Save stress and costs in the prepress department. With d'accord you compare PDF files, e.g. customers PDF with the ready-to-print sheets. See all changes at a glance and avoid production errors before they cause costs or troubles.

Applications

 Folded boxes   Screencast, Screenshot

 Blister cards
 Packagings

 Package inserts   Screenshot
 Brochures   Screenshot
 Flyers

 Commercial printing

Safe from the beginning

Distinguish right from wrong changes. It is often a long way from the customer's artwork to the ready-to-print sheet. The submitted file goes through a chain of automatic and manual processing steps in the prepress. Do you ask yourself how to make sure that all intended changes exist and at the same time no unintentional differences remain undetected? d'accord helps you to detect both types of changes reliably and efficiently. So, you can verify at a glance whether everything is in order.

Check before production errors become costly. With d'accord you detect potential production errors before plates are produced, before valuable machine time is spent and before the first sheet of paper is printed. Because the check is targeted at the first step of the production chain. This saves time and money. 

Relax yourself! In a hectic time, where increased customer demands and tight economic requirements call for best services, it is more important than ever to calm down and relax. With d'accord you ensure that you only give print approval to correct masters. Save yourself unnecessary stress.

Check what really matters

Compare customer PDF against sheet PDF. D'accord compares the PDF artwork from your customers against the ready-to-print sheet prepared by the prepress department, the impositioned PDF. None of the usual preflight tools is able to do this. d'accord provides results of unprecedented quality because its operation models on the visual comparison by a human observer.

Clear results. d'accord shows as a result of the comparison the following information:

• Imposition:
  Number and arrangement of items on the sheet
• Overlaps:
  Critical areas where items overlap
• Differences:
  All differences between the customer artwork and the ready-to-print sheet

The deviations are highlighted on the sheet and can be inspect individually or in groups. It is also possible to mark intentional changes with approval tags.

Documenting your results. Save the testing results and continue your inspection at another time or another workplace. For internal approval, you can also implement a check based on a two-man rule. For documentation purposes, you can create a proof report as a PDF file for printing or mailing.

Digital precision. d'accord performs an accurate image-based comparison between sheet and items. The use of digital data guarantees high precision results and an always consistent "attention". The comparison works for all languages and fonts.

Advantage through know-how. d'accord is based on scientific approaches and many years of experience in the field of computer vision. Benefit from this knowledge by a clear advantage over your competitors who work only with an error prone visual review process.

Start immediately

Intuitively easy to use: You can immediately use d'accord - without thick manuals and without special training. The design of d'accord aims at intuitive usability and intelligent methods for efficient and smooth functioning. d'accord is a modern Mac application - not only regarding the technology but by the philosophy.

Benefit from your existing hardware. d'accord runs on all commercial Macs with Intel processor which are likely to exist in every prepress. You do not need special hardware nor complex software systems. You can simply integrate d'accord into your familiar work environment.

Tailor-made solutions

d'accord Standard and d'accord Pro. d'accord adapts to your individual needs and requirements. Select between two editions: d'accord Standard and d'accord Pro. Of course, you can upgrade from the Standard to the Pro version at any time.

Add-Ons. For flexible solutions d'accord has also additional modules, so-called Add-Ons. Some of these Add-Ons are included as standard depending on the edition. Other Add-Ons are optional.

	d'accord Standard	d'accord Pro
Functionality
PDF input	•	•
TIFF input	-	•
Imposition display	•	•
Overlapping	•	•
Deviations	•	•
Accepting differences	•	•
Saving results	•	•
Report generation	•	•
Supported hardware	2 CPUs e.g. Mac mini, iMac, Mac Book, MacBook Pro	2 to 8 CPUs e.g. Mac Pro
Add-Ons
Ghostscript PDF rendering	•	•
Adobe PDF rendering	◦	•
Batch job	-	◦
Workflow integration	-	◦*
Scanner connection	-	◦*
Legend: • standard ◦ optional * in preparation

Test d'accord

Download a free trial version: A free trial version of d'accord is available under the following link: www.csci.de/daccord/trial.

Support and advice. Visit our website for current information about new versions and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ). For further questions please contact us by email.

Feedback. Your feedback in the form of questions, comments and suggestions is important to us. Please refer to our website to contact us or send us sample data directly from d'accord.