Output Factory Server

Output Factory Server automates InDesign output workflow by processing files from watched hot folders. The software offloads printing and exporting to a central system, leaving operator workstations free from the output process. Output Factory Server can serve unlimited users on a network.

Features

• Process InDesign documents and books automatically from hot folders
• Supports PDF, PostScript, EPS, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, Flash, INX, IDML, EPUB, HTML, and INDD
• Automatic email notifications during processing
• Output as single pages
• Update modified links automatically
• Layer versioning: output InDesign layer combinations as single files
• Variable output file names
• Preflight InDesign files before output
• Output to multiple formats from a single hot folder
• Process InDesign books
• Preflight final PDF with Acrobat Pro droplets
• Send output files automatically over Internet and locally
• Detailed process history
• Free up operator stations from the output process

• Better handling of rare errors that can happen when updating modified links.
• The Errors folder in a workflow's hot folder now can be selected as a hot folder of another workflow, which lets users enable daisy chain processing.
• Improved logging.
• Fixed an issue in which errors found during advanced preflighting always triggerred email notifications even if email notifications weren't activated in the workflow.