As the world's leading packaging prepress application, PaSharp suite of prepress productivity tools has evolved from Founder’s 30 years of accumulated research and development experience in the graphic arts. The PaSharp suite offers professional trapping tools, specialized step & repeat functions for packaging as well as a series of editing tools enabling prepress operators to boost efficiency and produce higher quality work.
PaSharp works as a plug-in on Adobe Illustrator, from CS6 to latest CC2023.
Powerful functions
PaSharp encompasses all facets of packaging prepress with robust tools for professional trapping, step & repeat and a powerful set of editing tools.
Standalone software
PaSharp impresses customers with complete convenience of prepress operation.
Splendid compatibility
PaSharp can be combined with any PDF workflows, and operators can make any modifications in a second.
Attentive technical support
PaSharp support team offers the best service and help to customers. Modularized products provide various choices in order to meet customers’ needs.
Platform support
Windows and Macintosh.
Multi-language support
English, 简体中文(Simplified Chinese), 繁體中文(Traditional Chinese), 日本語(Japanese), 한국어(Korean).
What's New in PaSharp 13.0/12.6/12.5/12.1/12.0/11.5/11.0
What's New in PaSharp 10.5/10.0
What's New in PaSharp 8.5/8.1/8.0
What's New in PaSharp 6.5/6.1/6.0
(13.00.30)
Oct 2023
1. New step&repeat mode in Nest#
Smart Layout is a new step&repeat mode that automatically calculates the nesting solutions based on the type of oneup required for printing and the printing copies for each oneup, achieving the purpose of optimal plate or paper saving.
2. New feature in Tool#
Support new feature of "CAD Dimension tool", it is a sample and easy-to-use tool to draw CAD dimension.
What’s New in PaSharp 12.6
(12.60.4)
June 2023
1. New feature in Barcode#
Adds two new barcodes: Data Matrix and GS1 Data Matrix
2. New feature in Ink#
Supports new feature of “Extended Palette” and “Extended Color Library”.
In order to better use multiple inks, the feature "Extended Palette" of PaSharp can mix special ink groups, and supports any combination of CMYKROGBPV. The mixed multiple inks can be applied to the objects or saved to an extended color library for future reuse, and also can be exported as a color library file.
The three features of “Extended Palette”, “Extended Color Library” and “Gamut Extension” are not included in the module of Ink#, if the customer hopes to use these three features, please purchases them separately.
3. New feature in Nest#
"Adjust Overlap" supports to adjust overlap only on the two selected boxes by the AB tool.
When check off "Current Only", unified adjustments will be made to the same group.
When check on "Current Only", only selected boxes will be adjusted.
What’s New in PaSharp 12.5
（12.50.10）
Dec 2022
1. Supports AI CC2023.
2. Supports MAC OS 13.0
3. New feature in Nest#
“Output CFF2 file” function adds to specify the setting of repeat method, space etc.
4. New feature in Nest#
Ink Manager keeps the ink sequence of the first added oneup file when do step & repeat with Nest#.
5. New feature in Nest#
The new feature of "Structure Line Ink Mapping" is a preset library which is used to login the management module of various CAD lines, such as cut line and increase line. CAD inks are automatically setup according to the preset library when importing oneup file during doing step&repeat.
6. New feature in Tool#
Supports the function of "Clipping Mask for Image Opacity": Make a clipping path for the part of the image with transparency and make a clipping mask.
7. New feature in Ink#
Supports the function of "Gamut Extension", it can convert expanded gamut through ICC profile, and converts the inks in the document into fixed ink groups.
What’s New in PaSharp 12.1
（12.10.2）
June 2022
1. Support Adobe Illustrator CC2022 (26.3.1)
What's New in PaSharp 12.0
（12.00.23）
June 2022
1. Newfeature of Inspect#
The saving method of Preflightparameter ticket is changed from panel list to drop-down list.
2. New feature in Warp#
Warp adds new grid adjustment method.
It is convenient to select the entire row and column, which can be selected from the panel and also supports shortcut keys.
Alt + mouse click on the grid point, select all the points on the meridian (entire column) and latitude (entire row) of the grid point.
Alt + mouse click on the meridian to select all the points on the meridian (column).
Alt + mouse click on the latitude to select all the points on the latitude (row).
Support "Decay rate" when adjust warp grid.
