WORKFLOW SOLUTIONS -- Can't Beat the System

Set apart from the other systems is a developing class of products that, for lack of a better term, can be considered "pre-workflow" or publishing automation solutions. They are geared toward automating the generation, submission and initial processing of PDF files.

Some—like Gradual Software's CaslonFlow, Enfocus PitStop Automate and Markzware FlightCheck Workflow—provide a visual interface for building simple to complex workflows that can incorporate third-party applications via use of hot folders. Others—including Apago Cluster Workflow, Lucid Dream's TaskForce—are designed to be self-contained solutions.