Commercial DTP Software

Commercial DTP Tools
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 * Caldera Graphics (French)

Caldera Graphics has an image work flow suite for Linux with icc support. You can download a free version of Cameleo Light. Version 5.0 is expected to be released in the next few weeks.


 * Dalim

Offers a complete pre-press work flow application with the primary platform being Linux. Warning - this site uses flash only.


 * Fytek PDF Meld

is a company with a number of PDF applications, most of which run on Linux as well as Win32 and Mac. There is a neat tool called Pdfmeld, which can be used for merging and lightly editing PDF files. Free version for personal use. PDF Image Stream is a program to convert an image or group of images to PDF


 * Hamirck.com

has a shareware scanning package. Available on Mac/Windows and Linux. Well regarded and frequently updated. Broad coverage of many scanner models.


 * Helios

Offers a number of OPI, PDF and pre-press applications which run on Linux and Solaris.


 * NeTraverse - Win4Lin

Win4Lin is a bridging technology to allow users to run Windows applications on the Linux Desktop, by allowing you to install Windows operating systems, much like a Linux application. Thanks to their support, the Scribus team is able to run specialist proprietary pre-press tools and Acrobat for testing Scribus files.


 * PDF Tron

A company which offers PDF to SVG conversion for Win32 and Linux.


 * PDFLib

is a set of libraries for working with and converting PDF files. This was created by Thomas Merz, author of the Ghostscript manual. Downloadable source code for the libraries available under a mostly free license like Alladin Ghostscript.


 * RipOnce

Offers their Black Magick RIP on Linux, SGI or Solaris platforms


 * Turbo Print

Turboprint is an alternative, commercially supported set of printer drivers for late model printers for Linux. A free trial download is available.


 * Vividata

Offers a postscript RIP and scanning for Linux. This suite of programs was chosen by Sun for internal printing