Hybrid Software is announcing the release of Stepz 5.2, the latest version of its powerful, native PDF step and repeat desktop solution for digital label and package printing.
Along with its strong variable data printing (VDP) capabilities, Stepz 5.2 is a modular version from the Packz family, allowing its users to build up the complexity of the software when necessary. This simplified version of Stepz 5.2 allows for a faster learning curve, at a much more attractive entry price.
Stepz is a powerful tool which can augment high volumes of jobs, optionally with variable designs, text, numbers, and barcodes, translating data from data systems directly to a step & repeat layout. Hybrid Stepz works efficiently and quickly with the HP PrintOS
Production Pro for Labels and Packaging digital front end (DFE). The DFE is based on Global Graphics’ Harlequin RIP; Fundamentals, which utilises Hybrid CloudFlow technology for digital label and packaging workflows; and Hybrid Software’s Label Layout Station for imposition.
It is perfect for ultra-short runs and variable data printing. Stepz is available to HP Indigo users for subscription or purchase via the HP PrintOS Marketplace.
For those who prefer to operate Stepz for its VDP capabilities alone, Hybrid is offering a standalone solution, providing customers the opportunity to handle high volume VDP jobs with a single, easy-to-use application.
Stepz 5.2 also includes upgrades for roll-to-roll applications as
well as for sheetfed solutions. For example, users can now define the bleed distance of common flaps on cardboard folding boxes.
“Packz is our flagship product for sophisticated prepress work” explains Guido Van der Schueren, Chairman of Hybrid Software, “Based on this powerful technology, Stepz now offers just the required tool set for digital printing preparation for a short learning curve and a quick introduction.”