Product Concepts
 

POD Server Technology

Color POD Server Technology

Multiflow Technology

Variable Data Printing

 

SOFHA offers the OEM customer a one-stop shopping product concept for the whole diversity of the light production and POD/high volume market. This leading edge product technology can be taken of the shelf and customized to the OEM's output devices whether they are color or monochrome. All technologies can be branded as OEM desires. This means that besides our technology portfolio we can offer our OEM's turnkey solutions which are quickly ready to market for their output devices. The OEM may choose from different hardware platforms to be the standard platform for their RIPs and print servers. All systems are based on Linux OS to provide a high level of security or on Windows.

SOFHA offers spectacular engineering achievements for a very moderate price. The fastest lane to a high-performance print connectivity for OEM's copiers is through the choice of their product configuration out of SOFHA's technology portfolio:

SOFHA POD Server Product Configuration

The SOFHA POD Server product concept is suited for production environments with a world-class print on demand system inclusive PS 3 and PCL5e/PJL/XL support. Designed to meet the high-speed challenges of on-demand printing including the ongoing convergence with data centre printing, the SOFHA POD Server product concept offers a complete end-to-end workflow printing solution. SOFHA POD Server turnkey solution delivers an advanced in-RIP workflow capability supporting print engines at rated speed. The simple and efficient operation combined with highest productivity results in generous cost savings.
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SOFHA Color POD Server Product Configuration

The SOFHA Color POD Server product concept extends the former Color ProfiRIP product concept with Adobe PS 3 by workflow and production features. This product technology delivers an advanced in-RIP workflow capability supporting print engines at rated speed. Thanks to its easy down loading and selection of color profiles, the SOFHA Color POD Server supports wide variations of individual color print jobs. User configurable print queues with pre-defined job tickets, including dedicated color profiles, forms or network protocols, reduce user interaction and costs. This turnkey solution can be equipped with any proprietary video interface card for OEM engine communication.
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SOFHA Multiflow Turnkey Solution

The SOFHA MultiFLOW product concept is the most versatile innovation in digital printing. Extending the capabilities of the POD Server concept, MultiFLOW supports multiple printers from the same vendor either black & white or color independent from printing speed. Combining the convenience of the former ProfiRIP with workflow and production features of the POD Server MultiFLOW excels in mixed color and monochrome printer environments; User configurable separation of color and monochrome pages and auto-insertion of color pages into large monochrome jobs simplify collation, enabling significant cost reduction.
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SOFHA Variable Data Printing Solution

The SOFHA VDP Solution creates personalized documents by performing text and image substitution. Inserts automatically variable data contained in a database. It can easily be customized to OEM's business application and branded as desired. It processes thousands of personalized jobs as fast as copies.
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All turnkey solutions are featured by the following technologies


On demand workflow control


Web Service



Imposition




Direct Printing


Scanning

 

DocXPLORER client tool provides click control over job and queue management, load balancing, job splitting, document archive manipulation and printing, imposition, forms and accounting.

Browser-based monitoring & control with ProfiWEB for job & device management and web printing; Manage device, job and queue operations; Print, check device status and feature capability.

Compensate for page creep, align front and back pages when printing booklets and brochures. Cut mark printing supports final document sizing. Uses simple one-button operation for finishing adjustments.

SMAP™ - Eliminate printing steps by dragging and dropping PostScript 3, PDF, PCL, TIFF or ASCII jobs to print queues.

Document scanning capability with ProfiSCAN providing push and pull scanning, scan to email, scan to FTP, scan to PDF and TWAIN compliant user application.
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