Adobe announced version 7 of Adobe PDF Print Engine. Version 7 includes several rendering innovations that have already been welcomed by leading Print OEMs and RIP solution providers who integrate Adobe technology into their prepress products. The new features can leverage the scalability of the Mercury RIP Architecture. Fewer steps, smarter workflows – PDF Print Engine 7 integrates new functions into the rendering pipeline (inside the RIP), reducing the need for specialized skill sets, and eliminating separate prepress operations. Combining pre-RIP functions with in-RIP rendering results in fewer manual interactions, more automation, and faster production. These new capabilities will accelerate high-volume custom printing, web-to-print job submission, direct-to-garment printing, and a range of industrial and packaging workflows. What’s new in Adobe PDF Print Engine 7:in-RIP multicolour transparency blending,in-RIP merging of variable product data, in-RIP rendering of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator job files, in-RIP bleed generation, in-RIP cutline expansion, in-RIP white mask generation for printing on metallic substrates and New performance and scalability enhancements. Thirty years after the dawn of the PDF era, version 7 of the Print Engine demonstrates Adobe’s latest advances in imaging science to commercial printers, packaging converters, and manufacturers worldwide.