PRECISION.ADVANCED.

THE NEW STANDARD IN ACCURACY

COLOUR.ADVANCED.

SPECTRAL FIDELITY POWERED BY ADOBE

PERFORMANCE.ADVANCED.

OPTIMIZED FOR SPEED AND STABILITY

Adobe PDF Print Engine – Powering Precision in Productionserver

With Version 25.10, ColorGATE has integrated Adobe PDF Print Engine 7.0, delivering even greater accuracy, performance, and reliability across all print technologies.

The Adobe PDF Print Engine is the industry’s leading rendering core, responsible for converting PDF and PostScript files into the high-precision raster data required for professional printing. It ensures that complex artwork, color data, transparencies, and design effects are reproduced exactly as intended, delivering predictable, high-quality results across all print technologies. 

N-Color Transparency Blending in Single-Stage Rendering

Adobe PDF Print Engine enables advanced multicolour workflows by blending transparencies directly in the extended color space. This single-stage process improves accuracy in multi-channel jobs, ensuring smooth effects, correct overprints, and visually consistent results — even in demanding multicolour and specialty-ink environments.

Performance Improvements

Optimized rendering pipelines, smarter resource handling, and improved multi-threading allow Adobe PDF Print Engine to process complex files faster and more efficiently. Designs with heavy transparencies, high image detail, or multiple layers render noticeably quicker while maintaining full visual fidelity. 

ColorGATE is a market leader, trusted by commercial printers around the world to drive production for a wide range of job types via its Productionserver product line. Rendering is powered by the latest version of Adobe PDF Print Engine, so ColorGATE customers will benefit from the industry’s fastest RIP technology that takes full advantage of system hardware and press capabilities. Most importantly, ColorGATE customers are assured of reliable, Adobe-quality color reproduction of complex designs on any surface.”

— Mark Lewiecki, Senior Product Manager, Adobe PDF Print Engine

Collaboration With Adobe at FESPA

During our meeting with Adobe at FESPA 2025 in Berlin, we discussed the advancements of APPE 7.0 and its significance for color accuracy, workflow reliability, and future-proof print production. These insights have helped us further refine our implementation to meet the needs of modern print environments.  As a deeply integrated part of ColorGATE’s Productionserver, Adobe PDF Print Engine provides: 

  • Color Accuracy: Precise and consistent color output across ICC workflows, multicolor configurations, and advanced ink setups.

  • Reliable Rendering: Faithful reproduction of layered, transparency-rich, and effect-heavy designs, even in demanding production environments.

  • Workflow Consistency: Repeatable results from job to job, enabling predictable, stable, and scalable print operations.

Transform Your Output

Bring more power, precision, and reliability into your print environment.

Reach out to our team to learn how Productionserver with Adobe PDF Print Engine 7.0 can elevate your production quality. 

 

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