How ReadyPDF Turns Unruly Files Into Production-Ready Assets - Part 3

Your Production Environment’s Hidden Performance Catalyst

You can tell a lot about a production environment by what accelerates it—and one of the most powerful optimizations isn’t upgrading your RIP, server, or printer.

It’s mastering fonts and file objects with intelligent PDF normalization.

The Opportunity in Diverse PDF Sources

Today’s production workflows thrive on diversity. Your shop receives documents from multiple valuable sources:

• External clients using Microsoft Word, InDesign, or Canva
• Legacy systems maintaining PostScript workflows
• Different departments leveraging various versions of Adobe, Quadient, or OpenText
• Third-party applications generating unique PDF outputs

While these files display perfectly in viewers, they often contain optimization opportunities:

• Unembedded or non-subset fonts ready for compression
• Transparent objects that can be streamlined
• Form XObjects or metadata that can be cleaned
• Complex paths or images waiting to be optimized
• Font variations that benefit from standardization

Solimar’s ReadyPDF transforms these opportunities into performance gains by normalizing, optimizing, and preparing PDFs for consistent, high-performance production—regardless of their origin.

Why Font and File Excellence Drive Success

Smart production managers recognize these scenarios as optimization opportunities:

• “That job could run faster with proper file preparation.”
• “This file size has room for significant reduction.”
• “This PDF needs optimization for our press environment.”
• “We can reduce archive storage while maintaining quality.”

These aren’t just occasional improvements—they’re system-level optimizations waiting to boost your entire workflow. The benefits multiply as volume scales, especially with diverse input sources.

PDFs as Your New Strategic Asset

In today’s transactional print world, clients increasingly submit pre-rendered PDFs instead of structured data files. This shift creates an opportunity for production excellence.

With proper normalization, you can transform these files into:

• Streamlined, efficient production assets
• Consistently performing documents
• Optimized archives with minimal storage footprint
• Reliable, predictable workflow inputs

ReadyPDF empowers this transformation. It enhances PDFs that arrive “as-is,” ensuring peak performance through print, mail, and archive pipelines—without rebuilding or re-composition.

What ReadyPDF Delivers

ReadyPDF is a production-grade optimization engine that enhances post-composition performance. It preserves your document design and composition logic while dramatically improving real-world production efficiency.

Key Capabilities:

Font Optimization

• Font subsetting and embedding for smaller files and consistent rendering
• Font normalization or replacement to eliminate problematic fonts

Image Enhancement

• Intelligent compression and flattening for reduced file size
• Simplified transparency layers for faster RIP processing

File Streamlining

• Removal of unnecessary XObjects and metadata
• Elimination of bloat from PDF writers, form fields, or system tagging

Compliance & Accessibility

• PDF/A and PDF/UA conversion for archive compatibility
• Digital accessibility compliance

Flexible Output Control

• Print-ready files at 150-600 dpi for efficient production
• Archive files at 75-150 dpi for significant storage savings

Maximizing Value from Diverse PDF Writers

Your operation’s strength lies in accepting PDFs from multiple systems—and ReadyPDF ensures they all perform optimally.

Consider these transformation opportunities:

• Invoice PDFs from accounting software become streamlined production assets
• Designer files with licensed fonts gain universal compatibility
• CRM-generated PDFs shed unnecessary metadata for smooth processing

ReadyPDF standardizes and optimizes these files proactively—maintaining workflow momentum without upstream changes.

Success Story: Dramatic RIP Performance Gains

A high-volume mailer leveraging mixed input sources transformed their production metrics with ReadyPDF:

Results:

• 75% reduction in RIP times
• 60-80% smaller file sizes
• 100% consistent output across all devices

The transformation required no upstream changes—ReadyPDF optimized their existing workflow.

Success Story: Archive Excellence and Storage Optimization

Font management and archiving become strategic advantages with ReadyPDF. One client achieved:

Results:

• 60% reduction in document storage footprint
• Full compliance maintained
• Perfect accessibility preserved
• Dual output strategy: 150 dpi for production, 75 dpi for archive

This flexibility delivers complete control over resource consumption and delivery strategy.

Implementation Excellence

ReadyPDF deployment options match your workflow needs:

• Standalone hot-folder engine for incoming jobs
• Integrated SOLfusion logic-based workflow component
• Combined with Rubika and SPDE for intelligent routing

Ideal Applications:

• Client-supplied PDF optimization
• RIP performance enhancement
• Prepress QA simplification
• Dual-purpose print and archive output

Your Operational Advantage

Most print environments don’t face a file volume challenge—they have a file quality opportunity. ReadyPDF transforms this opportunity into a competitive advantage by creating production-ready and archive-optimized assets—smaller, faster, cleaner, and easier to manage.

At Hansen360, we help clients unlock their file processing potential, deploying ReadyPDF to optimize both production throughput and storage efficiency.

Ready to see the transformation? Send us one of your more challenging files. We’ll demonstrate exactly how ReadyPDF can enhance, compress, and standardize it—empowering you to focus on growth, not troubleshooting.

Transform your PDF workflow from a bottleneck into a competitive advantage with ReadyPDF.