Hybrid Software releases version 7.5 of Packz

According to Hybrid, production jobs in the packaging industry have been increasing and as a result, package printers and converters are converting to data-driven production. Pactions 7.5, the automated toolset in Packz and Stepz with parameterized action lists, responds to the needs of these customers for advanced automation. This tool claims to decrease the amount of operator time needed to get a new package design edited, approved, and printed and connects to packaging RIPs, workflows, and Digital Front Ends (DFEs). Pactions can also be used for barcode generation, including the GS1 Digital Link Datamatrix code.   

 

Packz and Stepz now offer a direct link to Hybrid Software’s online store, allowing customers to download ready-made templates, dynamic marks, and metadata export filters quickly as required for new production methods or job types.   

 

Both Packz and Stepz 7.5 support the newest M1 processors from Apple for real-time editing.  

 

Complex layered artwork can be viewed in color and wired mode simultaneously, and object-based screenings can be inspected per separation. Enhancements to the Smart Flattener offer artwork quality and consistency, professionally managing spot color and transparency interactions as well as press gamut conversions, the company said.  

 

Packz 7.5 automatically tags artwork elements with Processing Steps defined in the ISO 19593 standard, while the Analyze and Fix technology checks incoming files for compliance.