user input required. The intelligent drivers ensure that the maximum information is extracted from the input PostScript or PDF files. No need to enter the finished trim page size, as this is calculated from the position of the crop marks in PostScript files or the TrimBox entry in PDF files.

Easily updated. Drivers are regularly updated to accommodate new Desktop Publishing software, operating systems and printer driver changes. The most up to date drivers are available from the Farrukh Systems web site.

About Farrukh Systems

Founded in 1988, Farrukh Systems Ltd. is one of the worlds leading suppliers of prepress imposition software. The Imposition Publisher range of imposition software solutions starts with standalone solutions on Macintosh and Windows platforms and extends to Client Server versions running on Windows or Unix servers with the same Mac and Windows clients. Farrukh Systems also produce Page Pairer, a newspaper imposition solution, with its unrivalled automation and management tools.

For further information, contact Farrukh Khan at +44 20 8207 4249.