3. New feature in Search#
Search# supports image with transparency, this feature includes linked image.
4. New feature in Mark#
Smart Text mark supports to use XML file add customized text.
XML file must contains
Supports variable of "CutlineWidth" and "CutlineHeight".
5. New feature in Ink#
Ink compensation can choose ink for compensation.
6. New feature in Trap#
Rich Black: Adds the item of "Pure" which only supports the selected ink;
Supports customized ink; Supports "Darken" method.
White Underprint: Supports customized ink; Supports "Darken" method.
7. New feature in Ink#
Add new feature of "Extract Black", extracts single black from composite black object which achieves the purpose of saving ink.
8. New feature in Barcode#
Supports magnification range from 25% to 200%, the recommended range is 80%-200%, but allow 25%-200% for special requirement.
Barcode of EAN 13/ISSN/ISBN supports addon of EAN-2 and EAN-5.
What’s New in PaSharp 11.5
（11.50.37）
Dec 2021
1. Support MAC OS Monterey 12.0
2. Support Windows 11.
3. Support Adobe Illustrator CC2022.
4. License Manager
Support to release current user of the local service license from PaSharp menu.
5. License Manager
Support to set loading or not loading PaSharp plugins when restart AI next time.
6. New feature in Trap#
Image Trap supports transparency setting. If the image transparency is less than the minimum value, trapping will be ignored, trapping starts from the position greater than or equal to the minimum value.
7. New feature in Trap#
Keepaway trapping supports to preserve multiple inks.
8. New feature in Trap#
Trap ticket supports "Reset" button which restore the settings when the trap ticket was opened.
9. New feature in Nest#
Support to output CFF2 File.
Open an oneup file with CAD lines, select the object (or unselect the object), click the menu "Nest#"/"Output CFF2 File", set the mapping line type in the pop-up window, input the number of rows and columns, and input the row and column gap, and set the rotation angle, click "OK" to output CAD layout to a CFF2 file.
10. New feature in Nest#
Add a "Paper size" option in "CFF2 Preferences" under "Step & Repeat with CAD Layout", change the current sheet size to the size setting in the Cff2 file according to this option.
11. Improvement in Trap#
Fix some bugs of trapping, improves the trapping result of some problem files.
What’s New in PaSharp 11.0
(11.00.51)
Sep 2021
1. Fix some problem of “Import PDF”.
What’s New in PaSharp 11.0
（11.00.39）
May 2021
1. New feature “Message”
The message panel is added to control and display the warning, error and other information messages popped up by PaSharp.
If check off "Pop-up Message Window", it means that after Illustrator startup, the messages will not be displayed in the form of pop- up, but only displayed in the message management window. In this method, the customer needn’t to press “OK” button to make Illustrator startup if there is an error or warning message.
2. New feature “Dot Calibration” in Tool#
This function is for flexo printing.
Minimum Dot: Remove all values below the specified minimum Dot.
Bump: The specified input value is bumped up to the specified output value and all following values adjusted in the linear manner. This function is used to avoid the highlight dot is missing in flexo printing.
The objects such as gradient, AI effects will be rasterized after processing of this function, (”Resolution” is used to setup the rasterization resolution), so it’s the last step of prepress.
3. New feature in Ink#
Support to change ink order by drag mouse.
4. New feature in Eye#
Support “Color difference” option to specify the ink tolerance when compare two documents.
Compare result without setting “color difference”
Compare result with setting “Color difference”
5. New feature in Eye#
Support to convert spot color into CMYK color when compare two documents.
Compare result without converting spot color into CMYK color
Compare result with converting spot color into CMYK color
6. New feature in Mark#
Support to add customized station number in Station number mark.
Support to specify starting number for station number.
7. New feature in Nest#
Support to use oneup file in CFF2 file to do Automatic CAD step and repeat.
(1)Open “Step&repeat with CAD layout”, and select cff2 file to add it.
(2)The system automatically searches the AI or PDF file with the same name as the oneup file in cff2 in the folder of cff2 file.
8. New Interactive trap
Support to select the trap ticket in Interactive trap.
Select the objects first which you hope to do interactive trapping, or trap all objects without select any object, then click “Data Generation” button in the bottom to do pre-process of trapping, then you can use interactive trapping tool to generate trap area.
