Creating PDF

One of the most common tasks in any workflow is receiving files, all SWITCH flavors support a variety of ways to collect jobs and channel them into a flow.

Required tools
SWITCH		This task requires FullSWITCH or PowerSWITCH.
Other tools	Additional tools are necessary to implement this task. Depending on the file formats received, SWITCH support the following applications to convert incoming jobs into PDF: Adobe Acrobat Distiller Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Altsoft Xml2PDF callas MadeToPrint Global Graphics Jaws PDF Creator Quark XPress
Time savings
The ROI calculation assumes this task will be used for 30% of the jobs; it assumes 30% of the jobs will come in in a format that can automatically be converted into PDF. The task is assumed to save 3 minutes per processed job.

More Information

Typically jobs are received in a mixture of file formats. With its configurators, SWITCH is capable of automating a whole range of applications that can generate PDF files.

Example Flows

The following flows present examples of how jobs can be converted into PDF:

• Distill PDF files using Adobe Acrobat Distiller
• Generate PDF files using Global Graphics Jaws PDF Creator