InDesign Automation Tool

Zevrix Solutions has announced BatchOutput 3.5.4, a maintenance update to its popular professional solution to automate printing and exporting to various formats from Adobe InDesign. Developed originally in-house at one of the largest ad agencies in Canada to boost productivity of its prepress department, BatchOutput quickly became the software of choice for sophisticated automated output from InDesign.

BatchOutput automates and simplifies InDesign output workflow of printers, ad agencies, service providers and publishing houses. With BatchOutput, users only need to select the files to output and adjust the settings, instead of opening and printing each document manually. For example, BatchOutput can be left to output hundreds of InDesign files overnight, and the completed job can be picked up next morning.

BatchOutput also allows users to output InDesign documents as single pages, update links automatically, and output files invisibly for the user. The software automatically composes complex variable file names, which makes it equally indispensable for exporting of single documents as well. And because BatchOutput can run in the background, it allows users to keep working with other programs during processing, thus using their production time even more efficiently.


BatchOutput is also available in a server version which offloads printing and exporting to PDF and PostScript to a central system leaving operator workstations free from the InDesign output process.

The new update introduces compatibility with Snow Leopard and addresses some Flash export related issues.

Pricing and Availability:
BatchOutput 3.5.4 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for $119.95 (USD), as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. Upgrade to BatchOutput 3.5.4 is free for licensed users of version 3.x, and $47.98 for the users of earlier versions. BatchOutput 3.5.4 is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher, a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4.


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