Hold down the left mouse button and drag directly between the color objects to generate a trap area.
Press Alt key and click the color object with left mouse button, and the color object will spread to the intersecting objects.
Press Shift key and hold down the left mouse button and drag directly between the color objects to generate multiple trap areas.
Press Shift + Alt + click the color object, other surrounding color objects will spread to the current color object.
You can use Interactive trapping tool to change the trap direction of auto trapping result.
If check on “Composite”, then the trap mode is “composite” (not Normal), about the meaning of “Composite”, please refer to the user guide of Trapping.
9. New feature in Barcode#
Support ISBN, ISSN and CODABAR.
（10.50.34）
January 2021
1.Support AI CC2021(25.1)
What’s New in PaSharp 10.5
（10.50.32）
December 2020
1.Support AI CC2021(25.0)
2.Support on MAC Big Sur (11.0)
What’s New in PaSharp 10.5
(10.50.31)
November 2020
1.Support AI CC2020 (24.3)
What’s New in PaSharp 10.5
(10.50.26)
August 2020
1. New feature in Trap#
Adds new interactive trap function. Below is the operation of interactive trapping, please refer to the user guide for details.
a.Open the document requiring trapping, select “Interactive Trap Tool” from AI tool bar.
b.Hold down the left mouse button and drag directly between the color objects to generate a trap area.
c.Press Shift key and hold down the left mouse button and drag directly between the color objects to generate multiple trap areas.
d.Press Alt key and click the color object with left mouse button, and the color object will spread to the intersecting objects.
e.Press Shift + Alt + click the color object, other surrounding color objects will spread to the clicking color object.
f.Open the Interactive Trap palette, check on “Operate Auto trap” from side menu; and then perform the above operations on the color pairs of auto trapping area, it will change the trap direction on the auto trapping edge; the result is also saved in the auto trapping layer.
g.If check off “Operate Auto Trap”, the above operation will not consider auto trapping edge, but generate a new trapping area and save it in the layer named "Interactive Trap".
2. New feature in Nest#
Adds the horizontal and vertical offset setting of oneup file in step & repeat with CAD layout.
3. Improvement in Trap#
Fix some bugs of auto trapping, improves the auto trapping result of some problem files.
What’s New in PaSharp 10.5
(10.50.11)
June 2020
1. New feature in Mark#
Adds programmable mark, the customer can write the code with JavaScript and then load the JSX file as a customized mark customized mark. If the customer has development knowledge and know JavaScript, this feature provides a flexible way to generate customized mark. Please refer to the Mark# user guide and JSX samples located at “ProgrammableMark” folder of the installation program.
2. New feature in Mark#
Adds some new variables such as ArtboadHight［AH], ArtboadWidth［AW］,MediaBoxWidth[MBW], MediaBoxHight[MBH], TrimBoxWidth[TBW], TrimBoxHight[TBH] etc.
3. New feature in Mark#
Adds "White crispening" option for Center mark and Corner mark.
4. Provides a local service license tool to load or not load PaSharp plugins while starting up AI.
This tool is for local service license code and supports MAC and Windows. If the customer does not hope to occupy one user of the license code, he can select to “Not Load Plugins” in the tool, then PaSharp plugins will not be loaded when startup Adobe Illustrator.
5. New feature in Search#
Supports to search "Text wrap" and "Empty text".
6. New feature in Eye#
The function of simulation supports to simulate one or some separations.
7. New feature in Eye#
Option of "Synchronized zoom" and "Anti-aliasing" is changed to global setting and saved together with AI.
8. New feature in Tool#
Supports to preview the result in the panel of “Curve adjustment” and “Noise” (Only Windows version).
hat’s New in PaSharp 10.0
(10.00.85)
June 2020
1. PDF#: Increase the compatibility of import PDF feature.
What’s New in PaSharp 10.0
(10.00.78)
March 2020
1. PDF#: Increase the compatibility of import PDF feature.
2. Supports Adobe Illustrator CC2020 on MAC 10.14.
What’s New in PaSharp 10.0
(10.00.70)
January 2020
1. PDF#: Supports importing standard PDF and ESKO PDF files while preserving layer name and its relation.
2. Supports Adobe Illustrator CC2020, but MAC OS 10.14 needs to be upgraded to 10.15, there is problem for PaSharp working with CC2020 on MAC 10.14.
