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We partner with GMG and feel that they provide a excellent product. However, their main competitor is CGS. Here is a link to their site. https://www.cgs-oris.com/en/

This feature also exist in Hybrid Software's Packz PDF editor. https://www.packz.com/

Esko is not the only packaging software company in the game. While they do have good software, there are others as well. Kodak has a good packaging solution. My company, Hybrid Software has a very modern packaging solution and I am sure there are others. To get back to the main question. It is...

I Agree with you 100% as far as PDFs not being a proof. I am a software salesman and while I try to stress this point to my customers, I still find a ton of clients that can't (or don't think they can) justify the cost of the solution. Unfortunately people will continue to request PDFs for...

We offer a free PDF viewer that will give you accurate PDF Rip previewing on any kind of PDFs. Please feel free to give it a try. I use this a lot to figure out things like white overprinting objects etc.. http://www.view.packz.eu/

I just sent you a private message with my contact information. Please feel free to reach out to me if you want a closer look at the software.

You mentioned it in the name. Hybrid Software. https://cloudflow.hybridsoftware.com/

lzakelj, you should contact GMG. Their Open Color product is great for doing everything you are talking about. https://www.gmgcolor.com/products/opencolor/

Have a look at GMG open color. https://www.gmgcolor.com/products/opencolor/

Just an update to this. We are more than happy to extend the amount of Packzview licenses you can have for free. All you need to do is email our support at [email protected]

I would also suggest that you have a look at our Packz solution. https://www.packz.com/

Hybrid Software offers PackzView. PackzView is a free PDF reader that will always render transparency and overprints properly. It runs on Mac and PC. It is the non editing version of our full featured PDF editor (Packz). You can find out more here. http://www.packz.com/downloads-info/

If you are doing a mixture of work (book, packaging etc...) than I would say that Kodak has the best solution. Prinergy with RBA and Preps is clearly the leader in offset page work. They also partner with Hybrid Software by utilizing Packz PDF editor for high end Packaging work in combination...

What kind of work is it that you are doing? Commercial? Packaging? Looking at your website it seems like you are more on the commercial side of the business. In my experience, Kodak is probably the best bet for commercial work. Depending on the complexity of the workflows, XMF from Fuji would...