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PrimeCenter V3 - What's new?

🚀 PrimeCenter V3.2

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New Tiling module

For wall covering, window covering, corridor wrapping, billboards or paneling production

Import large-format files, scale them to the desired size, create basic and advanced grids, manage overlaps, add annotations and export tiles with a naming template. More info

     
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Create clipping path from contour

A new preflight profile to help you save time and reduce media waste

Automatically add a clipping path to contours to significantly improve the nesting of packaging files with non-closed contours. 

   

 

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Repeat patterns

A new preflight profile to effortlessly repeat any given pattern to simplify job preparation for textile printing and home décor applications.

     
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New HPGL and DXF cut drivers

If you have equipment that only supports HPGL or DXF file formats, use these drivers to prepare cut files that are adapted to your production constraints.

 

🚀 PrimeCenter V3.1

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A single recipe for double-sided printing with single files and multipage files

Simplify your workflow with our enhanced settings!

Our double-sided printing module now uses all imported pages to create side B by default. If needed, there is an option to use even pages from multipage files as side B. More info

 

 

 

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Two-sided banners

Automate your pole banner production with a new input preflight profile for head-to-head or back-to-back image layouts.

Customize each banner by adding optional functionalities like pockets, folding lines and more.

 

 

 

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Preparing files for Direct-to-Film workflows

Generating a colored underbase for Direct-to-Film printing

The profile "Create spot color from page content" allows you to generate an underbase that adapts to the transparency of your page content.

This feature enhances the visibility of your design while the color of the textile remains visible. More info

 

 

 

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Flexible contour creation

Generate contours automatically when no existing contours or specific contours are detected, using the following profiles:

  • Create contour from page content
  • Create contour from PDFBox

More info

 

 

 

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Improved contour detection

If you are unsure of the contour names included in your files, all the contours listed in your dictionary can be automatically checked with the following profiles:

 

 

 

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Enhanced format management

You can now effortlessly select, modify or create new formats directly within your recipe, reducing back and forth to settings. More info

Begin your recipe configuration by choosing your format first, and see an instant preview in the Studio!

 

🚀 PrimeCenter V3.0

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Basic becomes Essentials

To align PrimeCenter with the rest of the Caldera portfolio, the entry-level package has been renamed from PrimeCenter Basic to PrimeCenter Essentials.

 

 

 

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Enhanced cutter compatibility

PrimeCenter now works with cut drivers:

  • Generic PDF driver
  • Zund driver
  • Kongsberg driver

Enjoy improved usability with tailored settings for each cutter, reorganized interfaces, and optimized default values. More info

 

 

 

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New home page

Quick start and enhanced navigation

Version 3.0 includes a brand-new homepage with additional resources to help beginners get started with PrimeCenter.

Key settings have also been moved to this page for quicker access.

 

 

 

 

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New recipe tutorials

The new homepage includes beginner-friendly recipe tutorials. Users can now quickly learn how to prepare banners or sticker sheets with PrimeCenter!

 

 

 

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Input modules are automatically applied when files are imported manually

For Pro and Max packages, the behavior is consistent between manual and automatic applications: file name extraction, preflight profiles, and bleeds are applied to images when they are imported.

 

 

 

 

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Applying profiles manually is now faster and easier

Instead of manually applying profiles one by one, save time by manually applying a list of checks and fixes to one or several files all at once.

 

 

 

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Enhanced cut mark placement

Cut marks adjusted to the media

It is now possible to choose between adjusting the cut marks to the layout or to the media, optimizing automatic mark detection by your cutter.

 

 

 

 

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New orientation arrows for Zund drivers

Quick verification of print orientation

New option for Zund cutters to print orientation arrows for at-a-glance orientation verification.

 

 

For the exhaustive list of new features, improvements and bug fixes, please refer to PrimeCenter V3 - Changelog.

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