3. Supports more type in Barcode#.
Add more type of barcode; now support type of EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC-A, UPC-E, Interleave2 of 5, ITF-14, CODE 39, CODE 128, QR and GS1 128 etc.
4. Update Founder RIP Screening in Screen#
Screen# supports Screen Trueflow, Founder RIP.
Founder RIP means Founder EagleRIP v5.1 or above, Founder Elecroc v6.0 or above.
When you specify the screen information for different separation and different object, please make sure each parameter is selected, no “None” item is checked. After screen information has been specified, select “Output to PDF” from “BasicFunction” of PaSharp to generate PDF file, then the screen information will be recognized by corresponding RIP or workflow.
Pleasecheck on “Zone Screen First” in Founder RIP in order to recognize the specifiedscreen information in PDF file.
5. Comes with more languages
The interface of PaSharp will be displayed in Korean when install it on Korean Adobe Illustrator.
6. New features in Mark#
Smart text supports total ink number, structure ink number and varnish inknumber.
7. New features in Basic Function
Supports total ink number, structure ink number, varnish ink number in variable manager.
8. New features in Tool#:
Eyedropper tool supports to TAC preview.
9. New features in Search#
Supports to search envelop object, CMYK ink, spot color ink, all font and TAC etc.
10. New features in Nest#
Supports a new bleed option in "Bleed" function, rectangular bleed for the bleeding around the whole plate.
11. New features in Ink#
In Ink Manager Window, add one item of "Ignore". If check on this item for one ink, then this ink will not be used in Mark#.
12. Improvements in Trap#
Fix the problem of “If check off ‘Sliding’ option in Trap ticket, after trapping, color Pair panel only display ‘Normal’ and ‘Bilateral’, the option of ‘Sliding’ cannot be selected.”
13. Improvements in Trap#
Fix the problem of “sometimes AI is crashed when use Trap edge tool”.
14. Improvements in Tool#
Fix the problem of “sometimes AI is crashed when use PaSharp Measure tool”.
(9.50.17)
November 2018
1. Supports Adobe Illustrator CC2019.
If you can not find some of PaSharp tools, please refer to next figure to add them to the tool box of Adobe Illustrator.
2. Supports more type in Barcode sharp.
Add more four type of barcode; now support type of EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC-A, UPC-E, Inter leave2 of 5, ITF-14, CODE 39 and CODE 128.
What’s New in PaSharp 9.5
October 2018
1. Supports Barcode sharp
Barcode sharp can generate and edit the bar code in AI document, supports type of EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC‐A, UPC‐E etc.
2. Mark sharp supports to add Cutline markand Crease line mark.
3. Mark sharp supports to add Dimension linemark.
4. Nest sharp supports more types of CADline in CAD Ticket.
5. Supports to specify “Proxy Server” in AI when activate the license key
If the computer installed PaSharp needs a proxy server to activate the license key on line, please specify the prox server setting.
6. Tool sharp adds Eye dropper tool to measure the color of image and gradient.
April 2018
1. Supports "Registration Error" option in Eye#
Simulate the registration error when overlap each separation for printing, and help the customer visually to see whether the leakage of white, and therefore modify the trap width.
2. Supports "Synchronized zoom" option in Eye#
If check on "Synchronized zoom" in preview window of Eye#, then when you zoom in/out the document in PaSharp's preview window, the document in AI's window is synchronously zoom in/out.
3. Supports to search "Compound Path" object and "Group" object in Search#
Compound Path: Compound Path in the current file can be searched.
Group: Group object can be searched.
4. Supports "Optimized shapes"and "No Overflow" option in Auto Trapping to improve the trapping result
"No Overflow" option is to prevent the overflow of the trap area.
If select "Optimized shapes" mode, the trapping direction is automatically optimized and make sure the trapping direction in one group images are the same as soon as possible.
Check off "Optimized shapes"
Check on "Optimized shapes"
5. Supports to create "Global Ticket" in Automation
The administrator can create "Global Ticket" in the ticket manager, the global ticket can be used and viewed by all users.
6. Supports to select "CAD file" and "CAD Ticket file" in the ticket manager of "Auto Step & Repeat with CAD layout"
CAD file: select the DXF file or CFF2 file used to do step & repeat with CAD layout.
