PPM is a Web-based production management tool that provides detailed updates on file processing, remote client soft-proofing, and complete control on job queuing and output

Portland, OR — Fusion Systems International (www.FusionSystems.com) today announced immediate the release of Version 1.2 of the Fusion Print Production Manager (PPM), a Web-based production management tool for prepress departments and managers. What’s notable about this release is that it supports Mac-Intel, in addition to PowerPC, computers.
PPM is ideal for busy shops that need the ability to quickly determine the status of their production environment with respect to job submission, queueing, and completion to any number of output formats, monochrome or color proofers, film, or final plate imagers.

Free evaluation copies are available from the Downloads page of the company’s Website at www.FusionSystems.com. This version of PPM requires a production quality Fusion RIP for Mac OS X version 7.2 in order to operate.

Fusion Print Production Manager provides an elegant means for controlling and monitoring production processes such as preflight, imposition, trapping, color management, file rasterization or conversion, and output to proofing, film or plate separations. The easy-to-use Web-browser-based GUI allows for monitoring production processes to keep work moving on time to completion. Highly cost effective and easy to integrate into existing workflows, it covers three critical elements of job process control: queue management, job control, and real-time status and information reporting.

In addition, Fusion Print Production Manager provides ROAM capabilities at separate LAN-client workstations. This extended feature allows up to five production operators to simultaneously preview raster (ripped) data to ensure quality control prior to releasing a job for final output.
About Fusion Systems International

Fusion Systems International, of Portland, OR, is a leading independent developer and provider of Mac OS X, Linux, UNIX, and Windows-based prepress workflow solutions for the graphic arts industry. We have over 16 years of systems integration experience and specialization in prepress software solutions designed to enhance existing investments and or complement new ones. All products are distributed directly or through a global network of value-add resellers and OEM partners. Fusion Systems International is a division of LDR International, Inc. For more information, please visit www.FusionSystems.com, call us at (503) 261-7395 or (503-261-7383.