Unlocking document potential

Using Mako to pre-process PDFs for print workflows follows quite naturally. With its built-in RIP, Mako has exceptional capability to deal with fonts, color, transparency and graphic complexity to suit the most demanding of production requirements.

What is less obvious is Mako’s value to enterprise print management (EPM). Complementing Mako’s support for PDF and XPS is the ability to convert from (and to) PCL5 and PCL/XL. Besides conversion, Mako can also render such documents, for example to create a thumbnail of a PCL job so that a user can more easily identify the correct document to print or move it to the next stage in a managed process. Mako’s document object model (DOM) architecture allows content to be extracted for record-keeping purposes or be added to – a watermark or barcode, for example.

Document Object Model to access the raw building blocks of documents.

The ability to look inside a document, irrespective of the format of the original, has brought Mako to the attention of electronic document and records management system (EDRMS) vendors, seeking to add value to their data extraction, search and categorization processes. Being able to treat different formats of document in the same way simplifies development and improves process efficiency.

Mako’s ability to analyse page layout and extract text in the correct reading order, or to interpret and update document metadata, is a valuable tool to developers of EDRMS solutions. In the face of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and sector-specific regulations, the need for such solutions is clear. And as many of those documents are destined to be printed at some point in their lifecycle, they exist as discrete, paginated digital documents for which Mako is the key to unlocking their business value.

If you would like to discuss this or any aspect of Mako. Please email justin.bailey@globalgraphics.com