CAD Ticket file: If you have selected a DXF file as CAD file, then you need to select corresponding CAD ticket for "Convert to CAD"; If you have selected a CFF2 file as CAD file, then set it to be none.
7. Supports to output PDF file for automation trapping result
Output File type: You can select to output AI file or PDF file. In the drop- down list of PDF option, there are various PDF standard and customized standard, you can select different standard format to output PDF file.
8. Supports to edit the ticket when create new job in job manager of Automation
In the Ticket list of new job window: All tickets belong current login user are displayed in the list, you can select the ticket used by the job. Double click the ticket to edit or view it.
9. Supports to edit the job in the job manager of Automation
Double click the stopped job in running list, you can edit the job. When the edit is completed, job is resumed to be running or waiting status.
Double click the finished job in finished list, you can edit the job. When the edit is completed, job is resumed to be running or waiting status.
10. Fix some bugs
(1) If select the group or clipping path which is composed by image and path to dofunction of "Add Noise" or "Curve Adjustment", PaSharp cannot search this group with Search#.
(2) The darkest ink setting in the station number mark does not take effect if uncheck "only use inks from one up file".
(3) The line width of the corner mark cannot be modified.
7.5(7.50.10)/7.0(7.00.28)/6.6(6.60.21)/6.5(6.50.43)/6.0(6.00.81)
January2018
1. Fix the problem of the window panel of Pasharp cannot be loaded when the system date of the computer reaches Jan 5 2018.
2. Only provide MAC version, if need Windows version, please upgrade PaSharp dongle to v7.6 or above.
What’s New in PaSharp
8.5(8.50.16) /8.1(8.10.34) /8.0(8.00.19)/7.6(7.60.10)
January2018
1. Fix the problem of the window panel of Pasharp cannot be loaded when the system date of the computer reaches Jan 5 2018.
What’s New in PaSharp 8.5(8.50.15)
December 2017
1. Fix the mouse shaking problem on some MAC computers.
2. Reduce CPU resources occupied by Automation.
What’s New in PaSharp 8.0(8.00.18)
December 2017
1. Fix the mouse shaking problem on some MAC computers.
2. Reduce CPU resources occupied by Automation.
What’s New in PaSharp 8.0(8.00.17)
November 2017
1. PaSharp 8.0 is a license code version which supports on Adobe CS6/CC/CC2014/CC2015.0/CC2015.1/CC2015.2.
What’s New in PaSharp 8.5 (8.50.14)
November 2017
1. PaSharp 8.5 supports license code and hardware dongle two kinds of installation programs.
2. PaSharp 8.5 supports Adobe Illustrator CC2018.
What’s New in PaSharp 8.5 (8.50.11)
October 2017
1. PaSharp adopts license code for authorization since version 8.5.
PaSharp 8.5 supports Floating License, Local Service and Cloud License three methods.
The Floating License can be activated online or offline, the latter goes a separated online computer to get and transfer the activated license code; it can continue to be used only by regular network authorization; it can be migrated between multiple computers.
The Local Service license can work for internal of group, it requests a Windows based computer to manage the license and provides more flexiable and convenient license switching service among all clients in the local network.
The Cloud License is an authorization way of connecting to the internet all the time.
2. PaSharp 8.5 supports to output package cut line data to JDF file in nest#. The JDF can be used by the cutter machine.
What’s New in PaSharp 8.1
July 2017
1. PaSharp 8.1 supports Adobe CC2015.3 and CC2017, and only can run on CC2015.3 and CC2017 or above. For PaSharp 7.6 or lower user, you need to upgrade PaSharp dongle to support version 8.1, please contact us for detailed information.
2. Supports on MAC OS Sierra10.12.
3. Automation function adds PaSharp Monitor tool, it can restart Adobe Illustrator automatically if warning is time out when AI is shut down.
4. Eye # supports topreview TIFF file.
5. Inspect# supports to"only show NG report".
6. Search# supports to search ink according to the ink percentage.
7. Trap# supports only do keepaway on white object.
8. For PaSharp 7.6 or loweruser, you need to upgrade PaSharp dongle to support version 8.1, please contactus for detailed information
July 2016
1. Add PaSharp Automation function:
People always pursue higher efficiency and lower worker cost, here comes with the newly releasing Founder PaSharp Automation.
