Hybrid Software Releases STEPZ 5.2
March 27, 2020Hybrid Software announced 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 while at a much more attractive entry price.
STEPZ is a powerful tool that can augment high volumes of jobs, optionally with variable designs, text, numbers and barcodes, translating data from data systems directly to a step and repeat layout. The new capabilities in version 5.2, based on feedback from a number of customers, have been praised for their ease of use, richness of features, and the efficiency and speed of file output.
In fact, the first version was targeted at HP Indigo users migrating to the new Production Pro DFE, with step and repeat templates matching the form factor of HP Indigo label and packaging presses.
Rather than at the press, VDP file development with STEPZ has always resided at prepress, where it belongs. To offer even more computing power, STEPZ 5.2 can process all VDP file variants from the desktop to a server level, if desired. The link to STEPZ is still accessible in CLOUDFLOW, making possible the most powerful VDP execution of output files yet. Users can build complete VDP files approximately eight times faster, compared to leaving the work at the desktop workstation.
