In development
D7server. Take exports off the desk.
D7server will drive your InDesign Server: jobs join a queue, run in the background, and your team can always see where each job stands.
InDesign Server is the engine. What's missing is control.
- Large batch exports tie up InDesign on the designer's desk, and whoever is exporting can't carry on working.
- InDesign Server renders reliably, but it comes with no interface for your team and no connection to your designers' workstations.
- Without an overview, nobody knows which export ran and which didn't.
How D7server will work
One job after another, in the background
- A job joins the queue.
- D7server hands it to your InDesign Server: open the document, update links, run checks.
- InDesign Server exports the PDF with the chosen PDF preset, plus preview images.
- Your team sees the status in the dashboard.
Built for large batches of exports
- Queue: jobs run in order, with automatic retries on errors.
- Designers come first: if a file is open, the export waits. Nothing is lost.
- No duplicate exports: if the PDF is newer than the document, it isn't exported again.
- Consistent output: centrally managed PDF presets for every job.
- Recovery: after a crash, D7server picks up where it left off and clears stuck file locks.
- Overview: a dashboard with progress, job list, log, pause and start.
Planned: jobs straight from D7versions
D7versions will be able to hand PDF exports to D7server instead of rendering them at the desk. Your layer and print versions stay exactly as they are, and you'll see the status right inside D7versions.
What's next
- Print jobs: PostScript and PDF for RIPs and hot folders
- More formats: IDML and PNG
- Multiple queues with priorities
- PDF presets per profile
- A web interface for the whole team, with settings, in English and German
In development
D7server is in development and will be released before D7catalog. Join the waiting list and we'll let you know as soon as you can try it.
Requirement: Adobe InDesign Server, licensed by you from Adobe or an Adobe partner, and network access to your documents. No InDesign Server yet? On an initial call we'll work out whether it pays off for your workflow.