2. Introduction of Founder PaSharp Automation System
Founder PaSharp Automation system is going to change the prepress processing in PaSharp from manual to automatic. The system is C/S structure, composed of automation server, automation client and PaSharp processors: Automation client creates new tasks (including Ticket, Hot Folder and Job), and monitors processing status; automation server receives and manages the tasks; PaSharp processor executes the tasks and returns the results.
3. Simple Workflow of Operation
Create an automation ticket in Automation client, the ticket can be Preflight, Step&Repeat with CAD Layout/Chart, and Auto Trapping etc.
Create a Hot Folder in Automation client for a batch of files, or create a job for only one file.
All files are displayed in the Job Manager list, and also can be moved or deleted.
After the file is processed, the result file will go into Output Folder.
4. Ticket Manager
Create ticket which includes job rules and parameters.
Four automation modules are supported.
5. Hot Folder Manager
Hot folder manager is used for creating activated folder. Automation server is always checking up the hot folder, if there is any file put into the folder, it will be moved and processed according to the rules and parameters of the ticket.
6. Job Manager
Besides process files with hot folder, you also can process file with "New Job". The difference is that hot folder method processes batch files, and new job method can only process one file at one time.
7. Benefit of Automation
Automation system increases the efficiency of process greatly, you don’t need to open file one by one in Illustrator, just put the files into hot folder, and find the result file in the output folder.
What’s New in PaSharp 7.0
Dec 2015
1. Support Adobe CC2015 and MAC OS X El Capitan 10.11
2. Search#:
a. Add new search conditions
3. Eye#:
a. Support to compare the document by separation.
4. Nest#:
a. Add "Adjust Overlap" in function of "Step & Repeat with chart".
May 2015
1. Trap#:
a. Improve image trapping, the file size is smaller after save the file with image trapping. (do not save color pair)
b. Modify the arithmetic of "Adjust Underprint" function, increase the efficiency and stability of "Adjust Underprint".
c. “Adjust Underprint” function supports non-white color block.
d. “Gradient Underprint” supports spread in below case.
When the outside of gradient object has other object, evenif the distance of underprint is negative value, the gradient also will spread.
If the gradient object is on the top of non-gradient object, the gradient object will extend to the non-gradient object.
2. Tool#:
a. Add "Antialias" setting in "Effect\Founder\Noise"function.
b. Support big size object (1000mm*800mm) in"Effect\Founder\Noise" function.
c. Add [Pack# Marquee Tool] and [Pack# Direct Marquee Tool]
3. Search#:
a. Add to save a ticket of parameter settings.
b. Add "Ink Number" condition to search object with multiple inks.
4. Inspect#
Add to specify search parameters, you can import search ticket, and Inspect# will call Search# to search and check when inspecting.
5. Eye#
Add opacity effect when preview minimum dot, maximum dot and TAC (Total area coverage).
6. Mark#
Add to specify the path of image mask in the preferences of Mark#.
7. Nest#
“Add Trim box” function, modify to fix trim box to the center of border line.
1. Supports Adobe illustrator CC 2014
2. Improvement in installation, supports installation progress bar.
3. Tool#-add pencil tool in curve effect.
4. Supports Mac OS 10.10 Yosemite.
| Module | New Function |
| Effect | Curves Adjustment |
| Ink# | Image Channel Mapping for linked Image |
| Ink# | Ink Mixing for multi-appearance object |
| Search# | Search for InkMix Color |
| Nest# | Set custom spot color ink for CAD line |
| Mark# | Add Station Number Mark |
| Trap# | Color Sequence supports Reverse Order |
| Screen# | Support to find specific type screened object |
New Function-Curves Adjustment
Support to adjust the special effects with curve
New Function-Minimum gap
New Function
Set custom spot color ink for CAD line
Don’t need to set CAD line in One-up file
New Function
Add Station Number Mark
New Function
Image Channel Mapping for linked Image
New Function
New Function
Support to find specific type screened object
Support Adobe Illustrator CS6
Module | New Function |
Ink Compensation Manager | Create Ink Histogram |
Ink Compensation | |
Tool# | Noise Effect |
Eye# | Ink Match in Compare file |
1. Ink Compensation Manager
1) Create Ink Histogram
· Calculate the ink key histogram from the current document.
