Enterprise workflow automation, minus the legacy baggage

Zargul Workflow & RIP Automation Suite

From incoming PDF to plate-ready 1-Bit TIFF — queued, screened, calibrated, ink-keyed and routed automatically.

A complete PDF-to-plate pipeline for busy shops: job queue, preset templates, conventional & stochastic screening, ISO curve calibration, trapping, ICC color management and CIP3/CIP4 ink keys — running on a normal Windows PC instead of a server room.

Speaks JDF, PPF and CFF2 natively
Hotfolders, CtP routing & customer proofing portal included
Job Queue
job_4821.pdf 1-Bit TIFF Ready
label_run_b.pdf Rasterizing…
catalog_v3.pdf Pending RIP
→ Routing to CtP 1

A complete PDF-to-plate pipeline

Every step between the customer's PDF and the exposed plate — automated, template-driven, and fast.

Job Queue & Templates

Drop PDFs in and the RIP engine rasterizes 2400 DPI 1-Bit TIFFs in the background. Every setting lives in reusable preset templates — or link them to hotfolders.

Halftone & Screening

Conventional AM with every classic dot shape — plus iXresSand® FM stochastic screening with micron control from 10 to 70 μm.

Curve Calibration

ISO press and material curves, custom curves from your own measurements, and flexo bump curves — dot gain compensation that keeps plates and prints in tune.

Color Management & Trapping

ICC source/target profiles, spot-to-process and grayscale conversion, raster trapping with choke/spread placement, and UCR/GCR black generation curves.

CIP3 / CIP4 Ink Keys

Auto-generate PPF and JDF ink-key preset files for your press consoles — with custom press machine definitions and zone counts.

Hotfolders & CtP Routing

Watch folders RIP themselves and route finished plates to the right CtP device and cassette — with a real-time customer proofing & approval portal.

ENTERPRISE

Zargul for Teams

Multi-station enterprise prepress with workflow accounts, remote licensing, the customer proofing portal, hotfolder automation and full CtP routing — deployed and configured for your press room.

From €250 /month

+ VAT · billed annually · volume pricing by seat count

Talk to sales — sales@ixress.com
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Windows

Setup Installer (64-bit)

Download for Windows

macOS & Linux — coming very soon. The suite was built cross-platform from day one; the ports are in final testing. Write to us to be notified.

Downloads are hosted on GitHub for reliability and security.

Contact Us

Contact us now to meet iXress and see the difference. Request a free demo.