PrintFactory 2026.2.0 - What's new

Main highlights

Workflow automation

• Enfocus Switch connector. Workflow API support has been extended so Switch integrations can discover flow keywords and inject multiple documents into a single job.
• AI Upscale component. Workflow can upscale and improve images using selectable models and settings before the job continues through production.
• More processing options. A new Halftone Effect component brings the Editor effect into Workflow automation.
• Better production control. The Printer output component can now assign Normal, Expedite, or Hold priority in both static and variable configurations.
• Faster workflow building. Components can be duplicated for workflows that reuse similar processing blocks.
• Workflow security: Workflow adds configuration-rights enforcement,
• AI tooling. An AI MCP server for assisted workflow building, and a Fail route from Layout for recovery paths.

Calibration and color management

• A clearer calibration wizard. A left-side contents view shows progress and allows navigation back to completed steps; sequential gamut-chart pages can advance automatically after valid measurements.
• Resume unfinished calibration work. Calibrator keeps incomplete profile creation or recalibration sessions locally and shows them as resumable in-progress PMMs.
• RGB spot-color support. Spot colors can be used with RGB reference profiles.
• D65/10 support. D65 with the CIE 1964 10-degree observer is available in Edit Variant and Reference Wizard workflows. Generated ICC profiles also gain chromatic-adaptation tagging where the conversion is known.
• Custom black targets inside PMM variants. Sublimation users can print and evaluate composite-black targets directly within the profile-variant workflow.
• DTF white linearization. The DTF profiling wizard now includes white linearization.
• Media compensation travels with the PMM. Compensation values are stored in the PMM rather than only in device-specific cache settings, improving backup, visibility, and supportability.

Editor, Layout, and preflight

• Expanded preflight checks. Additional checks target empty layers, unnecessary groups, duplicate contours, and overly complex paths.
• Configurable canvas color. Users can choose a display background that makes white, transparent, or very light artwork easier to see. This affects preview only, not printed output.
• Apply Document Setup to all pages. Multipage Editor documents can receive the same setup change across every page instead of requiring page-by-page work.
• Asset version history. Editor users can browse earlier DAM versions and open a selected revision.

RIP monitoring and operations

• Faster processing. Utilizing larger memory and more CPUs allows to speed up processing significantly when enabled.
• Rebuilt Web-based job list. The RIP-hosted browser view now supports device and text filtering, sorting, selectable columns, status colors, multi-selection, job actions, job information, and configurable refresh intervals.
• Web-based Output Inspector. Output inspection is available through a RIP-hosted web interface.
• Faster driver discovery. RIP startup after installation focuses discovery on devices actually in use and can use installed driver metadata instead of scanning everything.
• Job status feedback. When jobs are waiting an info button clarifies the reason why the job is queued and not yet processed.
• Dockable RIP log. The log can be positioned as a dockable pane alongside Preview and System Load information.