Ink Histogram
Ink Histogram in one separation
2) Create Ink Compensation
· Ink compensation
Ink compensation
· Different compensate parameters can be set for every separation.
Ink compensate details
Ink compensation in Magenta Separation
2. Tool#
1) Noise Effect
· Gradiant，Mesh and so on can be added with this effect.
Noise effect parameters
3. Eye#
1) Ink Match
· After setting the Ink Match, different separations can be recognized as the same.
Ink match setting
Result
PaSharp supports Windows, Macintosh and includes fourteen modules:
Trap#, Nest#, Barcode#, Link#, Eye#, Inspect#, Tool#, Search#, Mark#, Ink#, TIFF Maker, Seamless#, Warp#, and Screen#.
Modularized products can provide various choices in order to meet customer’s requirement.
Till the end of 2010, PaSharp has achieved good performance in offset, flexo and gravure prepress field, and has been used in combination with mainstream CTP devices and workflow softwares from Founder, Kodak, Screen, Agfa and Heidelberg. From printing factories to prepress centers, design stations, even universities, they’ve given high recognitions of PaSharp.
Automatic Trapping
Professional trap parameters can manage complicated and high-risk trap process.
Step & Repeat with CAD layout
Operators will find it easy to apply graphics on the CAD layout. PaSharp step & repeat is able to adjust the position of graphics and station structural automatically which significantly improves the efficiency of the step & repeat operation.
Interactive Step & Repeat
This step & repeat method provides an object-oriented way of doing step &repeat which offers great convenience for operators.
Step & Repeat with Chart
Operators can set a series of step&repeat parameters such as distance, rotation angle etc. Parameter set function enables operators to do step&repeat with the same parameters or pre-defined variables of mathematics functions in a second.
Barcode
Barcode# can generate and edit the barcode in AI document. It supports type of EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC-A, UPC-E, Interleave 2 of 5, ITF-14, CODE 39 and CODE 128 etc.
Mark
Besides the most frequently used marks such as center marks, corner marks, etc. Operators can also add image mark, trim mark or other customized marks. By saving the marks parameters set, operators can reuse it in other files at any time.
Files Comparison
The differences between the two compared files will be marked obviously. This function is best for operators to know the modifications of the file.
Preflight
Operators can set stroke width, fonts, images and other parameters based on specified demands. Based on the parameters, Inspect Sharp can find the objects which do not fit for the printing conditions.
Search Specified Objects
Combination of Various Parameters
Quickly search the most frequently used objects
Multi-selection function makes it possible to find the specified objects
More objects will be found with the new search engine
Path Editing Tools
Operators can edit the path more conveniently with path editing tools, such as trace tool, distortion tool etc. 
Image Channel Mapping
Directly mapping image channels in AI.
TIFF Maker
TIFF Maker can export both CMYK and spot colors to ".tiff" format for proofing.
Operators can choose one or multi separations to export.
| Operating System | Applications | Encryption | |
| PaSharp 13.0/12.6/12.5 | Mac OS 10.15 and above MAC OS 13.0 Windows 10/11 | Adobe Illustrator CC2019/2020/2021/2022/2023 | License Key |
| PaSharp 12.1 | Mac OS 10.13 and above MAC OS Monterey 12.5 Windows 10/11 | Adobe Illustrator CC2019/2020/2021/2022 | License Key |
| PaSharp 12.0/11.5 | Mac OS 10.13 and above MAC OS Monterey 12.0 Windows 7+SP1/8/10/11(64-bit) | Adobe Illustrator CC2015.3, CC2017/2018/2019/2020/2021/2022 | License Key |
PaSharp 11.0/10.5 | Mac OS 10.13 and above Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 Windows 7+SP1/8/10(64-bit) | Adobe Illustrator CC2015.3, CC2017/2018/2019/2020/2021 | License key |
PaSharp 10.0 | Mac OS 10.13 and above Windows 7+SP1/8/10(64-bit) | Adobe Illustrator CC2015.3, CC2017/2018/2019/2020 | License key/ Hardware dongle, only Mac version |
Please check whether Pasharp installation folder and subfolder is everyone "read/write", if everyone is "no access", please change them to everyone "read/write".
Please download "Installation_Guide_for_PaSharp.pdf" for details.
Brochure
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Tools
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