About VPS+
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A new soft-proofing solution called VPS+ has been released with Prinergy 9.0. The release of VPS+ represents the first step in the development of a comprehensive new soft-proofing solution for Prinergy workflow.
The code base for the original VPS is end-of-life and cannot be updated to run on macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and above. For compatibility with the latest Mac systems, a completely different code base was used to develop the new VPS+, and the user experience has a different look-and-feel from the original VPS “Classic”.
VPS+ has been released to provide immediate support for customers who have no alternative other than to run production on the latest Mac operating systems.
In additional to the change in user experience, it is important to make clear that VPS+ does not yet have feature parity with VPS Classic. VPS+ was released “as is” to allow customers with no other option to run on the latest Mac operating systems, but we recognize the first release of VPS+ will not satisfy all customers due to current limitations.
VPS+ is only automatically installed by the Workshop installer on Macintosh OS 10.15 and above. The installer for Windows and legacy macOS clients will continue to install VPS Classic by default.
VPS+ Limitations
The most significant feature missing from VPS+ is the ability to view backed-up front and back surfaces of an imposition.
If you are currently running VPS Classic on macOS 10.14 and front-and-back viewing is a requirement for quality-control, we advise you not to update your Mac OS and continue to run VPS Classic.
An updated version of VPS+ with front-and-back support is in development, and will be released with Prinergy 9.0.1.
VPS+ Known Limitations
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refactored for performance, quality. and memory handling.
Previews are created with fixed zoom levels to speed up rendering and viewing, and view quality is now identical to VPS Classic.
VPS+ can now open many sets of impositions (Fronts and Backs) simultaneously.
VPS+ New Features
macOS 12 Monterey support
Macintosh M1 processor support
Compatibility with Azure Windows Virtual Desktop
Users can open VPS, TIFF or LEN files for preview or reformatting. (In VPS Classic, only VPS files could be opened and viewed).
VPS+ Bug Fixes
VPSPLUS-295 Front and back pages of Work and Turn forms don't align in some cases
VPSPLUS-292 Front and Back pages of Perfector layouts don't align in some cases
VPSPLUS-286 Color densitometer not accurate for Black, depending on Zoom level
VPSPLUS-285 Angles measured with the measure tool are inaccurate
VPSPLUS-209 Double-byte characters not support for Job Name or Imposition Name
VPSPLUS-8 VPS+ crashes when opening LEN files
VPS+ Limitations
There is no Ink Coverage Comparison features, as in VPS Classic.
Cannot preview two-sided layouts in Packaging Mode. Flexo packaging layouts typically created from TIFFs files, and TIFFs cannot contain the DIG comments required to recognize imposition information.
Long color names are cut off in the Separations panel, which can make it difficult to identify PANTONE colors. Workaround: if you hold the mouse pointer over the color name, a pop-up with the full color name will appear on screen
The Navigator and Inventory/Separations panels are fixed to the right side of the VPS+ display window and cannot be resized, so the panels cannot be enlarged to view long color names and limiting the maximum Zoom to Fit size of layouts.
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